Question

I am working a Google Chrome Extension and when I run it on Windows, I’m noticing that the Content Script does not load after I close the program completely and then re-open it. Only when I manually reload the extension, does the Content Script load on the page. I have iFrames so I need the Content Script set to run at document_idle. I am also loading the main extension page into a popup. I have noticed that the content script loads on other pages, but not my main extension page. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Per the Google Extension Discussion Group, this is related to a Chrome bug which lead me to this solution:

chrome.management.getAll(getAllExtensions);

function getAllExtensions(extensions) {
  for(var i = 0; extension = extensions[i]; i++) {
    if(extension.id != chrome.i18n.getMessage('@@extension_id')){
      chrome.management.setEnabled(extension.id, !extension.enabled);
      chrome.management.setEnabled(extension.id, extension.enabled);
      break;
    }
  }
}

No more problems after running this.