Is it possible to make a Chrome app handle certain types of extensions?
For example, setting a Chrome app to be launched when you double click a .txt file, instead of launching the Chrome app first and browsing for the file.
Yes, on ChromeOS via file_handlers. On other operating systems, not yet.
The bug to track this work on Windows: https://crbug.com/130455
Linux: https://crbug.com/138665
I'm not sure if / where there is a mac bug but it is also planned.
This should help you : http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000128.htm
Especially the part at the end of it.
In the future - Google it, it was like the 2 result.
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Google announced that they drop support for web apps in Chrome.
Basically, web app is a local HTML/CSS/JS app that runs in a separated custom "standalone" Chrome window.
Is there any way (preferably easy), to convert this web app to a real desktop app that not depend on Chrome in anyway? Using maybe NodeJS? If yes what is the right way to do it?
Thanks.
You could try one of these tools:
https://applicationize.me/
https://www.bzgapps.com/coherence
https://fluidapp.com/ (for Mac only)
Don't know about "easy", but it seems to me that the natural evolution is to Electron or NW.js, and both of these are mentioned in the Google blog article on this subject. (I'm moving to Electron.) Both have advantages over Chrome Apps, mostly that they are true desktop applications. To cite one example, you can now manipulate the menu bar, something out-of-bounds for Chrome Apps.
Pure JavaScript code in your Chrome App, such as anything to access the internet, should move over directly. Same for much UI stuff, as you're still using a browser window for the UI. The app will, however, have to be restructured.
Added Note: Chrome Apps ran on 4 platforms: MacOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS. Electron and NW.js apps won't run on ChromeOS. So, the ability to write a four-platform completely binary-portable app is going away.
normally what happens when you install an app is that it creates a shortcut from where you can launch it on desktop or start menu. However, chrome apps for now are places in chrome app launcher that is packed with all other chrome apps. It's all good and fine. But is there a way to place my app on desktop with user's consent if need be.
There is a way to do it manually. Like if user right clicks on the app in chrome app launcher and click create shortcut which has checkboxes showing places where shortcuts are going to be created ex: desktop, startmenu...
Without a icon of your app on desktop it still doesn't feel like a standalone app.
You can check out the chrome.management.createAppShortcut API that is added recently. Now it's only available on the dev channel:
chrome.management.createAppShortcut("app_id");
There is no way to do this. Users can also drag their app from the app launcher to the desktop to create a shortcut.
An API to prompt the user for this isn't something we're likely to support. Personally I think users would find it annoying, as it is simple and easy to create shortcuts where they want.
If you disagree please file a feature request at http://crbug.com. It would be there is some action we could take, e.g. educate users better that they can create shortcuts, but crbug.com is a better place to discuss.
Is it possible to clear mobile safari cache using the desktop web inspector in Safari?
I know I can go to the settings in the iphone, but it's a bit of a hazzle and since the phone already is teathered to the computer while debugging, it would be really nice if I could clear it thourgh the webinspector in safari.
You can use Cmd + Option + R while in the developer tools web inspector to force mobile safari to reload its cache.
I had another problem which was that Fiddler also has a cache. I also had to clear that as I was running the iPad through the fiddler proxy.
Once I cleared the fiddler cache, and then used Cmd + Option + R, I could see the iPad requesting and receiving the new files.
I came across this issue with safari 11.1, and the answer was really simple. There is actually a button on the right top corner of the network tab to disable caching when debugging. I thought about leaving this just in case someone else miss the button just like I did. ( the one in blue )
I'm using Safari 11.1 on a macbook, and using Web Inspector connected to an iPhone with iOs 11.2.6.
From the Web Inspector, if I use the key board short cut: OPTION + COMMAND + R, it both clears the cache and reloads the page.
Well, there is an option for this in the Develop menu - however it doesn't appear to work.
A simple way around this is to add a new parameter to your url
eg. http://domain.com/testing.html?refresh=1
(of course having the functionality working in Web Inspector would be better)
Old thread but if you have your iphone connected to your desktop developer tools, you can hit OPTION + CMD + E (shortcut for empty caches) while viewing the web inspector that is connected to the iphone. Then hit the refresh button in your iphone browser.
Make sure you are really connected (Develop > Your Phone Name > The Website being viewed on phone) It should show on your desktop developer tools dropdown menu.
Safari 11.1
High Sierra
ios 11.4
Try Cmd+alt+R when iPhone is connected and your inspecting with developer mode. It worked for me!
Nothing here worked for me on iOs 11.4.1. After digging around in the network tab I found Command + K which is "Clear Network Items". I hope this helps someone.
You can connect your iPhone to a MacBook via USB and use the Safari Web Inspector
Once you are connected, you can use Develop -> Empty Caches.
Since packaged apps can run on different platforms, is there any way to distinguish between Windows and Mac ?
I would like to show some help vis-à-vis keyboard shortcuts and being able to detect the OS would help in for example showing Command ⌘C or CtrlC accordingly.
You can also use the new chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo API (https://developer.chrome.com/apps/runtime.html#method-getPlatformInfo, available since Chrome 29).
You can use window.navigator in JS. Typically that will have the information you're looking for. Probably in window.navigator.platform.
Until recently, when paused in Chrome debugger on a breakpoint, the current state of a JavaScript variable, array or object would pop up in a yellow dialog if hovered over with a mouse. That is no longer working though I'm at a loss to know what has changed. Has anyone else experienced this? It's really making debugging a lot more difficult on this computer. My other computer still has the normal behavior in Chrome Dev Tools (both Windows 7 machines). Thanks in advance.
The same thing happened to me on 16/12/19, with version 79. But in Chrome canary, it is working fine. People who need can download it here (you can use it for now) or you can use Chrome Dev here
For the people who don't know about Chrome Canary or Dev
Chrome Canary is an experimental version of the popular Chrome browser. Google offers four release channels for its Chrome browser: Stable, Beta, Dev, and Canary. Most people use the Stable release of Chrome, which is rigorously tested and considered very reliable.
By contrast, Chrome Canary may appeal to people who like noodling around with new technology and want to get an advance look at what the standard Chrome browser may look like in the future.
Updated my chrome to version 79.0.3945.117 (Official Build) (64-bit). popup after hovering to variable is not showing.
Luckily, I found solution on google(don't know about the source now). Simply turn off the
Hardware acceleration feature and it worked. If you ignore impact of hardware acceleration turn off, this is the ideal one.
Canary version 81>= is another solution for this feature to work.
This was resolved in a later version of Chrome and is no longer an issue.