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user2651403
user2651403

Reputation: 488

How to request manifest version number of chrome extension to display in popup.html?

Here is what I have, but it's not working:

chrome.manifest = (function() {
    var manifestObject = false;
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
            manifestObject = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
        }
    };
    xhr.open("GET", chrome.extension.getURL('../manifest.json'), false);

    try {
        xhr.send();
    } catch(e) {
        console.log('Couldn\'t load manifest.json');
    }

    return manifestObject;

})();
function versionNumber() {
chrome.app.getDetails().version
}
function myVersion2() {
return versionNumber();
}

The value that is returned is undefined
The value that should be returned is the version number of the extension; i.e. 1.0

If you have a better or simpler or easier method, feel free to post it. All I need to to return the version number in function myVersion2()

SOLVED!

Solved, all I had to do was this:

function myVersion2() {
return chrome.app.getDetails().version;
}

I could delete everything else.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1158

Answers (1)

jgauld
jgauld

Reputation: 649

I believe the manifest version is held in chrome.app.getDetails().manifest_version. Is this what you were after?

Upvotes: 3

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