Hello devs, I’m migrating an addon from Manifest Version 2 -> 3 and I am stuck.
Background
The current addon runs a content-script on a domain https://www.example.com/* and https://m.example.com/* that does some logic on the page.
My manifest.json looks like this -
"content_scripts": [
{
"run_at": "document_start",
"matches": ["https://www.example.com/*", "https://m.example.com/*"],
"js": ["script.js"],
"css": ["userstyle.css"]
}
],
The addon requires activeTab and storage permissions and does DOM manipulation. It uses no API from the website.
Used to work like this
Currently with MV2 - at installation, the addon asks user for permission to access both domains to enable core functionality. After installation, it displays them prominently like so :
Required permissions for core functionality:
Access your data for www.example.com
Access your data for m.example.com
Problem
When I test with MV3 using web-ext run, at installation the addon doesn’t ask for access to both domains. Inside addon-manager, its permissions page says :
Optional permissions for added functionality:
Access your data for www.example.com
Access your data for m.example.com
and you have to manually enable both for addon to start working.
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Should I be worried that every user who installs the addon will have to MANUALLY find and approve these permissions to enable functionality? People are not tech-savvy. These permissions were displayed upfront at install-time when using MV3.
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Is there a way I can enable both domain-permissions by default like before?
Please help me figure this out!
Daniel