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.
browser.runtime.reload()
None.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
reload |
25 |
15 |
51 |
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15 |
14 |
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51 |
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Reload the extension when the user clicks a browser action's icon:
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => { browser.runtime.reload(); });
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/reload