chrome_gen.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_gen: any

Using the library

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

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

Documentation

Documentation is available at:

• Chrome Apps API
• Chrome Extensions API

Re-generating the library

From the project directory, run:

dart tool/gen_apis.dart

This will:

• read meta/apis.json and meta/overrides.json
• parse the cooresponding idl/*.json and idl/*.idl files
• generate lib/chrome_app.dart, lib/chrome_ext.dart, and lib/gen/*.dart.