CODEWITHSUNDEEP
google-chrome-app
tarabyte
tarabyte

Reputation: 19172

How to launch an external website from a chrome app?

I'm looking to link to a sign up page on an external webapp via a chrome app. The simplest way to manage this seems to be to open a new tab in the chrome browser (not a new webview in a new window of the app).

Tabs seem deprecated and a webview appears very unofficial and unsafe. Basically, is there a way to effectively do this:

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/signup">Sign up</a>

And the bigger question of course: is there a better way to approach what seems like a simple problem?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 157

Answers (1)

Xan
Xan

Reputation: 77482

Your conceptions, "Tabs seem deprecated and a webview appears very unofficial and unsafe", seem very strange. tabs is simply not enabled for Apps, and <webview> is alive and well.

But if you must open it in the browser, window.open will do the trick. See also this question.

Edit: Also, upcoming is the chrome.browser.openTab API. Leave your feedback if you have use cases for this feature.

Upvotes: 2

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