I have a chromebit running chrome os on wich I'm trying to develop a kiosk app for digital signage.
I would like to use an chrome os API (https://developer.chrome.com/apps/networking_onc) which is only avalible in kiosk mode. Is there any way I can test this during development, without deploying the app in the chrome store?
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Is there a place where I can configure an instance of which browser a PWA should use?
I am figuring out ways to install chrome extensions on windows machines without hosting extension on chrome web store. I found a way to use windows registry but seems like there also update url should also be from chrome web store(attached links below for reference). Is there any other alternative to install extensions on user machines without hosting it on web store.
https://developer.chrome.com/apps/external_extensions#preferences
https://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/protecting-windows-users-from-malicious.html.
Note that I don't need it for development purpose.It is for the users who want to test the extension before we publish release it
I'm looking into porting my web app into electron but before I invest the time in doing so I would like to know if someone has enterprise chrome (https://cloud.google.com/chrome-enterprise/browser/download/#chrome-browser-policies) installed on their machine and have strict policies (no access to camera and microphone) would my electron app be affected by it?
Well it turns out chrome enterprise policy does not affect electron based apps.
So today, Google announced a desktop app launcher for its Google Drive service: http://googledrive.blogspot.ca/2014/11/launch-desktop-applications-from-google.html.
Any ideas on how they implemented this? I'd like to do the same for a personal project. I know there's a way in node-webkit to do something like this, but if this ever becomes a native capability within Chrome browser...
To quote the announcement:
To get started, install the latest version of the Drive app for Mac or PC (version 1.18) ...
They are using a native app (not a Chrome app) to provide the functionality. As such, they can do whatever they want.
You can replicate this with a Native Host + extension approach.
I'm working on a Chrome app, and I'm wondering if there is a way to offer customers a single downloadable package that will provide both Chrome (the browser) and my app.
You sometimes see this with Java and Adobe AIR apps. You can either download just the app (if you already have the JVM or AIR, respectively), or you can download a package that includes the app plus the runtime.
In this case, Chrome is the runtime. Is there a way to offer a single download that will install Chrome along with my app? I can offer that as an option for users who do not already have Chrome installed.
This is something that is being actively developed now. The bug to follow is https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=341353, but there isn't much visible there as it is being developed in an internal repository at Google.