Google chrome extension:
I created a Google chrome extension and published it on Google Chrome Store,
but I can't find it while searching on it.
There are a couple steps you can try to diagnose the issue
Try to refine search by extensions.
Try searching your google username.
If neither of these work your extension may not be public and published to everyone (not just testers). Please refer to this guide on how to publish your extension to the world.
https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/publish#world
An issue I had was that I had uploaded the .zip but never hit publish. Make sure in your developer dashboard it doesn't say draft version where it should say published version.
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I created a Chrome Packaged App and already published it. The status is already published, but when I go to the Chrome Webstore and search for my app, I can't see it. What am I missing?
Some points to check on your published App:
Your app or extension will take few minutes to several hours appear in search result.
Republish your app
App indexing to web store takes time/ couple of days
if all else fails, file a report to Chromium Support
Here is the Google Group regarding Chromium for additional information and you can post the error that you experience there.
I am making a chrome extension, and for the purposes of my Chrome Extension, I am wanting users to be able to sign in to their Google account so they can send information to a server. I have been reading about user authentication and whatnot from the Google documents, but this is for apps that are being published into the store, and mine is in development. This is brand new territory for me, and I am lost. I feel like there's something that I must be missing, but I don't know how to get started.
Thanks.
Check this documentation about the quick way of loading up your working directory for testing. Extensions that you download from the Chrome Web Store are packaged up as .crx files, which is great for distribution, but not so great for development.
Is there a way to detect where a chrome extension installation was referred from. In case you want to rebrand the extension based on where the user came from
Android Apps are capable of this using intent com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER and a referrer=something querystring on their Google Play URL, but I've been unable to find anything similar for Chrome Extensions.
I can probably do a 80% solution with cookies and redirects but it would be nice if this worked as cleanly as in Android INSTALL_REFERRER
It seems that there is no referrer option for Chrome Extensions and it is not listed in the documentation. See the following link for the closest I've found.
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/runtime#type-OnInstalledReason
A workaround for this would be to pull the data from Google Analytics using the API. Referrals are recorded in Google Analytics for my Chrome Extension:
I have seen other answers here, such as this.
But nowadays, you cannot simply drag an extension to the browser and expect it to work. Google does not allow you to activate it, showing a message "not downloaded from chrome store"
Now, I really don't want to publish anything. It's a personal extension for me and friends! How can I workaround this limitation?
You could publish to testers.
I know you said you didn't want to publish anything but it only shows up to google accounts you have listed at testers.
You really only have two options:
Distribute the crx and have them run in developer mode.
List the extension on the Chrome store.
It sounds like #1 is a problem for you (as it is for most). If you go with option #2, you can list the extension privately, so it isn't listed in the Chrome store.
For context, Google is not doing this to hold people back. Most of the browsers have tightened up these methods to prevent abuse. From Google's perspective, they cannnot differentiate between your friendly use case, and a hacker using an extension to place malware. If it's published through the store, they can scan for malware.
I have done a extension for one specific website and uploaded it in my webstore developer account and published it.
After that if i try to search that extension in webstore it is not listing.
Any idea on this? Am i want to make any tag or something in my extension?
PS:
Here is an example of my scenario. I have created a extension for the website abcd.com and named the extension as "abcd - do action". When i search in webstore for abcd, its listing some of the extensions but not mine.
The Chrome Web Store index is updated on a delayed basis. Sometimes it can take a few hours or a few days before your item is searchable. You should also try searching without your own extension installed as sometimes the Chrome Web Store will hide installed extensions from results.