Peter E Conn

I just completed all 25 days of Advent of Code 2021! adventofcode.com #AdventOfCode

Looking into trying out the Digital Goods API and implement a purchase flow with Google Play Billing (in a Trusted Web Activity)? Check out the docs here: developers.google.com/web/android/tr…

Bubblewrap CLI 1.6.0 is out! Now generating Android packages ~700k smaller. That's up to 66% reduction! Also, a doctor command, dark mode for splash screens, site settings shortcuts and more. Check all changes at github.com/GoogleChromeLa…) and get it at @bubblewrap/cli" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">npmjs.com/package/@bubbl….

Bubblewrap 1.4.0 released! Get it at at @bubblewrap/cli" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">npmjs.com/package/@bubbl…. Now with support for generating Android icons from SVGs, Monochrome Icons, standalone / fullscreen modes and improved project creation flow. Shout out to @NotWoods, @christianliebel, and Chen for the contributions!

@andreban @kennethrohde Although from the user's point of view, they have Browser A as their default, Browser B installed and then they've got your web app open saying "Please use Browser B instead" - it seems silly they they'd have to change their default to use your app.

@andreban @kennethrohde As Andre says, it would be possible (we don't have it now, but it shouldn't be hard to add) to have a whitelist, but I'm not a massive fan of the idea - primarily because a browser could add support in the future and I doubt people would update their TWA shell's whitelist.

This is great news! A PWA opened from a Trusted Web Activity should be handled by the user's favourite browser, no matter what their favourite browser is! With this update, if the user's browser of choice is Firefox, it will be used as the Trusted Web Activity provider!

New version of @pwabuilder, with APK generation now powered by llama-pack!

Wondering how to avoid showing the URL bar in a TWA when the user navigates off the initial origin. If the developer owns both origins, it is possible. Read how to do it here: developers.google.com/web/updates/20…

Version 1.0.0 of android-browser-helper, a new Android library to make building TWAs simpler is now available. Check here for more details: developers.google.com/web/updates/20… #TWA

@alexey_rodionov Which guide specifically are you referring to? @andreban as well. (also, I'd recommend play.google.com/store/apps/det… for when you're debugging stuff - it will generate a DAL file from the APK on your device, side-stepping issues like this)

@PeterEConn Found another important nuance: Google Play Internal App Sharing (support.google.com/googleplay/and…) also re-sign APKs. And the internal key is different to production and upload key. So assetlinks.json must be updated. Could you please update the guide? It'll save a lot of debug time.

Confused about Digital Asset Links? No worries! I've written a Trusted Web Activity Quick Start Guide that takes you through creating a basic TWA, explaining all the common gotchas. developers.google.com/web/updates/20…

@ErikHellman Hey, Does a Kotlin/JS project have to be 100% Kotlin? Can it have any Java in it? Peter

@magbicaleman Publishing a TWA to the Play Store should be the same as publishing any other app to the Play Store, were there any specific parts you had in mind? Also, could you expand on the "different API environments"?

@PeterEConn Thank you very much for this guide, very helpful. For developers that have never published to the Play store, is there a guide on how to publish TWAs? Also how to deal with using different API environments.

@alexey_rodionov Sorry for the delay! Sure thing - I've got a PR out for it. github.com/google/WebFund…

@PeterEConn Great guide! 👍 Could you please also add a note about Google Play App Signing? In this case, Google Play re-sign APK and assetlinks.json should be updated.

We're implementing Navigation to Bundled Exchanges (a part of Web Packaging) on Chrome! 📦😃 No idea about how this can be used? Check out the demo video that shows how you can share a web site using Bundled Exchanges! ➡ youtube.com/watch?v=rs-3R0…

@aerotwist @beverloo It's through the meta tag.

Good News TWA fans (especially @beverloo) - the TWA status bar colour can now be controlled by the website. Let your imagination run wild!

@AskNationwide Huh, I had tried that a few times this morning, but trying it again it worked! The weather here is pretty sunny, thanks for your help, Peter

@PeterEConn Hi Peter! Sorry to hear this. Have you attempted to log out and then back in to see if this refreshes it? Hope you are having better weather over there too! Karen

@AskNationwide Hey, I'm on holiday without my nationwide calculator, have been transferring money from my account into my day spending card happily until today. Now it's asking me to use the calculator to confirm. Anything I can do?