Google Tasks as a standalone window (or app)

Question

I'd like to use Google Tasks, not from the sidebar of Gmail or Google Calendar, etc., but as a standalone browser window.

Even better would be to open it as a Chrome / Firefox webapp (i.e. a standalone non-browser window).

Answer 1

Here's how to get it working straight from a PWA shurtcut:

1. Go to the workaround URL: https://tasks.google.com/embed/list/~default?origin=https://mail.google.com (this one should not redirect, but if google changes stuff again, just take the working URL and append the ?origin=https://mail.google.com parameter)
2. Ctrl+Shift+C to open DevTools, go to Go to Sources > Overrides > Select folder and set up a local override folder. Allow DevTools full access to that folder and make sure the Enable Local Override checkbox is checked.
3. Go to sources > page and find the manifest.json file (it's currently on tasks.google.com > _ > TasksWebEmbedUi > manifest.json )
4. Right click the file and click "Save for Overrides"
5. Find the start_url variable and change it's value to the workaround URL.
6. Save, reload, and install. Should work, you're welcomed :D

No third party extensions or anything, just a small edit to the manifest (spent like 3 hours stubbornly working on it lol)

Answer 2

Simple steps:

1. Open Gmail or Google Calendar - Calendar is less code, so easier
2. Open the tasks sidebar panel
3. Right-click on the tasks panel and click "inspect"
4. In the new sidepanel with the source, scroll up a bit from the highlighted until you see
5. copy the iframe element (right-click, copy, copy element)
6. paste into a plaintext editor (TextEdit, Gedit, NotePad, etc.)
7. take the entire URL in " that starts with https://tasks.google.com and ends with __features__

paste it into the browser (where you are logged into your Google account).

Bookmark it.

You can turn this into a Chrome webapp, but the tasks will not load when starting the Chrome webapp directly. However, you can always open the bookmark, and then from the address bar use open in to open it in the Chrome webapp that you created.

Answer 3

GO TO THE PINNED APP ON TASKBAR AND CHANGE IT TO READ THE FOLLOWING, EXCEPT REPLACE YOUR "APP-ID" WITH THE ONE INSTALLED ON YOUR PC--->

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe" --profile-directory=Default -app-id=hobmlbmihfdboanobochnbnepoociknf --app-launch-url-for-shortcuts-menu-item=https://tasks.google.com/embed/?origin=https://mail.google.com&fullWidth=1&lfhs=2