Check chrome extension installed or not when extension is disabled.

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How can is check chrome extension is installed or not , when extension is disabled ?

I found that when extension is disabled we can not access the background.js and also its icon.png or manifest.json.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6293498/check-whether-user-has-a-chrome-extension-installed — Abby, Sep 17 '18 at 10:47
I want to check extension is disable or not and at the time of extension disable background.js not accessible. — Satish Kumar Yadav, Sep 17 '18 at 11:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 24 '21 at 07:45

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While the extension is disabled, both the background script and the content script are alive, but the communication medium is disabled. So you can't send messages between them.

Can be captured using

chrome.runtime.connect().onDisconnect.addListener(function(e) {});

In the worst case, you can do a POST message.

edited Mar 24 '21 at 07:45

SherylHohman

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answered Mar 24 '21 at 05:29

Mathanolwin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '20 at 08:42

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If a extension is disabled, any code in it would not work, so it is not possible to get the installation status from a disabled extension

answered Dec 30 '20 at 08:42

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 09 '21 at 09:16

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You can capture using

chrome.runtime.connect().onDisconnect.addListener(function(e) {

    ...

});

edited Feb 09 '21 at 09:16

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answered Feb 09 '21 at 07:37

Mathanolwin

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Consider adding a code example to your answer. – User1010 Feb 09 '21 at 08:24

Check chrome extension installed or not when extension is disabled.

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