>By opening a popup window with a custom URL scheme and checking if its document is available from JavaScript code, you can detect if the application is installed on the device.
> the basic concept is the same. It works by asking the browser to show a confirmation dialog in a popup window. Then the JavaScript code can detect if a popup has just been opened and detect the presence of an application based on that.
so...we seem to be relying on the honor system with the user? Can anyone clarify?
in FF, unless im mistaken this assumes the user clicks anything except cancel on the popup. bug for reference and comment. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1711084
further from the github:
> the basic concept is the same. It works by asking the browser to show a confirmation dialog in a popup window. Then the JavaScript code can detect if a popup has just been opened and detect the presence of an application based on that.
so...we seem to be relying on the honor system with the user? Can anyone clarify?