Deep-linking demo for electron app (macOS/win32)
This project shows the process of setting your Electron app as the default handler for a specific protocol & launch it parameterized though a URL.
We set our app to intercept and handle any clicked URLs that start with a specific protocol - here we use myapp://-. Similar to when a browser asks to be your default for viewing web pages.
Open Safari browser & enter myapp://param at address bar.
Then 'electron-deep-linking-mac-win' app will start and provided url will be printed to dev console!
Project is based to Quick Start Guide within the Electron documentation, then followed ‘electron-builder’ quick-setup-guide to produce macOS/win32 installers.
To clone and run this repository you'll need Git and Node.js (which comes with npm) installed on your computer.
At your command line:
# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/oikonomopo/electron-deep-linking-mac-win.git
# Go into the repository
cd electron-deep-linking-mac-win
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Run the app
npm start
# Produce installer
npm run distAfter running the installer (at electron-deep-linking-mac-win/dist/), you can try to open 'electron-deep-linking-mac-win' app with deep linking, by entering myapp://param at Safari address-bar. At chrome it will work by embedding the custom url in a link: f.e. <a href="myapp://param">Open app</a>