runtime.reload()
Reloads the extension.
If there are any pending updates for the extension, that it has deferred by listening to runtime.onUpdateAvailable
, then they will be applied on reload.
Syntax
browser.runtime.reload()
Parameters
None.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
Reload the extension when the user clicks a browser action's icon:
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
browser.runtime.reload();
});
Example extensions
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime
API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.