Systems and methods for integrated application platforms

A method of executing an application platform application on a computing device, comprising:

• creating a computing environment using a processor configured by an operating system on the computing device;
• and
• executing an application platform application within the computing environment to generate a runtime environment for cross-platform applications to execute non-natively on the computing device, the application platform application comprising:
• a rendering engine process configured to:
• render pages within the computing environment created by the operating system by interpreting instructions written in a rendering language;
• and
• implement a virtual machine configured to execute instructions written in a scripting language;
• and
• an integration process that enables instructions executing within the virtual machine to launch natively implemented applications within the computing environment, where the integration process enables instructions executing within the virtual machine to retrieve information from the computing environment of the computing device;
• scanning the computing device to retrieve information related to at least one specific native application installed on the computing device and at least one specific non-native application using the computing device;
• integrating at least one cross-platform application into the computing environment of the computing device by providing at least one launch point for the cross-platform application within the computing environment using the computing device;
• injecting at least a portion of the retrieved information into the instructions written in the rendering language from the pop up page file using the application platform application, where the retrieved information includes at least one launch point for a specific natively implemented application and at least one launch point for a specific non-natively implemented application;
• rendering instructions written in the rendering language contained within a pop up page file that is part of the application platform application to create a pop up page within the computing environment of the computing device using the rendering engine process, where the pop up page comprises the at least one of the non-native launch point and at least one of the native launch point;
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• launching a natively implemented application using the integration process in response to a user instruction received via interaction with the one or more launch points within the rendered pop up page.

A non-transitory machine readable medium containing processor instructions, where execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform a process comprising:

• creating a computing environment;
• and
• generating a runtime environment for cross-platform applications to execute non-natively, the application platform application comprising:
• a rendering engine process configured to:
• render pages within the computing environment created by the operating system by interpreting instructions written in a rendering language;
• and
• implement a virtual machine configured to execute instructions written in a scripting language;
• and
• an integration process that enables instructions executing within the virtual machine to launch natively implemented applications within the computing environment, where the integration process enables instructions executing within the virtual machine to retrieve information from the computing environment of the computing device;
• scanning the computing device to retrieve information related to at least one specific native application installed on the computing device and at least one specific non-native application;
• rendering instructions written in the rendering language contained within a pop up page file to create a pop up page within the computing environment using the rendering engine process, where the pop up page comprises the at least a portion of the retrieved information;
• and
• integrating at least one cross-platform application into the computing environment of the computing device by providing at least one launch point for the cross-platform application within the computing environment using the integration process;
• injecting at least a portion of the retrieved information into the instructions written in the rendering language from the pop up page file, where the retrieved information includes at least one launch point for a specific natively implemented application and at least one launch point for a specific non-natively implemented application;
• launching a natively implemented application using the integration process in response to a user instruction received via interaction with the one or more launch points within the rendered pop up page.