Questions tagged [webintents]

Web Intents is a framework for client-side service discovery and inter-application communication.

From the website:

Web Intents is a framework for client-side service discovery and inter-application communication. Services register their intention to be able to handle an action on the user's behalf. Applications request to start an Action of a certain verb (share, edit, view, pick etc.) and the system will find the appropriate Services for the user to use based on the user's preference.

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Android app starts updating with cordova-webintent and force stops

Steps: I Opened the android application (built with cordova) Then I called cordova-webintent for installing updates I pressed Install and it starts installing, but after a few seconds, the app force stops and shuts instead of installing and…
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Content Security Policy issue with Twitter Web Intent

I have a webpage that generates random quotes and I've got a button that, when clicked, should redirect to the Twitter web intent page in order to allow the viewer send a tweet already pre-populated with the text of the quote. The code of the…
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How to launch external app from an ionic4 app

My app is under Ionic 4 for android and I have to open/run/launch external app (for exemple com.google.android.youtube or com.sygic.truck) -> for instance, any installed app. I tested many options without any success : InAppBrowserModule (using…
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Does UPI support Deep Linking on Apple IOS

With deep linking using "intent" one can initiate payment from your app and complete payments in UPI enabled apps like Tez, BHIM, PhonePe. This is enabled due to Android Intent APIs. I do not find anything similar on IOS. Also I did not find any…
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phonegap resolveLocalFileSystemURL does not work for content uri on android

I want to receive share image from Android image gallery using Nexus 4 phone on Android version 5.1.1. I am using phonegap 4.2 and a phonegap WebIntent plugin github link and the phonegap file plugin doc link. Text and links works fine but when I…
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How can I confirm a Twitter web intent was sent?

I'd like to confirm a user tweeted after clicking a Twitter Web Intent. How can I accomplish this? Example: Tweet Assuming an anonymous* user clicks this link and tweets, how…
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Subscribing to ics calendar URL via link website

for an online calendaring website we offer our visitors to "Subscribe to the calendar" using their native Calendar app. On iOS, this is pretty easy, as iOS recognises the iCal format, and everything is handled perfectly. On Android however, the…
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configure android intents via config.xml in phonegap app

I am developing a phonegap and would like to use intents for android. When I add the following to AndroidManifest.xml (within platforms/android) it works like expected.
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cordova onNewIntent not firing

In my Cordova application, I am using the following code to receive a new intent: window.plugins.webintent.onNewIntent(function(url) { if(url !== "") { window.alert("new intent received"); } }); My android launch mode is set to…
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Send email from FirefoxOS app with content

I'm trying to send an email from a FirefoxOS App to share content generated by it. Currently I'm using: var createEmail = new MozActivity({ name: "new", data: { type : "mail", } }); But I haven't been able to find any way of appending or…
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Embedding a Twitter web intent "tweet box" in a page

Having Googled myself dry I'm going to try here, although it may be impossible. I simply want to embed a tweet box in one of my web pages, using the web intent API which provides the content in page: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet. The trouble is,…
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Communicating between an android chrome browser and an app

I need to be able to call an app and get response back on js. I understand that those could have been achieved by the abandoned Web Intents. Any other way to achieve this? I'm also curious about iOS, but that's a different question.
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twitter intentEvent fires before receiving actions of a popup?

Here is my [code][1]. JS: function followIntentToAnalytics (intentEvent) { if (!intentEvent) return; var label = intentEvent.data.user_id + " (" + intentEvent.data.screen_name + ")"; pageTracker._trackEvent( 'twitter_web_intents', …
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Twitter web intent popup opening twice

I have a link (on a Font Awesome icon), that looks like this:
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PhoneGap - Call another application (AngryBirds)

I'm implementing phonegap based application for android and want to call angry birds game from inside the phonegap app. After my quick research here and here I have…
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