Question

I would like to be able to auto update a chrome app I am working on, but it does not work.
In manifest.json:

"update_url": "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3889893/update.xml",
"version": "0.2.1.5"

and in my xml file

<gupdate xmlns="http://www.google.com/update2/response" protocol="2.0">
    <app appid="bfogaennogipjpadaajkmjkpndmodmmh">
        <updatecheck codebase="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3889893/Snake.crx" version="0.2.1.5"/>
    </app>
</gupdate>

yet my testing file is still stuck on 0.2.1, despite hitting update all several times. Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

When you directly open the extension download in Chrome there is an error:

Apps must be served with content type application/x-chrome-extension

https://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/hosting.html