Please specify background subsection of app section in the manifest?

[PartyCloud DJ]

Hi guys, 

I have got a webapp available on the Chrome store for years. 

I tried to upload the manifest.json and I got stuck with this error :

 
An error occurred: Failed to process your item.
Please specify background subsection of app section in the manifest.

My app is a hosted app so the background subsection is unrevelant as far as I understand.

Here is the manifest :

{

   "app": {

      "launch": {

         "web_url": "http://www.partycloud.fm/"

      },

      "urls": [ "http://www.partycloud.fm/" ]

   },

   "description": "Mix DJ music online for free!",

   "icons": {

      "128": "icon_128.png"

   },

   "name": "PartyCloud DJ Mixer",

   "update_url": "http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",

   "version": "7.0",

   "manifest_version": 2

}

I'm really stuck with this fro 2 weeks, any help is highly welcome :)))

Ps: the app can't be installed anymore on the store, if you tried you got this error "There was a problem adding the item to Chrome. Please refresh the page and try again.". The app is called "PartyCloud", you can try it by yourself.

Thanks!

Scratchy

[PartyCloud DJ]

Hi iSh0w and thanks a lot for trying to find a solution!

I just tried your manifest.json, I got the same error with it : 

An error occurred: Failed to process your item.
Please specify background subsection of app section in the manifest.

I also take a look at the C:\Users\[me]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions folder where are the manifes.json of all chrome app. I tried to upload the manifest.json of a couple working apps, but still the same error... 

I really don't understand, it is like the Chrome store thinks that the PartyCloud app is a package app and not a hosted app. The reason of this maybe is that a couple of months ago, I uploaded a manifest file without any url specified in it because I forgot them. Since then, I got the problem.

I would love to ask the Google team to have a look on this, but I don't know how to contact them. 

[PartyCloud DJ]

I continued the investigation. Apparently this could be a bug on the Chrome store. 

The fact is : After you have posted a package app, you can't turn it back into a hosted app, no matter the manifest.json you upload.

I found a couple evidence on the forums about this and that's exactly what happened to me. My app was a hosted app for years but by mistake, I uploaded a package app manifest (with a background.js script specified and no url). It was a copy and paste error. My app switched to a package app for the Google store. Since then, no matter I do, any hosted app manifest.json is rejected saying I need to specify a background script.

I'm wondering who I need to talk to fix that.... any idea?

Thanks!
Adrien

[James Wagner]

Thanks for flagging this Adrien and apologies for the delay.  We're looking into the issue -- I'll follow up as soon as we have an update.

Thanks,

James

[PartyCloud DJ]

Hi James, great to see you there!!! Thanks a lot! I just replied to your email :)

[Lahat Abu]

Hi James,

I'm trying to turn my packaged app into a hosted app and I see the issue still exists, any updates on this?

Thanks.

[Paul Adrian Hetes]

Hi, 

Is this issue still present ? 

I am new in this, but I got this error message "Please specify background subsection of app section in the manifest." while trying to upload some files in an Google SpreadSheet Add-On ( which I have created ), using chrome web store. 

My manifest.json file, is one created from a template:

{

  "name": "Great App Name",

  "description": "Pithy description (132 characters or less, no HTML)",

  "version": "3",

  "manifest_version": 2,

  "icons": {

    "128": "icon_128.png"

  },

  "app": {

    "urls": [

      "http://mysubdomain.example.com/"

    ],

    "launch": {

      "web_url": "http://mysubdomain.example.com/"

    }

  }

Can somebody please help and let me know what should I do to fix this issue? Thank you in advance. 

[PhistucK]

Did your manifest ever include a "background" key? If it did, you probably cannot remove it anymore and you will need to create a new item.

You can contact the web store using the form to which the description of the group links.

☆PhistucK

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