The "key" line you deleted in the manifest JSON breaks everything

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The "key" line you deleted in the manifest JSON breaks everything

Closed this issue 8 years ago · 3 comments

mrkevinlin commented 8 years ago

Prompts infinite Google account sign-ins.

Returning the "key: " line fixes it.

Answer 1 · 2016-06-03T08:39:43.000Z

Thanks. I thought it was specific to my PC so I removed it. I'll put it pack on the next commit

Answer 2 · 2016-06-03T17:15:02.000Z

Well, interestingly, it looks like we need it during development, but if you try to upload the extension to the Web Store with the key value in the manifest, it will reject it because the key is actually generated specific to the Web Store listing. But if the key is the same then it should be no problem. I think that's what these people were saying:
yeoman/generator-chrome-extension#59

Answer 3 · 2016-06-06T12:55:45.000Z

Yep :) Thank for letting me know!