chrome.dart

An library for accessing the Chrome APIs in a packaged app or extension.

Installing

Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  chrome: any

Using the library

import 'package:chrome/chrome_app.dart' as chrome;

void main() {
  chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo().then((Map m) {
    print(m.toString());
  });
}

Also, see the FAQ.

In your pubspec.yaml

In order to build your app with pub build, you'll need to tell it to select the CSP compliant output of dart2js. To do that, add these lines:

transformers:
- chrome

to your pubspec.yaml file.

Documentation

Documentation is available at:

Chrome Apps API
Chrome Extensions API

Breaking Changes

For version 0.5.0, we removed the older chrome.socket API in favor of the new chrome.sockets API. In order to continue using the older API, you can reference it directly via an import: