Web-Facing Change PSA: Navigations can now be captured into an installed PWA
Dibyajyoti Pal
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Design Doc
https://bit.ly/pwa-navigation-capturing
Developer Documentation
https://bit.ly/pwa-navigation-management
Chrome Status Entry
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5183927385587712
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
ChromeOS will be upgraded from its current link capturing behavior to this version in the near future.
Summary
Web links now direct users to installed web apps to align with users’ installed app expectations. Users have the option of turning the behavior off or on from the installed web app’s settings page. Developers can control the behavior by using the launch_handler manifest property.
A version of feature is launched on ChromeOS today but is off by default (and has key differences that break web platform experiences, see https://bit.ly/pwa-navigation-capturing for more information)
Today, only installed web apps having the launch_handler field specified in the manifest are automatically opted into this behavior. Once partner testing is complete, this behavior will be enabled by default for all installed web apps.
Blink components
Blink > AppManifest
Chrome components
UI > Browser > WebAppInstalls > Desktop
Tracking Bug
crbug.com/324435093 (Windows, Mac and Linux)
crbug.com/366547977 (ChromeOS)
Estimated milestone
M134: Launched, enabled by default for installed PWAs that specify a launch_handler
M135: Planned launch to enable by default for all installed PWAs