ERROR ReferenceError: localStorage is not defined on Web Extension

[ar-g]

I'm currently getting:

ERROR ReferenceError: localStorage is not defined
    at new StorageSettings (MultiplatformSettings-multiplatform-settings.js:61:1)
    at new LocalStorageSettings (common-store.js:273:1)

When trying to initialise Settings in web-extension:

StorageSettings()

Is there a specific place I should be trying to do it?

[ar-g]

After more investigation it looks like there's needs to be implemented fallback in order to run on the WebExtension. More info here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40887635/access-localstorage-from-service-worker and here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70704283/how-to-use-localstorage-or-an-alternative-in-manifest-v3

So far I've tried this with no luck

StorageSettings(
                delegate = js("self.chrome.storage.local") as? Storage ?: js("self.localStorage") as? Storage ?: error("Could not create chrome.storage.local"),
            )

[ar-g]

made some progress with this interface:

public external interface ChromeStorage {
    fun set(items: dynamic): Promise<Unit>
    fun get(key: String): Promise<dynamic>
    fun remove(key: String): Promise<Unit>
    fun clear(): Promise<Unit>
}

which is doesn't really fit synchronous interface of Settings, so I'd probably have to throw away the library and roll different implementations with suspend as part of the interface

[russhwolf]

You might be able to get it working with the SuspendSettings interface in the coroutines module.

[russhwolf]

@ar-g Do you still need help here? I'm inclined to close this unless you think there's something the library could add that would help your use-case.

[aggarwalpulkit596]

Hey wanted to confirm if we tend to use the SuspendSettings, the library would work even with web worker ?

[russhwolf]

@aggarwalpulkit596 The library is not doing anything explicitly to help you with web worker. But if you have a Promise-based interface like the ChromeStorage defined above, you should be able to convert the promises to suspend functions and use that to write a custom implementation of SuspendSettings.