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user219882
user219882

Reputation: 15844

Chrome extension - permanent alarm

I'm trying to set a periodical alarm to load data on background from time to time. When the extension is installed, the alarm is triggered after the delay correctly, no problem here. But then it goes away and no other repetition is done. I also tried to set persistent=true which prevents it from going to the inactive mode but still no difference in behavior.

manifest.json

{ 
...
"background": {
  "scripts": ["jquery-2.2.3.min.js", "common.js", "background.js"]
  "persistent": false/true // tried both
},
"permissions": [
  "<all_urls>",
  "alarms",
  "storage"
]

}

bgscript.js

chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function () {
    chrome.alarms.create({delayInMinutes: 1});
});
chrome.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(function () {
    doStuff();
});

Upvotes: 1

Views: 391

Answers (1)

Haibara Ai
Haibara Ai

Reputation: 10897

As per the description of chrome.alarms.create, you should also set periodInMinutes for repeating.

chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function () {
    chrome.alarms.create({delayInMinutes: 1, periodInMinutes: 1});
});

Upvotes: 4

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