Chrome app: open external URL

Asked May 19 '16 at 07:14

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Well I say Chrome app but it's not exactly a Chrome app. It's just a HTML5 page that runs on Chrome.

So I have an app.js that defines the control flow of how the app would behave. Somewhere in the control flow, I'd like to open an external URL and let user play with that page. Afterwards, the control should go back to app.js and something else would happen.

But of course when Chrome load another page, all control is lost and there will be no app.js anymore. The external is from third party and thus cannot be modified.

How does one achieve this?

asked May 19 '16 at 07:14

lang2

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[This post](http://stackoverflow.com/a/17744260/456135) may help – Anupam May 19 '16 at 07:19
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Open the page in a new window? – Chris May 19 '16 at 07:27
@Chris all these has to happen without user interaction. Suppose I have no control over the 3rd party page at all – lang2 May 19 '16 at 07:31
Yes, you can open a page in a new window without user interaction. When the user closes it they will be returned to your app. – Chris May 19 '16 at 07:43

Chrome app: open external URL

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