How to launch Chrome packaged app by clicking on a button in a html page

Question

I have created a Chrome packaged app and when i execute the following line in command prompt, it launches that packaged app:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --load-and-launch-app="chrome-app-path-goes-here"

How can I launch this Chrome app by clicking on a button in a html page? Any javascript or jQuery way of doing this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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Yes, it's possible.

Requirements:

Take a look at externally_connectable: docs, example.

What you can do is to send a message to the app, which will wake up its Event page.
From there, you can open the app's window as usual.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

Community

answered Nov 12 '14 at 11:59

Xan

As an added bonus, the webpage can detect this way whether the app is installed. – Xan Nov 12 '14 at 12:12
Note (in case it isn't obvious) that you can't have it so any website can do this, just the ones you whitelist in the app. – Ben Wells Nov 13 '14 at 00:27
@Ben Well, that's requirement #1 in my answer. – Xan Nov 13 '14 at 00:28
@Xan, yeah I know, just wanted to point it out a bit more as it can't be wildcarded. – Ben Wells Nov 13 '14 at 00:29

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