Chrome Unpacked Extension Auto Reload Chrome Extension

Reloads all unpacked extensions whenever a file is changed in an extension that is currently under development..

Reloads all unpacked extensions whenever a file is changed in an extension that is currently under development.

youll never need to go to chrome://extensions and smash reload again, to update e.g.

content scripts while developing.

How and what to do The extension tries to connect to socket.io server on http://localhost:8890 (yes, that port is random) and waits for file.change events to flow in.

When an event is incoming, the extension reloads chrome://extensions automatically, which causes all unpacked extensions to reload and update (e.g.

content scripts).

If there is no open tab, currently opened at chrome://extensions, the extension creates and reloads one.

An example on how to send file change events to the extension can be found here: https://github.com/robin-drexler/chrome-extension-auto-reload-watcher You can find docs and the most recent version here: https://github.com/robin-drexler/chrome-extension-auto-reload Why reloading the entire tab instead of just using the extensions management api too reload/re-enable extensions currently disabling and enabling extensions again causes any open inspection window (console log etc.)

to close, which I found to be too annoying.