Web-Facing Change PSA: Enable navigator.getInstalledRelatedApps() for desktop web apps

[Ishika Patel]

Contact emails
ishik...@microsoft.com
luig...@microsoft.com

Specification
https://wicg.github.io/get-installed-related-apps/spec/#dom-navigator-getinstalledrelatedapps

Design Doc
https://bit.ly/getInstalledRelatedApps

Chrome Status Entry
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5695378309513216

Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS

Summary
navigator.getInstalledRelatedApps() will now support installed web apps on Desktop platforms.

getInstalledRelatedApps is an existing method shipped for native apps (on Android and Windows). It provides sites information about whether their corresponding related applications are installed locally. Developers can now enable this same behavior for installed web apps on desktop platforms by using the related_applications web app manifest property.

Blink components
Blink > AppManifest

Chrome components
UI > Browser > WebAppInstalls

Tracking Bug
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40144143

Estimated milestone
M140: Enable getInstalledRelatedApps for Desktop PWAs