Is there a way for apps to make use of Chrome extensions?

[9Morello]

Hello, thanks for making this. Is there a way to make the application use other installed extensions, such as uBlock Origin?

[eladnava]

Thanks for your input!

Unfortunately, other extensions can't run within applicationized apps currently as we use Chrome's packaged extensions feature along with a webview which prohibits this: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=422805

I am thinking of changing the way Applicationize works to avoid this and many other pitfalls of using Chrome packaged apps.

[9Morello]

I see. What would be the different approach for Applicationize to solve this problem? Looking forward to it, good luck!

Edit: I remember that on Linux, the native option of Chromium had my extensions. A shame they removed this feature.

[eladnava]

By not generating a packaged extension -- the solution would be using a different method to embed the target page within a Chrome extension, similar to this: http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-make-a-chrome-app-shortcut-for-any-web-app--cms-21221

However, when I tried that method, it didn't create any launchpad / start menu shortcuts to launch the app. But it did allow extensions to run.

[bvasilchik]

this would be an amazing feature. the company I'm with switched to using slack for messaging and there is no dark theme. People have made themes using chrome extensions and I thought what a great way to get an app plus the theme but unfortunately it didn't work and now I know why

[eladnava]

A workaround for supporting extensions is mentioned in https://github.com/eladnava/applicationize/issues/25#issuecomment-250857260. Extensions work within these "bookmarked" apps.