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[Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly, URL dispatcher is your friend here. I'm CC'ing Ted
explicitly, please reach out to him for help with setting up
click-hooks for your app.

HTH,

  Thomas

On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Chris Wayne <chris.wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This sounds more like URL Dispatcher: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/URLDispatcher
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Rex Tsai <rex.tsai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In current framework, developer is able to use Ubuntu Content API[1]
>> to handle certain file types[2]. There are 4 types are supported.
>>
>> It seems handling url scheme is not in the content-hub roadmap[3].
>>
>> I wonder is it possible to handle url in content-hub, similar like
>> - IntentFilter[4] in Android
>> - Invocation framework[5] in BlackBerry
>> - Web Activities[6] in FirefoxOS
>> - CFBundleURLTypes[7] in iOS
>> - Application Controls[8] in tizen
>> - UriMapper[9] in Windows Phone
>>
>> An example user case
>>
>>   A native youtube app registered youtube.com uri.
>>   When a user click on the link the link from browser or scope or 3rd
>> party app,
>>   the system will launch the youtube app to handle the uri.
>>
>> Is this possible in current framework? If not, do we have a plan for it?
>>
>> I'm working on integrating scopes and apps, and would like to have
>> url handling function to pass a function or a content from a scope or
>> browser to the app.
>>
>> [1] http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-1.0/Ubuntu.Content.index/
>> [2]
>> http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-1.0/Ubuntu.Content.ContentType/
>> [3]
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1403-content-hub-roadmap
>> [4]
>> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/IntentFilter.html
>> [5]
>> http://developer.blackberry.com/native/documentation/cascades/device_platform/invocation/invocation_framework.html
>> [6] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/introducing-web-activities/
>> [7]
>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/DOCUMENTATION/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html
>> [8]
>> https://developer.tizen.org/dev-guide/2.2.1/org.tizen.native.appprogramming/html/guide/app/app_controls.htm
>> [9]
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/system.windows.navigation.urimapper%28v=vs.105%29.aspx
>> Cheers
>> -Rex
>>
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