This directory contains an example of chrome application that uses native
messaging API that allows to communicate with a native application.
In order for this example to work you must first install the native messaging
host from the host directory.
To install the host:
On Windows:
Run install_host.bat script in the host directory.
This script installs the native messaging host for the current user, by
creating a registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.google.chrome.example.echo
and setting its default value to the full path to
host\com.google.chrome.example.echo-win.json .
If you want to install the native messaging host for all users, change HKCU to
HKLM.
Note that you need to have python installed.
On Mac and Linux:
Run install_host.sh script in the host directory:
host/install_host.sh
By default the host is installed only for the user who runs the script, but if
you run it with admin privileges (i.e. 'sudo host/install_host.sh'), then the
host will be installed for all users. You can later use host/uninstall_host.sh
to uninstall the host.