INSTALL CHROME WEB APP (an easy guide)

It surely seems like Google is working really hard to switch your desktop applications online. With its ambitious projects like Google chrome OS and continuously developing other projects, it sure aims to next generation of computing i.e cloud computing.

Recently at Google IO it has released chrome web app store much like that of Apple but the difference is that you don't have to download it to any cellphone or computer, it will work online only.

Here is how you can install some web app in your chrome browser.




Step 1:

Download the latest chrome browser from dev channel (if already present then skip this step).

download chrome from dev channel here.

Once installed start Google chrome with --ebnable apps flag.

For this create a shortcut of chrome,

right click on the shortcut and click properties and to the target add --enable-apps (i.e path_to_chrome.exe --enable-apps)

restart the browser.


Now simply click here to get a chess game. (courtesy: Domainrange)


click here to get solitaire.

For more to experiment


Step 2:

For Maps app

create a folder named map_app

and put the following files into it
1)   manifest.json
2)   24.png
3)   128.png

click on manifest.json copy the whole content, now paste it in a text document save it and rename it to manifest.jason (remember to delete the .txt extension). Save the other two files in the same folder.


Step 3:
Now open Chrome with --enable apps flag

Bring up the extension mamagement page by clicking           icon and choosing extension.
If the developer mode has a + then click it and additional developer mode appears.

Now click on the Load unpacked extension.

And navigate to the map_app folder and click ok.
You have now installed the app


Now open a new tab viola and heres your newly installed app.

For Gmail extension create a new folder named gmail_app
copy and paste the following codes in notepad and name it to manifest.json and save it in gmail_app (again remember to del the .txt extension)

{
  "name": "Google Mail",
  "version": "1",
  "icons": {
    "24": "icon_24.png",
    "128": "icon_128.png"
  },
  "permissions": [
    "unlimited_storage",
    "notifications"
  ],
  "web_content": {
    "enabled": true,
    "origin": "https://mail.google.com",
    "paths": [
      "/mail/"
    ]
  },
  "launch": {
    "web_url": "/mail/"
  }
}

save this icon as icon_24.png in the same folder
again save this icon as icon_128.png in the same folder

once you have all this in gmail_app folder follow Step 3.

And heres your peek to the next generation.