runtime.PlatformOs
The operating system the browser is running on.
Type
Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:
"mac"
- The underlying operating system is Mac OS X.
"win"
- The underlying operating system is Windows.
"android"
- The underlying operating system is Android.
"cros"
- The underlying operating system is Chrome OS.
"linux"
- The underlying operating system is Linux.
"openbsd"
- The underlying operating system is Open/FreeBSD.
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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PlatformOs | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support79 | FirefoxFull support45 | OperaFull supportYes | SafariFull support14 | Firefox for AndroidFull support48 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
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Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime
API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.