Installed web applications can now receive file shares, e.g. images. Using the manifest, the web application can declare which MIME types and/or file extensions it accepts. Previously, mobile platforms allowed files to be shared to native applications, but not web applications.
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Status in Chromium
Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:
- Chrome for desktop release 89
- Chrome for Android release 76
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- Worth prototyping
- No signal
- No signal
- Positive
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share,Last updated on 2021-01-19
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In development on Chrome OS. Shipped on Android.