Open a "Help" page after Chrome extension is installed first time

Question

I am new to Chrome extension. I have a question about how to make the extension to open a "Help" page automatically after installation. Currently, I am able to check whether the extension is running the first time or not by saving a value into localStorage. But this checking is only carried out when using click the icon on the tool bar. Just wondering if there is a way that likes FF extension which uses the javascript in to open a help page after the installation. Thanks.

Edit: Thanks for the answer from davgothic. I have solved this problem. I have another question about the popup. My extension checks the url of current tab,

 if OK(url){     //open a tab and do something } else{     //display popup } 

Is it possible to show the popup in this way?

Answer 1

Check this updated and most reliable solution provided by Chrome: chrome.runtime Event

chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function (object) {     let externalUrl = "http://yoursite.com/";     let internalUrl = chrome.runtime.getURL("views/onboarding.html");      if (object.reason === chrome.runtime.OnInstalledReason.INSTALL) {         chrome.tabs.create({ url: externalUrl }, function (tab) {             console.log("New tab launched with http://yoursite.com/");         });     } }); 

Add this to your background.js I mean the the page you defined on manifest like following,

.... "background": {       "scripts": ["background.js"],       "persistent": false   } ...