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google-chromegoogle-chrome-extension
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Reputation: 4881

Missing chrome extension in launcher

I have been using the chrome extension called POSTMAN for a little while and wanted to make some changes to it. The developer has helpfully provided the source on https://github.com/a85/POSTMan-Chrome-Extension

The "tool" is available in two forms :

An extension here : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman-rest-client/fdmmgilgnpjigdojojpjoooidkmcomcm

A packaged app here : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman-rest-client-packa/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop

I am having problems when I try to install these locally (as I would need to do when I change and test them).

In chrome I go to chrome://extensions/ and "Load Unpacked Extensions" one for each of the above as both are in the source from https://github.com/a85/POSTMan-Chrome-Extension

Both seem to load OK without any obvious errors and I can see them in the extensions list on chrome://extensions/

The "extension" version works fine and is visible in the "Chrome App Launcher" however the packaged app version does not show in the "Chrome App Launcher" even though it does show in chrome://extensions/

Any ideas what could be happening here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1616

Answers (1)

gkalpak
gkalpak

Reputation: 48211

The one you refer to as "extension" is not an extension, but a Chrome App. Chrome Apps (in contrast to Chrome Extensions) show up in the "Chrome App Launcher", so nothing weird there.

The one you refer to as "packaged app" is indeed a Packaged App, which is not a Chrome App, but a legacy form of app.

At the GitHus repo you menton, there are:

  1. The source code for the Chrome App (not the "Packaged App"): https://github.com/a85/POSTMan-Chrome-Extension/tree/master/chrome
  2. The source code for a Chrome Extension (this is different from both links to the WebStore you provide): https://github.com/a85/POSTMan-Chrome-Extension/tree/master/launcher

So, in WebStore there are :

  1. A legacy "Packaged App" (shows in launcher).
  2. A "modern" Chrome App (shows in launcher).

In repo there are:

  1. The source code for a "modern" Chrome App (shows in launcher).
  2. The source code for a "Chrome Extension" (does not show in launcher (nor should it)).

Upvotes: 2

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