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DShultz
DShultz

Reputation: 4541

Chrome Hosted apps no longer allowed?

I have (had) a hosted app in the Chrome Web Store, built using the following Developer documentation:

https://developers.google.com/chrome/apps/docs/developers_guide

After being in the Chrome Web Store for years, I recently received an email saying my app does not comply:

Your item did not comply with the following section of our policy:

Do not post an app where the primary functionality is to install or launch another app, theme, or extension. For example, if your app’s primary function is to launch a desktop app that the user has already installed, that is not allowed. Another example is a packaged app that just launches a website.

My question is: Did the rules change? A Hosted App IS an app that launches a website. Does anyone know what to change in a Hosted App to make it compliant again?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 233

Answers (1)

Marc Rochkind
Marc Rochkind

Reputation: 3740

A Hosted App, a Chrome App (successor to Packaged App), and a Chrome Extension are three separate things, distinguished by how their manifest.json file is set up. What this email appears to be saying is that you're not allowed to have a Chrome App (which they call a packaged app) whose only purpose is to launch another app or a web site. They are saying nothing about Hosted Apps, which continue to be allowed, as far as I know. (I have one in the Chrome Web Store myself.)

Is your app truly a Hosted App? Or, is it a (legacy) packaged app or a Chrome App?

Upvotes: 3

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