Getting started with Kiosk Troubleshooting Tools

Inspect and debug companion Chrome extensions.

Task 5

5 minutes

In the kiosk app, we can use a companion extension to access certain APIs that are only available through a Chrome extension but not the open web. Examples of such APIs include the display API⁠ and deviceAttributes⁠.

If you do not have access to the kiosk device and are connected via Remote Desktop:

  1. Click on the arrow widget in the middle right of the screen and click on Open new Chrome window.

If you have physical access to a keyboard connected to the kiosk device:

  1. Use the following keyboard shortcut keys in order to open a new window: ctrl + n.

Once you have opened a new Chrome window:

  1. In the browser, go to chrome://extensions to see all installed extensions.
  2. In the top right corner, Toggle Enable developer mode.
  3. Additional information about each extension will appear: version, extension ID, permissions, etc.

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