Chrome Extension 'Could not load background script...

grill_gus

I'm trying to make my chrome extension open a new tab upon installation using the chrome.tabs API but I get the error 'Could not load background script 'background.js'. Could not load manifest.' This is my manifest.json: { "short_name": "App", "name": "App", "version": "1.0.0", "manifest_version": 2, "icons": { "16": "favicon.ico", "48": "logo192.png", "128": "logo512.png" }, "permissions": ["tabs"], "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"],...

Originally asked by jiyoon on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I got the same error, what worked for me was just making sure the manifest and the file are in the same directory, root directory. I

Full answer by Haggai Gisore: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/77206097 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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