README.md

Chrome Apps samples

Official samples for Chrome Apps platform. If you want to learn about the platform, you can:

1. look at the source code of the samples below. Most samples have a "Try it now" button that allows you to install and play with it.
2. read the official docs
3. follow the official Codelab presented at Google I/O

If you have questions, search or ask at StackOverflow (observe the google-chrome-app tag) or join the Chromium Apps Google group.

Samples

Sample	API or feature	Link
analytics	storage ios android
appengine-channelapi/app	webview
appsquare	geolocation identity storage
blink1	hid usb
bluetooth-samples/battery-service-demo	bluetooth
bluetooth-samples/device-info-demo	bluetooth
bluetooth-samples/heart-rate-sensor	bluetooth
calculator	clipboard ios android
camera-capture	getUserMedia
clock	framelessWindows geolocation richNotifications storage
context-menu	contextMenu
dart	dart ios
desktop-capture	desktopCapture
dialog-element
diff	clipboard fileSystem storage
filesystem-access	fileSystem storage
frameless-window	framelessWindows
gcm-notifications	gcm richNotifications storage
gdrive	framelessWindows identity
github-auth	identity
hello-world	ios android
hello-world-sync	storage ios android
hid	hid usb
identity	identity android
image-edit	fileSystem storage
instagram-auth	identity
io2012-presentation	framelessWindows getUserMedia serial storage webview	-
io2012-presentation/helloworld		-
io2012-presentation/servo	getUserMedia serial	-
ioio	bluetooth
keyboard-handler
managed-in-app-payments	in-app-payments	-
manga-cam	framelessWindows getUserMedia syncFileSystem
mdns-browser	framelessWindows sockets systemInfo
media-gallery	mediaGallery
messaging/app1	messaging
messaging/app2	messaging
messaging/extension	messaging richNotifications
mini-code-edit	commands contextMenu fileSystem
multicast	framelessWindows messaging old_sockets storage
one-time-payment	identity storage
optional-permissions	optionalPermissions
parrot-ar-drone	old_sockets sockets android
platform-title	framelessWindows
printing	print storage systemInfo
restarted-demo	storage ios
rich-notifications	richNotifications android
sandbox	sandbox
sandboxed-content	sandbox
serial-control-signals	serial
serial/adkjs/app	serial
serial/espruino	serial
serial/ledtoggle	serial
servo	getUserMedia serial
storage
syncfs-editor	syncFileSystem
systemInfo	systemInfo
tasks	identity android
tcpserver	sockets systemInfo webview
telnet	sockets
text-editor	clipboard fileSystem
todomvc	alarms fileSystem richNotifications storage syncFileSystem android	-
tts	tts	-
udp	sockets ios
url-handler	storage webview
usb-label-printer	fileSystem getUserMedia optionalPermissions usb
usb/device-info	usb
usb/knob	optionalPermissions usb
weather	geolocation storage ios
web-store	fileSystem identity storage webstore
webgl-pointer-lock	framelessWindows pointerLock
webserver	sockets systemInfo android
websocket-server	old_sockets ios
webview-samples/browser	webview
webview-samples/declarative-web-request	storage webview
webview-samples/insert-css	storage webview
webview-samples/local-resources	webview
webview-samples/new-window	webview
webview-samples/new-window-user-agent	contextMenu webview
webview-samples/shared-script	webview
webview-samples/user-agent	webview
webview-samples/webview	geolocation getUserMedia pointerLock webview
window-options	fullscreen
window-state	fullscreen
windows	framelessWindows

Samples by features

API or feature	Samples
alarms	todomvc
bluetooth	bluetooth-samples_battery-service-demo bluetooth-samples_device-info-demo bluetooth-samples_heart-rate-sensor ioio
clipboard	calculator diff text-editor
commands	mini-code-edit
contextMenu	context-menu mini-code-edit webview-samples_new-window-user-agent
dart	dart
desktopCapture	desktop-capture
fileSystem	diff filesystem-access image-edit mini-code-edit text-editor todomvc usb-label-printer web-store
framelessWindows	clock frameless-window gdrive io2012-presentation manga-cam mdns-browser multicast platform-title webgl-pointer-lock windows
fullscreen	window-options window-state
gcm	gcm-notifications
geolocation	appsquare clock weather webview-samples_webview
getUserMedia	camera-capture io2012-presentation io2012-presentation_servo manga-cam servo usb-label-printer webview-samples_webview
hid	blink1 hid
identity	appsquare gdrive github-auth identity instagram-auth one-time-payment tasks web-store
in-app-payments	managed-in-app-payments
mediaGallery	media-gallery
messaging	messaging_app1 messaging_app2 messaging_extension multicast
old_sockets	multicast parrot-ar-drone websocket-server
optionalPermissions	optional-permissions usb-label-printer usb_knob
pointerLock	webgl-pointer-lock webview-samples_webview
print	printing
richNotifications	clock gcm-notifications messaging_extension rich-notifications todomvc
sandbox	sandbox sandboxed-content
serial	io2012-presentation io2012-presentation_servo serial-control-signals serial_adkjs_app serial_espruino serial_ledtoggle servo
sockets	mdns-browser parrot-ar-drone tcpserver telnet udp webserver
storage	analytics appsquare clock diff filesystem-access gcm-notifications hello-world-sync image-edit io2012-presentation multicast one-time-payment printing restarted-demo todomvc url-handler weather web-store webview-samples_declarative-web-request webview-samples_insert-css
syncFileSystem	manga-cam syncfs-editor todomvc
systemInfo	mdns-browser printing systemInfo tcpserver webserver
tts	tts
usb	blink1 hid usb-label-printer usb_device-info usb_knob
webstore	web-store
webview	appengine-channelapi_app io2012-presentation tcpserver url-handler webview-samples_browser webview-samples_declarative-web-request webview-samples_insert-css webview-samples_local-resources webview-samples_new-window webview-samples_new-window-user-agent webview-samples_shared-script webview-samples_user-agent webview-samples_webview

Mobile support

You can generate native mobile versions of the samples below using the procedure described here.

Sample	Android support	iOS support
analytics	Supported.	Supported.
calculator	Supported. Visual issues caused by fixed-size layout	Supported. Visual issues caused by fixed-size layout
dart		Supported. Visual issues caused by fixed-size layout
hello-world	Supported.	Supported.
hello-world-sync	Supported. sync storage doesn't actually sync - works local	Supported. sync storage doesn't actually sync - works local
identity	Supported. You need to add an Android OAuth app in the Cloud API console of the OAuth project. The app's SHA1 can be the debug one (see more here), and the package name is org.chromium.identity.MyApp. If you don't add the Android OAuth app and tries to use the OAuth client-id from the Chrome app, you will get a generic message GoogleAuthException
parrot-ar-drone	Supported. Communication to the Drone works, but the UI requires a connected gamepad.
restarted-demo		Supported. Restart must be done via Safari remote debugging.
rich-notifications	Supported.
tasks	Supported.
todomvc	Supported.
udp		Supported.
weather		Supported.
webserver	Supported. Directory picking doesn't work on some versions of Android
websocket-server		Supported.

Libraries and tools

• Google APIs client library for Chrome Apps
• Google Analytics for Chrome Apps and Extensions