app_shell: Allow window to load a normal URL

extensions/shell/browser/api/shell/shell_api.cc

Index: extensions/shell/browser/api/shell/shell_api.cc
diff --git a/extensions/shell/browser/api/shell/shell_api.cc b/extensions/shell/browser/api/shell/shell_api.cc
index afc58ddd1ebb3612378ac9fec6e874b1bcbcd296..acd0654463de4826a83ca49a4059162c07d0e04b 100644
--- a/extensions/shell/browser/api/shell/shell_api.cc
+++ b/extensions/shell/browser/api/shell/shell_api.cc
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ ExtensionFunction::ResponseAction ShellCreateWindowFunction::Run() {
   scoped_ptr<CreateWindow::Params> params(CreateWindow::Params::Create(*args_));
   EXTENSION_FUNCTION_VALIDATE(params.get());
 
-  // Convert "main.html" to "chrome-extension:/<id>/main.html".
-  GURL url = extension()->GetResourceURL(params->url);
+  GURL url(params->url);
+  if (url.GetOrigin().is_empty()) {
+    // Convert "main.html" to "chrome-extension:/<id>/main.html".
+    url = extension()->GetResourceURL(params->url);
+  } else {
+    // Load a typical "http://example.com/" URL.
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Loading non-extension URL " << url.spec();
+  }
   if (!url.is_valid())
     return RespondNow(Error(kInvalidArguments));