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authorskerner@chromium.org <skerner@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98>2012-02-17 15:06:44 +0000
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Document a method to get the ID of a hosted app.
Set bug to 109773 because when it is resolved, this part of the documentation may need to be updated. BUG=109773 TEST=http://www.corp.google.com/~skerner/hostedAppDocUpdate/autoupdate.html#H2-2 Review URL: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/9171003 git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@122510 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
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diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/autoupdate.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/autoupdate.html
index 49944fb..1b8d311 100644
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+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/static/autoupdate.html
@@ -49,7 +49,21 @@ and <strong>&lt;updatecheck></strong> elements of the update manifest:
<p><b>appid</b><br>
The extension ID, generated based on a hash of the extension's public key,
-as described in <a href="packaging.html">Packaging</a>. You can find the ID of your extension by going to the Extensions page (<b>chrome://extensions</b>).</p>
+as described in <a href="packaging.html">Packaging</a>. You can find the
+ID of an extension or packaged app by going to the Extensions page (<b>chrome://extensions</b>).
+
+Hosted apps, however, are not listed on the Extensions page. You can find the ID of any
+app using the following steps:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> Open the app. You can do this by clicking its icon on the New Tab page.</li>
+ <li> Open the JavaScript console. You can do this by clicking the wrench icon
+ and choosing <b>Tools &gt; JavaScript Console</b>.</li>
+ <li> Enter the following expression into the JavaScript console: <code>chrome.app.getDetails().id</code>
+ <p>The console shows the app's ID as a quoted string.</p>
+ </li>
+</ul>
<p><b>codebase</b><br>
A URL to the extension's <code>.crx</code> file.</p>
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@ both of which point to the same update URL
<li> ID: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" </li>
<li> Version: "1.1"</li>
</ul>
-<li> Extension 2
+<li> Extension 2
<ul>
<li> ID: "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb" </li>
<li> Version: "0.4"</li>
@@ -134,4 +148,3 @@ with the request parameters in the POST body.
</pre>
<p>This would ensure that users of this extension would autoupdate to version 2 only if they are running Google Chrome 3.0.193.0 or greater.</p>
-