I am new to Firefox and Chrome extension development.
I have downloaded and tested helloworld sample extension in both FF and Chrome in development mode.
Followed the following steps to work properly in FF and chrome,
In FF
Extracted the sample extension, and added one file in
/mozilla/firefox/dev_user/helloworld@mozilla.doslash.org
and given extracted folder path.My FF version is 12.0 and I changed the
<em:maxVersion>
to 12.0.* ininstall.rdf
file.Restarted FF and tested, it worked fine.
In Chrome:
Extracted the sample extension
Choose Tools > Extensions
Checked Developer mode
Click the Load unpacked extension button
Dialog appears and selected extracted sample extension folder path
Extension is added and works perfectly.
Now I would like to know how to package these extensions? I mean on clicking the package that extension should install directly in the browser instead of following the above steps.