Talk:Thunderbird/Add-ons Guide 63: Difference between revisions

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-Name confusion
+(Please place your question in a separate section, with a relevant heading.)
+==== Name confusion ====
 It seems to me that it would be good to make clear somehow that bootstrapped and restartless are the same things - especially as we talk about overlay legacy addons and bootstrapped legacy addons.
+Tb63 - AddonManager.getAddonByID(..) used to be called asynchronously, it seems to not be called anymore?
-Tb63 - AddonManager.getAddonByID(..) used to be called asynchronously, it seems to not be called anymore?
+==== A sample extension? ====
 This sounds good. I'd like to create a WebExtensions addon... but I looked at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json
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 Just a point of clarity - can I write an addon and use the API that are already there... or do I have to create everything?
+==== stringbundle removal and nsIStringBundleService ====
 Tb63 - on removing XUL stringbundleset/stringbundle
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 Or can this still be used - e.g.:<br />
 let sb = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIStringBundleService); <br />
-A ==>> 'dies' means it will go away ;) so you need to change to as said:<br /> Replacement: Services.strings.createBundle(..).
+'''Answer''':  'dies' means it will go away ;) so you need to change to as said:<br /> Replacement: Services.strings.createBundle(..).