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Citrix Workspace app 1808 for Chrome HDX SDK

Citrix Workspace app for Chrome provides the HDX SDK as a JavaScript file that you can include in third-party Chrome apps. The HDX SDK provides an API to launch and interact with the XenApp and XenDesktop sessions from third-party Chrome apps.

The HDX SDK for Chrome provides the following capabilities:

  • Launch an HDX SDK session in regular mode (opens the session in a new window) or in embedded mode inside third-party Chrome apps (using appview).
  • Receive events from a session on connect, disconnect, and errors.
  • Change the resolution of the launched session dynamically.
  • Send special key combinations in an active session, - for example, Ctrl+Alt+Del, Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
  • Show or hide a launched session.
  • Send Disconnect /Log off commands from a session.

For the latest HDX SDK APIs and examples, see the download page.

For HDX SDK API documentation for Chrome, see Capabilities.

Note:

Chrome extension or Chrome app with manifest V3 is not supported by Citrix Workspace App for Chrome OS HDX SDK. For specific use case and assistance contact at [email protected].

Prerequisites

Citrix Workspace app for Chrome supports only the whitelisted third-party Chrome apps. You can whitelist a third-party Chrome app by adding the policy file for Citrix Workspace app for Chrome using Chrome management settings

To whitelist a third-party Chrome app, do the following:

  1. Install the latest version of Citrix Workspace app for Chrome. See Citrix downloads page for details.

  2. Whitelist the third-party Chrome app by adding the policy file for Citrix Workspace app for Chrome using Chrome management settings.

The sample policy.txt file to whitelist the third-party Chrome app is as below:

{
    "settings": {

         "Value": {

             "settings_version": "1.0",

             "store_settings": {

                    "externalApps": [“<3rdParty_App1_ExtnID>”,“<3rdParty_App2_ExtnID>”]


            }


        }


    }


}

Note

<3rdParty_App1_ExtnID> is used as an example for the name of externalApps and can send messages to Citrix Workspace app for Chrome. Get your appid from the chrome://extensions site.

Additional references

Citrix Workspace app for Chrome uses message communication provided by Chrome OS. For more details, see the following links:

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