runtime.OnInstalledReason
The reason that the runtime.onInstalled
event is being dispatched.
Type
Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:
"install"
-
The extension was installed.
"update"
-
The extension was updated to a new version.
"browser_update"
or, for Chrome,"chrome_update"
-
The browser was updated to a new version.
-
Another extension, which contains a module used by this extension, was updated.
Browser compatibility
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- See implementation notes.
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Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime
API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json
in the Chromium code.