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Joy
Joy

Reputation: 9560

WebExtensions: detect installation event for FireFox

I am working on a FireFox add-on which uses the WebExtensions API.

We want to open a new tab when the user installs the extension. There is an event called management.onInstalled(), but FireFox does not support this.

Another event runtime.onInstalled is working for FireFox newer than version 52.0. Is there a reliable way to achieve this feature for all FireFox versions? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 121

Answers (1)

Forivin
Forivin

Reputation: 15548

Well, the way I have done it in the past is to use the storage. So every time the addon is started you check if there is an entry called 'hasBeenRun' in the local storage. If not, then you can open your tab and set the 'hasBeenRun' to true. Otherwise you simply ignore it.

browser.storage.local.get('hasBeenRun').then(data => {
  if (!data.hasBeenRun) {
    browser.storage.local.set({'hasBeenRun':true}).then(()=>{
    // do your tab opening magic
  }
});

Upvotes: 2

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