Intent to Prototype: Multi Apps API

[Ivan Šandrk]

Contact emails

isa...@chromium.org

Explainer

https://github.com/ivansandrk/multi-apps/blob/main/explainer.md

Specification

None

Summary

Multi Apps API enables PWA developers to programmatically add application icons to their PWA that link into specific application features.

Blink component

Blink

Motivation

This is to provide the user experience of using separate apps that seamlessly integrate into the work environment, even though they might be provided by a single PWA. A VDI app might want to directly expose all the installed apps on the remote client so that they look and feel as if they're native to the local client (eg. additional launcher icons for Spreadsheet, Word processor). Currently there is no way to do this so app developers resort to various hacks to achieve it.

Initial public proposal

None

TAG review

None

TAG review status

Pending

Risks

Interoperability and Compatibility

None

Gecko: No signal

Edge: No signal

WebKit: No signal

Web developers: Strong positive - partners

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?

No

Tracking bug

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1171317

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/4959711008915456

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