My app is completely html CSS and JavaScript. I am running into a little problem because I would like the user to be able to use my webpage from the browser or use the app and maintain the cookies between the two.
Is this possible?
No, this is not possible because the WebBrowser control used in your hybrid app does not share anything with the Internet Explorer. They are completely separated and each one is sandboxed.
This also prevents other applications from reusing such cookies.
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might be very basic question but just wanted to clear out my doubt, since I'm seeing PWA is like alternative for native application.
What if browser fail to read/understand manifest file?
what if user is having other/older browser? (most of the time I see e.g of chrome)
after installation what are the browser dependencies for PWA?
Please guide me with the above.
Thanks
One of the more important concepts in a PWA is that it is built following the principle of progressive enhancement, this means that the website would function ordinarily on older browsers (including Safari) and then gain PWA abilities if the user's browser supports them.
Therefore in answer to your three questions:
Website would function as normal without the option to "Add to HomeScreen"
Same.
The PWA runs using the browser, therefore any functionality supported by the browser will be included in your PWA.
I am trying to do web push notifications in Chrome without using GCM/FCM. Is it possible? I'm not able to find examples on how to use a different push service.
No, it is not possible to use another push service.
In Firefox, you can do it by modifying the dom.push.serverURL preference, but obviously you'd need privileged access to alter the value of the pref.
There are third-party services that you can use to implement push notifications, but they will use the Web Push API under the hood (so Autopush on Firefox, GCM/FCM on Chrome).
Yes. Using VAPID spec and service worker you can use web push notifications without FCM/GCM. For more information please look into below google docs.
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/engage-and-retain/push-notifications/how-push-works
I have used Using VAPID for WebPush. This works in Firefox and IE Edge browser. But not mail in Chrome browser.
Again in Firefox action seems to be not working. Whereas in IE Edge, notification actions buttons will work
It can be done using Service Workers. It's new w3c feature.
I've not tried it yet, but you can have a look at it:
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/getting-started/codelabs/push-notifications/
It's not compatible with all browsers. Ref.: http://caniuse.com/#feat=serviceworkers
good grief the advice here is DISGUSTINGLY bad
yes you can do it using https websockets and also a Microsoft project called SignalR which doesn't even "need" browser support, i.e it will work in javascript no matter what
the reason I mention SignalR is that is DEGRADES the mechanic to the bet fit to ensure it works whatever the weather.. tools they use are
from old sckoole long polling
all the way up to WebSockets under the covers when it's available
(and gracefully fall back to other techniques and technologies when it isn't, while the application code remains the same)
Basically i have an application that needs to be able to navigate to a webpage on the app whilst in the browser in silverlight how can i go about doing this?
It does not let me use the web browser tool and i cannot find any other way. I dont think i will be able to use an iframe either as i need to be able to draw a canvas over the webpage that can then be drawn upon using a paint tool and i dont think using an iframe will allow this.
So how do i go about getting an external website to load inside of my web silverlight application?
You're right, there is a WebBrowser control but it is only available when running in out of browser mode.
I'm afraid at the moment, the only way is by using an Iframe (spent many hours searching).
I managed to get it working OK by using this tutorial: Showing HTML content inside silverlight app
However for your requirements (drawing on top of the webpage) this will not work, as it does not allow the Silverlight app to integrate with the html content.
The only option that i can think of is setting your app be be out of browser, then using the WebBrowser control
But this will not be appropriate as i've just noticed that your app needs to be accessible through a browser!
I'm fairly new to Chrome app development and was wondering if it's possible to run an app within Chrome's main window, like the TweetDeck app.
Thanks!
No. Chrome Apps' current goal is to provide a native-like app experience outside the Chrome browser. Today, with the exception of certain privileged APIs, putting an app in Chrome would be... well, it would be a website.
If you want an app in one of Chrome's tabs, why not just build a website? What does the open web lack for your project?
Note that we have been thinking about what it would mean for an app to be a component inside a webpage. You could imagine a Facebook Like button or a Google+ +1 button implemented as an app in a webpage in the same way that those buttons today are usually implemented as iframes. There are some interesting security properties that this approach would bring over iframes. But again, this doesn't seem to be what you had in mind. What you had in mind appears to be a regular website.
Is there any way to communicate between my .exe application and Firefox?
Because, I have my own webpage. I'm using FireFox to browse it.
I have an application (in c++) to process a piece of HTML code from my webpage within FireFox. My application can print something directly to printer (raw print).
Since now, I coudn't access firefox's DOM content (page HTML source) from outside firefox; Also, I coudn't print directly to printer (raw print) from firefox.
Now, I'm looking solution for this problem. Here are my possibilities:
1.) My web page I can copy my related text to clipboard.
2.) My web page I can write my related text to Firefox's cookie.
3.) My web page I can write my related text to a file from client's PC.
4.) Any other way to send my related text to my .exe application.
But I don't know how can I do:
How can I copy to clipboard within firefox,
How can I read FireFox's cookie from my .exe application,
How can I create file in client's PC.
Is there any way to communicate between my .exe application (in c++) and Firefox?
You have to write an extension for firefox an use its API. For example see nsIProcess:
"The nsIProcess interface represents an executable process."
Assuming that your page has a true URL outside of FireFox, you could solve your problem by registering a custom protocol handler. E.g. register "X-myprettyprinter". Then, in FireFox, from http://www.example.com/index.html you can redirect to X-myprettyprinter:http%2D%2Dwww.example.com/index.html. FireFox doesn't know how to handle the X-myprettyprinter protocol so it hands off the URL to the OS, which then hands it to your registered application. Bonus: it works for all browsers. Downside: you have to retrieve the URL yourself and render the page again in-process
You could write an addon for firefox that allowed some form of integration with your application.
Here is a tutorial on writing firefox addins.
The best way to do this is to skip the .exe application and just make an ad on for FireFox, Take a look at the FireBug ad-on. It can pull certain codes out of a web page, If you use the API I bet you could do what your .exe program should.