Make installable share target on Android#24
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leonhandreke
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Jul 22, 2025
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- Use newer version of x/canvas that supports Deno >= 2
- .gitignore deno.lock
- Serve printi page on /
- Set API server URL from request or reverse proxy
- Implement installing from Chrome and sharing from Android
- After first printi sent, prompt to install share target on Android
- Set h1 from template rendering instead of JS
- Center that shit
This is good for several reasons: First, better DX, can run a local printi stack without too much hassle Second, serving out the manifest for fancypants sharing dialog on Android requires setting the right headers, and GitHub can't do that.
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Yeah, it works and it's cool. Sometimes the commit messages contain more info on why I did something. I also added Docker things. Can now run with I'll take a look at the tests later... |
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I also thought a bit about how to make the share targets a bit more distinctive. We could easily render a per-printer banner.svg with a (stable) color from a pastel color palette (I think every messenger app does this). Merlijn also suggested emojis. I thought this could really be a good machine learning usecase, picking the right emoji for a printi. But then we need a database urgh... |
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OMG SOOO GOOOOOODDDDD |
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Yehehhhhhh |
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Creating a banner.svg is super cool! I really like the idea of a stable color from a palette! Like a "hash" function that outputs a hue? I did that for the outline colors in https://featured.plutojl.org/ |
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So now instead of https://api.printi.me/ (hosted with Deno on digitalocean) and https://printi.me/ (hosted with github pages from https://github.com/fonsp/printi-static) we just have a single server for both on the same domain, right? I like it! I'll give you access to digitalocean so you can mess with it, feel free to use something different also. I like deno deploy but it would also be nice to use something simple and less amerikaans |
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So each printer page installs as its own app, right? And different printers show up in the Share panel as separate "apps" that you can share with? I like it! |
Yes! I also thought about making it install one app that then takes you to a page where you can share to one or more printis (I think Snapchat does this). WDYT? we could keep your favorite printis in local storage. |
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Both are fine! |
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