Is it possible to open an Ubuntu app from HTML? (firefox)
hi all,
I am in search of 'open an Ubuntu app (installed in the system) from an HTML file', and i got a solution from 'ask ubuntu' (refer: http://askubuntu.com/a/332389/447970). I tried it and its working good in Chromium and Chrome browsers, but not working in firefox, i am using firefox 46.0 (Edubuntu 14.04). The steps which i have done:
I. Create application launcher script
- a. mkdir -p bin
- b. gedit ~/bin/open_app.sh
- c. script:
- !/bin/bash
if [[ "$1" != "app://" ]]; then
app=${1#app://}
nohup "$app" &>/dev/null &
else
nohup gnome-terminal &>/dev/null &
fi
- d. chmod +x ~/bin/open_app.sh
2. Create .desktop file for application launcher
sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/appurl.desktop
added the following content:
[Desktop Entry] Name=TerminalURL Exec=/home/name/bin/open_app.sh %u Type=Application NoDisplay=true Categories=System; MimeType=x-scheme-handler/app;
III. Refresh mime types database
sudo update-desktop-database
IV. Then created a html file with tagging like:
Open Gimp: <a title="Open" href="app://gimp">Gimp - 2.8</a>
thats all.
If I open this html file in firefox and click on the hyper-link nothing happening.
What is the problem, is there any changes to make in Firefox browser?
Pls help - Jay
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HI team,
I was able to find out a solution, its a network-protocol issue. Added an entry in firefox config. as:
network.protocol-handler.external.app;true
now its working fine.
thanks for the support - Jay
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ఎంపిక చేసిన పరిష్కారం
HI team,
I was able to find out a solution, its a network-protocol issue. Added an entry in firefox config. as:
network.protocol-handler.external.app;true
now its working fine.
thanks for the support - Jay