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I didn't ask the question, but had the same thought. Basically, what if the first time someone loads your app, they don't have a network connection? After the first load, it sounds like I can handle the issue with the cache, but I care a lot about a good experience the first time someone opens the app.

Still, very cool!

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Currently, it is possible to set a data-uri as the root url (in a correct format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme) I think that's one way you could handle this situation.

Or one could fork the code and change a couple of lines to make this work, technically it would be just a couple of lines of code, but I think policy-wise it needs to be thought out.

Please follow the project and feel free to start an issue thread, we can discuss further! :)

This indeed: there are more cases than you think where someone downloads your app but has no internet connection when using it. And that could be the first time. Shipping a JSON file ensures the end user will always have something. That something could be as simple as a message "I'm loading data, internet connection is required".

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