Note that with the above in place (assuming my suggestion is reasonable enough and it gets implemented), there would still be some additional work on a webapp’s side to parse the intent URL and build a suitable http URL from it. The webapp-container executable doesn’t expose such a functionality, it would need to be added. Re-opening the webbrowser-app task to reflect that.
** Changed in: webbrowser-app Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Changed in: webbrowser-app Status: Confirmed => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu WebApps bug tracking, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407709 Title: Google Maps and Here Maps should handle custom intent:// URLs Status in The Webapps-core project: New Status in Web Browser App: New Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu RTM: Invalid Bug description: ubuntu-rtm image 184 The maps apps in the system should register and respond to appropriate urls from the browser (not sure of the format, map:// or directions:// - need to check) Steps to reproduce: 1) open browser 2) type "Asai Belmont MA" in the url bar and press enter 3) this will do a google search for the resturant 4) click on the "Directions" button Expected result: - One of the maps apps should open displaying directions for the resturant Actual results: - no app is launched To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/webapps-core/+bug/1407709/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs Post to : ubuntu-webapps-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp