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#!/bin/sh | |
echo "What should the Application be called (no spaces allowed e.g. GCal)?" | |
read inputline | |
name="$inputline" | |
echo "What is the url (e.g. https://www.google.com/calendar/render)?" | |
read inputline | |
url="$inputline" | |
echo "What is the full path to the icon (e.g. /Users/username/Desktop/icon.png)?" | |
read inputline | |
icon="$inputline" | |
chromePath="/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome" | |
appRoot="/Applications" | |
# various paths used when creating the app | |
resourcePath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Resources" | |
execPath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/MacOS" | |
profilePath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Profile" | |
plistPath="$appRoot/$name.app/Contents/Info.plist" | |
# make the directories | |
mkdir -p "$resourcePath" "$execPath" "$profilePath" | |
# convert the icon and copy into Resources | |
if [ -f "$icon" ] ; then | |
sips -s format tiff "$icon" --out "$resourcePath/icon.tiff" --resampleHeightWidth 128 128 >& /dev/null | |
tiff2icns -noLarge "$resourcePath/icon.tiff" >& /dev/null | |
fi | |
# create the executable | |
cat >"$execPath/$name" <<EOF | |
#!/bin/sh | |
exec "$chromePath" --app="$url" --user-data-dir="$profilePath" "\$@" | |
EOF | |
chmod +x "$execPath/$name" | |
# create the Info.plist | |
cat > "$plistPath" <<EOF | |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”> | |
<plist version=”1.0″> | |
<dict> | |
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key> | |
<string>$name</string> | |
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key> | |
<string>icon</string> | |
</dict> | |
</plist> | |
EOF | |
is there any way to have chrome to open new windows in a tab? not liking the 'new window' bit...
Thanks so much for this—now I can use chrome extensions in a FluidApp-esque fasion! Good work!
Thanks for the awesome script! Does anyone know how to make the tab bar show in the ssb? Using this to make a standalone Gmail :)
The instructions still say that the app name can't include spaces while that's no longer true
why does this open in a different profile? how can I get it to open in my default profile?
Thanks!!
This is a great script! I would like to use 1Password within the app. Could anyone suggest how I can install the add-in. I can't get an address bar to go to the site. (I know that is the point of the script.) Thank you.
@lkingsella Open your app, press CMD + N (or CTRL + N on Windows) to open a new window with the same profile, then install the 1Password extension.
@nhodges, THANK YOU!
Thank you! Just what I was looking for. Now I can use WhatsApp web as an 'application'.
I've used this script to make a GUI: https://github.com/victor-torres/quickwebapp.
Is there a way to get notifications & app name in the menubar working ?
Ditto both these questions.
- Click on the 'Raw' button. Download and save the file to your Desktop.
- Open Terminal.app
- In terminal prompt, make the file executable by running the following command (copy paste the command and hit return key)
chmod +x ~/makeapp.sh
- Execute the script
~/makeapp.sh
Great script! But how do I prevent links to open in that new app instead of the standard chrome profile? If all links I open in my new Gmail app open there instead of my browser that kind of defeats the purpose of such an app. Any ideas? Can I force links to open in my standard Chrome profile?
You can follow this video on Lifehacker, but download the script here and extract it. It's a good idea to create a folder called "Scripts" and place things like this in there. I also have a subfolder called App Icons. Basically you extract file, open terminal and follow the video instructions. http://lifehacker.com/5611711/create-application-shortcuts-in-google-chrome-for-mac-with-a-shell-script