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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

Awesome, that works, thank you!

We now have a working Skype WebApp for Ubuntu Touch. Enjoy!
https://uappexplorer.com/app/skype.peter-bittner

I've reported the misleading documentation (ubuntu-webapps-guide) at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/developer-ubuntu-com/+bug/1484529

Cheers, Peter


2015-08-13 10:51 GMT+02:00 sturmflut <sturmflut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hey Peter,
>
> according to "webapp-container --help" the parameter is supposed to be
> "--user-agent-string=". Seems to work for me.
>
> cheers,
> Simon
>
>
>
> On 08/13/2015 12:55 AM, Peter Bittner wrote:
>> I'm working on the Skype (Unofficial) WebApp [1] for Ubuntu Touch, and I
>> need some clarifications.
>>
>> According to the Ubuntu WebApps Guide [2] it is possible to override the
>> browser's user agent string. This has to be done in the project's
>> .desktop file (e.g. [3]) using the --user-agent-override='<string>'
>> argument.
>>
>> Unfortunately, this seems to have no effect. I've tested this with a
>> WebApp that opens a website showing the user agent sent, and it displays
>> the usual Ubuntu Touch user agent instead of the specified one.
>>
>> Can anybody confirm this argument has ever worked? Or is there something
>> I'm doing wrong? Thanks for any hint, Peter
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/bittner/skype
>> [2] https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/web/ubuntu-webapps-guide/
>> [3] https://github.com/bittner/skype/blob/master/skype.desktop#L6