Offline Considerations and Limitations

LWC Offline is designed to let you build great apps that can function without a network connection, but it’s not the full Salesforce service. Lightning web components have a number of limitations when used offline, including missing capabilities, reduced performance, and software defects (bugs). Keep these limitations in mind as you design and develop your offline customizations.

• General Considerations

  Consider these general details when planning your Lightning web components development efforts.

• Considerations for Field Service Mobile App

  The following considerations apply to LWC Offline when you run your components in the Field Service Mobile app.

• Base Components Support

  Base components are described in the Lightning Web Components Reference. All components are reviewed for correct behavior in LWC Offline-enabled mobile apps.

• Modules Support

  Lightning web component modules in the lightning namespace are described in the Component Reference in the Lightning Web Components Developer Guide. Modules scoped with @salesforce are described in @salesforce Modules in the Lightning Web Components Developer Guide. All modules are being reviewed for correct behavior in LWC Offline-enabled mobile apps.

• Wire Adapters Support

  Lightning web component wire adapters and JavaScript functions are described in “lightning/ui*Api Wire Adapters and Functions” in the Lighting Web Components Developer Guide.

• Entity Support

  LWC Offline uses the UI-API to access entity data. The UI-API supports a long list of standard entities, and all custom entities.

• Metadata and Custom Metadata Types Support

  LWC Offline uses the UI-API to access standard metadata.