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1. codeth+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-03-30 02:59:23
> A property that tells the OS “my app is related to domain example.com”. Make it an array of domains if you must.

Elaborating on the sibling's comment: There is already such a property that apps must set in their manifests in order for them to be able to react to links/intents for domain-associated-with-the-app.com.

But it doesn't address the question of how a browser is supposed to be able to open links to domain-associated-with-the-app.com in that app, without Android revealing to the browser whether the app is installed or not. In short: The browser will, by construction, be able to determine which apps you've got installed or not.

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2. pizza+Vb[view] [source] 2025-03-30 05:31:17
>>codeth+(OP)
I mean, do Windows or macOS tell the browser which mail apps you have installed when it handles a mail:// URI?
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3. joseph+gc[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-03-30 05:37:07
>>pizza+Vb
No, but web browsers do have the ability to ask the OS which application is associated with a certain url type.

But it doesn’t leak that information to web pages.

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