Deeplinking to Electron App possible?

Freddie · December 16, 2020, 6:44pm

Forgive me if this is already noted somewhere and I missed it. I’ve searched all over but can’t find any reference to this. Is deeplinking configurable for the Desktop Electron app? I want to be able to launch the app by clicking on a link.

Freddie · December 18, 2020, 5:46pm

Any thoughts on this? Has anyone been able to implement this?

damencho · December 18, 2020, 6:03pm

Yep, there is already a hook for that in the code.

github.com

jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/react/features/deep-linking/openDesktopApp.js

// @flow

/**
 * Opens the desktop app.
 *
 * @param {Object} state - Object containing current redux state.
 * @returns {Promise<boolean>} - Resolves with true if the attempt to open the desktop app was successful and resolves
 * with false otherwise.
 */
export function _openDesktopApp(state: Object) { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
    return Promise.resolve(false);
}

You can communicate with your electron app through localhost and some well-known port for both side, by sending to your app the URL for the meeting to join.

Freddie · December 18, 2020, 6:26pm

Oh awesome! Thank you!!!