I wrote a google chrome extension which should sync data to my chrome profile to all of my computers.
Therefore i'm using the chrome storage api: Google Chrome Storage
I'm able to store and read the data on my primary pc. But on my other computer the data is not accessible.
I'm using the same profile on both computers. And i'm using the chrome.storeage.sync methods.
Because i don't want to publish the extension now i installed the extension with the developer mode activated and not over the chrome store.
Is this the reason why the data is not syncing?
Ok, i now published my app to the chrome store and now it's syncing.
So syncing is not working while your extension is under development.
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I am trying to build my 1st chrome extension for which I need it to be automatically logged in when we install that by accessing the local storage of our website if a user is logged in to the website
This is an extension that does almost same thing Storage Area Explorer
Google is deprecating Chrome apps in favor of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) or Chrome extensions. This leaves extensions as the only way to access Chrome device APIs. I'm looking for a way for my PWA to run along with a Chrome extension in kiosk mode but I'm not sure if it's possible.
The reason I need my PWA to access Chrome device APIs is to get a unique identifier per device to decide which content to display.
As per chromeos.dev: "Previously, Chrome Apps had extra functionality available to them in kiosk mode that is not currently supported by web apps alone. You can continue to use some of this functionality by deploying an extension with your kiosk web application."
Source: https://chromeos.dev/en/education/connecting-an-extension-from-a-kiosk-pwa
It only talks about sending a message from PWA to extension in order to execute a chrome API (like restart) but doesn't talk about how to send information back from extension to PWA. We are also stuck in the same boat- looking for a unique identifier so as to throw content on the chromebox running the PWA. Currently we use chrome.enterprise.deviceAttributes to get serial number and directory device ID in kiosk mode and would need the same once we migrate to PWA. Any luck on this?
I have a problem getting a chrome extension to work on Windows 10 Technical Preview. I have this extension hosted in Chrome Web store. However when my i run the .exe on my pc, which is supposed to install a client on the pc and an extension on chrome, i cannot see the extension in the chrome extensions.
But when i use the developer version of chrome, i can see the browser prompting me to accept/disable the extension.
What am i missing here? I am pretty new to chrome plugins. Any suggestion/help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Google Chrome (unfortunately) no longer allows private or local crx files to be installed as extensions. You must host it on the Google Chrome app store. From within the store you can make it private to a specific domain, or limit the app to only those within a Google group (they must use their Google account for access to the install).
Deployment of plugins that work within our intranet has suddenly become a major pain. I'm really surprised they couldn't come up with a better solution for this.
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/2663860?hl=en
I'm currently starting develop a chrome extension. But i see that it isn't synced while other extensions that i installed from webstore have been synced to my account.
Could you please show me how to make my extension sync-able. Do they have to upload their extensions to store and register with google to make them sync-able?
Chrome will only sync apps that are published to the web store. For more information on how to integrate your extension's data with sync, see this page: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/storage.html
I'm wondering if there is any way to have the same chrome extensions installed in 2 computers.
Chrome Sync synchronizes installed apps & extensions between your
computers;
chrome.storage API allows developers to synchronize the
apps'/extensions' data between user computers via Chrome Sync.