Launch Local Files

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Launch Local Files

kstangel opened this issue 10 years ago · comments

Launch Local Files such as file://

Matthew Cook · Answer 1 · Thu Feb 05 2015 07:01:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It appears this is not possible via file:// URLs. Throws an error on Webview initialization. Workaround suggested here probably wouldn't work for this application: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23374184/load-local-file-in-chrome-app-webview

Matthew Cook · Answer 2 · Sat May 30 2015 04:14:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Re-opening since it's theoretically possible via: https://developer.chrome.com/apps/fileSystem and we've had additional requests for this feature.

Matthew Cook · Answer 3 · Tue Aug 25 2015 22:41:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This work is in progress. Will likely use a modified version of https://github.com/kzahel/web-server-chrome

In the meantime (on systems other than ChromeOS) the recommended solution is to use a simple local HTTP server (such as Mongoose: https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/)

Kyle Graehl · Answer 4 · Wed Mar 02 2016 11:56:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Worked on support for this feature today: https://github.com/zebradog/kiosk/pull/90

Matthew Cook · Answer 5 · Fri Mar 04 2016 00:46:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Added in de09d80

Matthew Cook · Answer 6 · Mon Aug 19 2019 22:34:21 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Re-opening since folks are still attempting to use file:// paths. Could prompt with a notification and automatically turn on the local server or use FileSystem method: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27932960/how-do-you-display-a-filesystem-url-in-a-chrome-app-webview