I’m writing and test a Chrome extension that’s not yet in the chrome extension store. Is there a way to test it in iOS Orion before I put it in the Chrome extension store?
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IOS: Is there a way to install chrome extensions in developer mode, ie from local files as is done on Chrome desktop
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Touchagrey You should be able to load it as a file?
Yes, load as a folder files:manifest.json, js, css etc
Touchagrey I meant Orion iOS already has that feature.
Vlad sorry. Couldn’t find it in the docs. Could you point out how this is done in iOS Orion? Thanks…I’m new to the project, but folks testing my extension have asked for Orion support.
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Touchagrey If you don't mind I'll let you find it and then ask you to add it to our docs. Every user contributing a bit is key to the success.
Yes, I see the install extension from a file + icon in “extensions”n, but like most chrome extensions, mine is a bunch of files. In desktop chrome, extensions are installed as a folder. Orion doesn’t seem to want to load from a folder, and I tried a zip file of the folder, but the extension doesn’t appear afterwards in the list of Orion extensions,
Touchagrey That sounds like a bug then!
Thanks for responding. I’m sure you and devs are busy, but I’ll keep checking back to see if the feature has been improved. I saw others asking the same question here in feedback, so I know I’m not the only one interested.
Anyway, thanks for a really nice browser experience. Wish you much success.
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Touchagrey Orion supports crx file, so may be you can bundle your folder to crx file and then can load it to Orion for now.
We will add implementation for installing extensions from folder too in future release 
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