Full reload

[ladas-larry]

After changing the background script extension says "The following couldn't be hot updated: (They would need a full reload!)". Wouldn't it be more convenient to run chrome.runtime.reload(); in such cases? Or at least have an option that would allow full reload.

[ladas-larry]

I'm using this chromereload.js to make it working with livereload:

'use strict';
// The reload client has a compatibility with livereload, only supports reload command.

var LIVERELOAD_HOST = 'localhost:';
var LIVERELOAD_PORT = 35729;
var connection = new WebSocket('ws://' + LIVERELOAD_HOST + LIVERELOAD_PORT + '/livereload');

connection.onerror = function (error) {
  console.log('reload connection got error:', error);
};

connection.onmessage = function (e) {
  if (e.data) {
    var data = JSON.parse(e.data);
    if (data && data.command === 'reload') {
      chrome.runtime.reload();
    }
  }
};

Then in manifest.json:

"background": {
    "scripts": [
      "chromereload.js",
      "background.js"
    ]
  },

[schovi]

I am busy till next week, but i will look at it. I can try to "hack" webpack to refresh whole extension if hot reload is not available.

[schovi]

Include full reload directly into webpack when hot not available. Not best solution, but works fine for now. https://github.com/schovi/webpack-chrome-extension/commit/f5de65af61814d0e96fa0a7c17f35d61293645a0

[jorda0mega]

Is there a reason why chrome.runtime.reload would be undefined?