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I'm building a chrome extension, and have sent it for approval trough the Google Web Store Developer Dashboard. When I pleted the process, I was informed that it may take several weeks for my extension to be reviwed for publishing. I chose to publish it only for testing. Is there a way for me to have some friends download it and test it before the reviewing process is plete? Thank you.

I'm building a chrome extension, and have sent it for approval trough the Google Web Store Developer Dashboard. When I pleted the process, I was informed that it may take several weeks for my extension to be reviwed for publishing. I chose to publish it only for testing. Is there a way for me to have some friends download it and test it before the reviewing process is plete? Thank you.

• javascript
• google-chrome
• testing
• google-chrome-extension

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• You might know about this already.. Here you go about loading unpacked extension in your friends browser.. webkul./blog/how-to-install-the-unpacked-extension-in-chrome – hackwithharsha Commented Feb 21, 2021 at 16:14

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I realized later that after sending the extension for review, I can see a link for the extension in the store. This link is not publicly available, and can only be acessed by myself and accounts that I add as trusted testers on my "Account" page. After adding the e-mails for my friends, I can send them the link, and they will be able to download the extension from there. (The authorization for the testers has a small delay, but usually after 5 minutes they are able to see the extension page). This was exactly what I needed, and I think is simpler then sending the code to my friends.

For anyone still having this issue, here is how I fixed it.

• Go to Chrome Web Developer Dashboard
• Click on your item (Extension)
• Navigate to distribution tab
• Change visibility to Private if you want do just make it available for testers or trusted emails

Then, click on the two links highlighted in the image above, "settings page" and "Google Group".

On Google group's page, I've created a new group following the instructions, added every tester email I wanted, and made them owners of this group.

On the settings page, management section, I've also added the tester emails there separated by a ma. Remeber to save changes on the button down the page.

After all of this configuration is done go to your items and on top right corner you'll see three dots, click on it, select "Preview". It will take you to the extension preview in the store. You'll have a URL like this

https://chrome.google./webstore/detail/"EXTENSION_NAME_AND_ID"/preview?hl=en&authuser=1

just remove the word "preview" from the url (This page can take up to 5 mins to work after you do the initial configuration)

you should have an URL like this that you can send to your previously configured tester emails

https://chrome.google./webstore/detail/EXTENSION_NAME/EXTENSION_ID?hl=en&authuser=1

If you don't mind sharing the code with your friends, you can simply send them the folder of your extension. Then your friends can go to chrome://extensions/ turn on the developer mode and load the extension the same way you do when developing.

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