Robotkodarn Chrome App

Description

A Chrome app using avrgirl-arduino for sending Arduino code in a Chrome browser. Forked from noopkat/avrgirl-chrome-app. 🙏

A published version of this app is found in Chrome Web Store.

Aren't Google removing the support for Chrome apps?

Yes, Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux, but they will still remain on Chrome OS for the "forseeable future". As a long term plan, it's not a good idea to build a Chrome App (unless you are targeting only Chrome OS).

Setup

To start project:

# Install dependencies
$ npm install

Adjustments

Before running this app locally, you usually need to updated the following things in your manifest.json:

1. Add your site's URL in externally_connectable.
2. Add key that correlates with your Chrome App ID. This will make sure that your users always get the same app ID when using the Chrome App locally.

Getting a key that correlates with your Chrome App ID

1. Visit chrome://extensions/ and chose Pack Extension
2. Upload the generated CRX file on CRX Viewer
3. Inspect the page and navigate to Console. Here you will find the following: Public key (paste into manifest.json to preserve extension ID).
4. Add the key in your manifest.json (as key)
5. Voilà! You now have a key that matches your app ID. This means that the app ID always will be the same.

Bundle

# Make a bundle of background.js if changes has been made
$ npm run bundle

Use the Chrome App locally

1. In your Chrome browser, visit chrome://extensions
2. Click Load unpacked extension
3. Navigate to your repo, and click Select
4. Click Launch when you see the extension appear at the top of the extensions list
5. Copy the id value of the extension. This is your extensionid.
6. Now you can play with you app! 🎉