Kiosk chrome app: navigate to URL

Question

I have built a Chrome App which needs to load some websites inside its own window.

The purpose is to display full-screen contents on TVs using Google Chromeboxes in Kiosk mode.

I can't use iframes as the content I must load doesn't allow it.

My researches led me to some code like :

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
    chrome.tabs.create({'url': event.target.href})
})

This seems to open a new tab on the browser running the extension, but not in the extension window.

The vision I have about chrome apps may be confused as it's the first I'm developing, please don't hesitate to tell me the basics I would not have heard of

Since you mention Kiosk mode and tagged your question as both Chrome App and Chrome Extension, I suspect you really mean a Chrome App. But you need to confirm this / edit the question. — Xan
Yes, i'm talking about a chrome app. This distinction was unclear for me at the moment. Thank you — Adrien QUINT

Xan Xan · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-08T12:10:00

You need to use the <webview> tag, available in Chrome Apps, to embed external content.

This does not trigger anti-framing protection, since from the point of view of web security each <webview> is a top-level browsing context.

Note the limitations of <webview>: some web features like message boxes or permission requests have to be implemented by you.

As an example of webview usage, see the Browser sample app.

Kiosk chrome app: navigate to URL

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