Opening the .vv File using apsice/spice UrlScheme

[Shan Shaji]

Is it possible to open a .vv file using the aspice:// or spice:// URL scheme? If so, could you please let me know the correct query parameter to use for passing the file path?

[iior...@gmail.com]

It's not possible to use the aspice:// scheme to open a .vv file.

However, aSPICE Pro and Opaque can both open .vv files directly.

[Ted Serreyn]

From what OS?

 

 

 

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[iior...@gmail.com]

That's an excellent question, Ted. I assumed that the original poster was asking about Android because that's where the spice:// scheme is actually implemented. On iOS / MacOS, aSPICE Pro can open only files, it doesn't have an implementation of the spice:// scheme.

[i iordanov]

I went back and checked, and indeed there is a version of the spice:// URI scheme implemented in aSPICE pro for iOS/MacOS that I had forgotten about, apologies.

So aSPICE will launch on iOS/MacOS if the another app tries to launch such a URL. Not all parameters that Android supports are implemented, do let me know if you need any additional ones for any use-cases.

I now remember that I also added bvnc:// and aspice:// URI schemes to force launching those clients on iOS and MacOS. Likewise, there are also rdp:// and ardp:// for aRDP client.

Finally, opening a file:// URI scheme with a .vv file should launch aSPICE Pro on iOS/MacOS and Android and Opaque on Android.

I hope this gives a good overview of capabilities, but please do reach out if anything is unclear or inaccurate.

Sincerely,

Iordan

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[Shan Shaji]

Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried opening the app using the following URI scheme: spice://?file=<absolute_path>. It didn't work, which leads me to believe that the app doesn't implement file parsing on its side. However, the app did open. I haven't tried using the file:// scheme yet, but I plan to try that today.

[Shan Shaji]

I checked with the file:// and it didn’t work. 

url is file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/977225F9-FBE9-4903-A0A5-843EFD9FDB2E/Library/Caches/vvFile.vv

     UIApplication.shared.open(url)

[i iordanov]

What Operatin System are you using?

Please describe *the exact* steps that you tried and expected to work.

Iordan

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