> On Jul 27, 2017, at 10:13, Conrad Shultz <conrad_shu...@apple.com> wrote: > > > >> On Jul 22, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 21, 2017, at 7:19 PM, Conrad Shultz <conrad_shu...@apple.com> wrote: >>> >>> You can build a Safari extension as an app extension bundled with an app, >>> meaning you can write your extension in Swift or Objective-C (and >>> JavaScript). >> >> It doesn’t look like these can do what the OP wants to do — display a >> specific MIME type in Safari. Safari Extensions are triggered by web pages >> loading, and can inject JS or CSS, which implies that the page is already >> HTML-based. If Safari encounters a page whose MIME type is >> “application/foobar”, it’s not going to display any HTML, it’s going to >> download it as a file and the extension never gets to run. >> >> —Jens >> > > Yes, you will not able to directly display a new MIME type in Safari using > the existing extensions API. I encourage filing a bug at > https://bugreport.apple.com <https://bugreport.apple.com/> requesting new > functionality. > > However, you might be able to emulate a similar behavior. For example, your > extension could add script that detects a link (or other reference) in HTML > to the content of interest, then routes it (either as downloaded data or the > resource URL) to your native code, which could then render it either in your > associated app or in a popover in Safari. With emulation of the link sniffing, would Web Assembly make it doable potentially? That's a big black box still to me... > > -Conrad > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/dangerwillrobinsondanger%40gmail.com > > This email sent to dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com
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