I have a web application that uses location, I would like to help the user enable location services if it is disabled on the device.
To continue please : Enable the Location Services toggle.
This is what i tried :
the Location Services
Of course, I tried all possible schemes:
App-prefs://
App-prefs:
prefs://
prefs:
prefs:root
prefs:root=
But safari always tell me :
Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid
You can't open a specific sub-menu in the settings due to Apple restrictions.
However you can open the main settings of an iPhone with this url:
App-Prefs://prefs:root
Tested in IOS 16.
Doesn't work on Mac.
Please note that according to Apple only the schemes explicitly documented are supported. Everything else is considered to be a private API.
⚠ The App-Prefs URL scheme is not documented for third-party use!
Related
in this piece of HTML code
PARTECIPA
the opening of the website in the Microsoft Edge browser is indicated if installed on the device.
Can anyone help me? I would like the site to open in Google Chrome and not in Edge.
How should I edit this HTML?
To open the link using the Chrome browser instead of Microsoft Edge, you can change the value of href attribute like this: PARTECIPA. Assuming that Chrome browser is installed, that should open the Chrome browser.
Problem:
If Edge is not installed on the device (mob, desk or tab) it doesn't
work
In this case, it's best to simply use a standard URL without specifying a specific browser, like this. PARTECIPA. In addition, the "googlechrome:" protocol is not a standardized protocol and probably may not work in all devices. So, you can use a standardized URL like the code snippet I posted above and let the users device choose.
Do you know if instead of chrome I can specify "default browser"
Example PARTECIPA or
something similar?
There is no standard protocol for specifying the default browser. So, best approach is to simply use a standard URL without specifying a specific browser. But if you really want to use special web protocols inside hypertext links to force web pages or files to open with particular browsers on Windows or iOS, place browser-name before the hypertext reference link.
Check this:
Open in Google Chrome
Open in Microsoft Edge
Open in Mozilla Firefox
Open in Apple Safari
Open in Opera
This function does not work!
A similar example is for IOS, which works in the following way
Example :
PARTECIPA
Google has official documentation on the Chrome iOS app’s URI scheme on its developer website.
Simply replace http with googlechrome and https with googlechromes. This means:
http://www.google.com/ becomes googlechrome://www.google.com/
https://apple.stackexchange.com/ becomes googlechromes://apple.stackexchange.com/
Previously, it supported an x-callback-url of googlechrome-x-callback://. This allowed the calling app to indicate its name and URI scheme to Chrome, which would show a back button in the address bar that closes the tab and invokes the specified URI. This feature was removed a few years ago when iOS 9 added the “Back to …” button in the status bar (but the URI scheme still works).
I have integrated Google MAP api into our application using Javascript but unfortunately it does not work in https mode until I click "Show all content" button displays in the bottom of IE. There is no problem with http mode. Please let me know how can I fix it.
are you including the Google MAP script in a protocol agnostic way or just using an http link? if you want to server both, the script pointing to google maps should be
<script src="//maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
so that either http or https is used.
If you check the 'Enable Protected Mode' box under Internet Options > Security > Local Intranet this seems to have the effect of allowing the map to display in IE 8 and 9 for users on a corporate network.
This of course seems counter-intuitive, especially given the explanation in this link
but it has solved the problem for my users on many occasions. Not ideal, but worth a shot if you can recreate the problem and see if this is the fix.
In Chrome, I have the WebGL Inspector extension installed. The debug option does not show up in the address bar for the page I'm working on (that I'm using WebGL in). It shows up for other pages on the web. What are the requirements for getting it to give me the debug option?
I guess that you are trying to debug a local file (file://). If so, navigate to chrome://settings/extensions, expand the WebGL Inspector item and check "Allow access to file URLs".
Note: (outdated?) "readme.md" says:
You cannot inspect pages on file:// in WebKit (possible with security settings?)
You can also install a web server on your local PC to dispatch your page from a http:// url.
W3C geolocation API doesn't seem to work in safari 5.
I tried this page and it sort of tells me that Geolocation is unsuccessful.
The code:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation.html
can somebody explain me why this is so?
Looks like geolocation in safari only works when you're connected to wifi (not wired):
Geolocation in Safari 5
I'm using Safari 5.0.5 on Mac Snow Leopard and clicking after on your link I was getting
Error: The Geolocation service failed
Try enabling the location services in Safari.
Go to Preferences->Security and check "Allow websites to ask for location information". Also, make sure System Preferences->Security does not have "Disable Location Services" checked.
Now all works as expected and I'm getting
Location found using W3C standard
If, like me, you're working on a Mac and none of the other answers helped, check that the Safari application is permitted to determine your location:
System Preferences --> Security and Privacy --> Privacy --> Location Services --> Check the Safari checkbox.
Refresh the page, if prompted, allow Safari to obtain your location and now you should be able to see your location on the map.
The above was reproduced on OS X El Capitan.
I am looking for a way to launch a file located on our local file network for use via our local intranet using Firefox or Chrome.
The link works well in IE:
View Report
but in Firefox it shows:
View Report
is there a way to get the link to render properly?...Just a simple click from a href tag.
For Chrome, a new extension was just posted today! It's called LocalLinks and it replicates the functionality of the locallink add-on for Firefox! You'll find it on the Google Extensions page, or you can get to it directly here:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jllpkdkcdjndhggodimiphkghogcpida
Enjoy!
This is not enabled in firefox for security reasons (remember that most computers have files and applications of a sensitive nature located in similar locations, like C:\System\Windows)
you can try adding this to the user.js file for any user that needs to be able to access these links:
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.sites", "file:///[[PUT SERVER NAME HERE]]";);
user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");
Just remember that this is a security risk.
Firefox seems to want file://///Start/Of/My/Network/file.xlsx
Chrome and IE handles that too.
file://Start/Of/My/Network/file.xlsx appears to work in Chrome as well, sometimes firefox hics up on it..
There is the LocalLink add-on for firefox. It uses a context menu though...
Use IE tab (available for Chrome and Firefox) and set that to handle all links of the form file:/// by adding an autourls entry like this:
r/file:///.*
Technically this isn't opening the file in the original browser, but it gives you all the windows explorer integration you'd expect from whatever IE version you've got installed when dealing with local file links. I would advise against doing this except in cases when the browser isn't being used to access the web - e.g. for viewing internal wiki or intranet pages, due to the obvious security risk.