Register an URL protocol / URI scheme to an application installed by Install4j?

Question

We provide a cross-platform installer for one of our applications through Install4j. We would like to be able to register the installed application to an URL protocol. Can that be done with Install4j?

A bit of background: our application is an XMPP client. We would like to have it started when a user invokes an URL that starts with "xmpp". This is similar to how a browser is opened when clicking on a link that starts with "http" and how a mail client is opened when clicking on a link that starts with "mailto".

There appear to be numerous, platform-specific solutions, but as our application is a cross-platform application, we'd like to be able to have a cross-platform solution.

Ingo Kegel · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-26T09:04:16.117

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As of install4j 6.1.5 this is not a feature in install4j. It's in our issuer tracker, though and I have added your feedback to the issue.

Update 2019-11-26

Since install4j 8, the "Register a URL handler" action provides this functionality for Windows, macOS and Linux.

edited Nov 26 '19 at 09:04

answered Feb 26 '17 at 11:05

Ingo Kegel

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Can Unsubscribe to that issue? – Guus Feb 26 '17 at 14:33
Unfortunately, our issue tracker is not public. – Ingo Kegel Feb 26 '17 at 21:28
Dare I ask for an ETA? – Guus Feb 27 '17 at 06:03
Unfortunately I have no ETA for it. – Ingo Kegel Feb 27 '17 at 08:44
Gearing up towards a new release of our software - would be nice to be able to include this feature. Has there been any progress on this in the past few months? – Guus Dec 03 '17 at 11:44
No, unfortunately not, sorry about that. – Ingo Kegel Dec 04 '17 at 07:40
No worries - I can see how this wouldn't be the highest priority issue. I'll keep poking for updates periodically, if you don't mind. – Guus Dec 04 '17 at 11:21
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Did you by any chance add this feature in Install4j 7? We would also want this ability to register a custom protocol handler on Windows for our application (Oxygen XML Editor). – Radu Coravu Feb 21 '19 at 07:56
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No, but we tentatively plan to do it for install4j 8 later this year – Ingo Kegel Feb 21 '19 at 08:44
It's about time for my yearly check-in on this :) Any news on the horizon? – Guus Nov 26 '19 at 07:40
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Yes. it's implemented in install4j 8. I'll update the answer. – Ingo Kegel Nov 26 '19 at 09:02

Register an URL protocol / URI scheme to an application installed by Install4j?

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