How to Install safari extension using setup project? - google-chrome-extension

Question

i have a working safari extension and i able to install it manually by dragging it on safari web browser. i want to know how can i install it programmatically.
i have done this for firefox, chrome and IE.
in firefox just copy your .xpi file to this folder ("C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxx.default\extensions") in windows 7 and your extension will get installed.
and in chrome you have to write these registry keys
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome\Extensions\dlilbimladfdhkfbbcbjjnbleakbogef]
"version"="3.6"
"path"="C:\\extension.crx"
but in safari when i copy my .safariextz file to this folder "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\Safari\Extensions" than extension not get installed.
can anybody guide me how can i do this.

Answer 1

In the folder:
~\Users\\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\Safari\Extensions
there is a file named Extensions.plist you will also need to add an entry for your extension in this file.

Answer 2

Extension.plist in "~\Users\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\Safari\Extensions" folder is a binary file. for read and add an entry we can use this class.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
namespace PlistCS
{
public static class Plist
{
private static List<int> offsetTable = new List<int>();
private static List<byte> objectTable = new List<byte>();
private static int refCount;
private static int objRefSize;
private static int offsetByteSize;
private static long offsetTableOffset;
#region Public Functions
public static object readPlist(string path)
{
using (FileStream f = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
return readPlist(f);
}
}
public static object readPlistSource(string source)
{
return readPlist(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(source));
}
public static object readPlist(byte[] data)
{
return readPlist(new MemoryStream(data));
}
public static plistType getPlistType(Stream stream)
{
byte[] magicHeader = new byte[8];
stream.Read(magicHeader, 0, 8);
if (BitConverter.ToInt64(magicHeader, 0) == 3472403351741427810)
{
return plistType.Binary;
}
else
{
return plistType.Xml;
}
}
public static object readPlist(Stream stream, plistType type = plistType.Auto)
{
if (type == plistType.Auto)
{
type = getPlistType(stream);
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
}
if (type == plistType.Binary)
{
using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
{
byte[] data = reader.ReadBytes((int)reader.BaseStream.Length);
return readBinary(data);
}
}
else
{
using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
{
byte[] data = reader.ReadBytes((int)reader.BaseStream.Length);
return readBinary(data);
}
}
}
public static void writeBinary(object value, string path)
{
using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create)))
{
writer.Write(writeBinary(value));
}
}
public static void writeBinary(object value, Stream stream)
{
using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream))
{
writer.Write(writeBinary(value));
}
}
public static byte[] writeBinary(object value)
{
offsetTable.Clear();
objectTable.Clear();
refCount = 0;
objRefSize = 0;
offsetByteSize = 0;
offsetTableOffset = 0;
//Do not count the root node, subtract by 1
int totalRefs = countObject(value) - 1;
refCount = totalRefs;
objRefSize = RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(refCount)).Length;
composeBinary(value);
writeBinaryString("bplist00", false);
offsetTableOffset = (long)objectTable.Count;
offsetTable.Add(objectTable.Count - 8);
offsetByteSize = RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(offsetTable[offsetTable.Count - 1])).Length;
List<byte> offsetBytes = new List<byte>();
offsetTable.Reverse();
for (int i = 0; i < offsetTable.Count; i++)
{
offsetTable[i] = objectTable.Count - offsetTable[i];
byte[] buffer = RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(offsetTable[i]), offsetByteSize);
Array.Reverse(buffer);
offsetBytes.AddRange(buffer);
}
objectTable.AddRange(offsetBytes);
objectTable.AddRange(new byte[6]);
objectTable.Add(Convert.ToByte(offsetByteSize));
objectTable.Add(Convert.ToByte(objRefSize));
var a = BitConverter.GetBytes((long)totalRefs + 1);
Array.Reverse(a);
objectTable.AddRange(a);
objectTable.AddRange(BitConverter.GetBytes((long)0));
a = BitConverter.GetBytes(offsetTableOffset);
Array.Reverse(a);
objectTable.AddRange(a);
return objectTable.ToArray();
}
#endregion
#region Private Functions
private static object readBinary(byte[] data)
{
offsetTable.Clear();
List<byte> offsetTableBytes = new List<byte>();
objectTable.Clear();
refCount = 0;
objRefSize = 0;
offsetByteSize = 0;
offsetTableOffset = 0;
List<byte> bList = new List<byte>(data);
List<byte> trailer = bList.GetRange(bList.Count - 32, 32);
parseTrailer(trailer);
objectTable = bList.GetRange(0, (int)offsetTableOffset);
offsetTableBytes = bList.GetRange((int)offsetTableOffset, bList.Count - (int)offsetTableOffset - 32);
parseOffsetTable(offsetTableBytes);
return parseBinary(0);
}
private static int countObject(object value)
{
int count = 0;
switch (value.GetType().ToString())
{
case "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]":
Dictionary<string, object> dict = (Dictionary<string, object>)value;
foreach (string key in dict.Keys)
{
count += countObject(dict[key]);
}
count += dict.Keys.Count;
count++;
break;
case "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Object]":
List<object> list = (List<object>)value;
foreach (object obj in list)
{
count += countObject(obj);
}
count++;
break;
default:
count++;
break;
}
return count;
}
private static byte[] writeBinaryDictionary(Dictionary<string, object> dictionary)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>();
List<byte> header = new List<byte>();
List<int> refs = new List<int>();
for (int i = dictionary.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
var o = new object[dictionary.Count];
dictionary.Values.CopyTo(o, 0);
composeBinary(o[i]);
offsetTable.Add(objectTable.Count);
refs.Add(refCount);
refCount--;
}
for (int i = dictionary.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
var o = new string[dictionary.Count];
dictionary.Keys.CopyTo(o, 0);
composeBinary(o[i]);//);
offsetTable.Add(objectTable.Count);
refs.Add(refCount);
refCount--;
}
if (dictionary.Count < 15)
{
header.Add(Convert.ToByte(0xD0 | Convert.ToByte(dictionary.Count)));
}
else
{
header.Add(0xD0 | 0xf);
header.AddRange(writeBinaryInteger(dictionary.Count, false));
}
foreach (int val in refs)
{
byte[] refBuffer = RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(val), objRefSize);
Array.Reverse(refBuffer);
buffer.InsertRange(0, refBuffer);
}
buffer.InsertRange(0, header);
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] composeBinaryArray(List<object> objects)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>();
List<byte> header = new List<byte>();
List<int> refs = new List<int>();
for (int i = objects.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
composeBinary(objects[i]);
offsetTable.Add(objectTable.Count);
refs.Add(refCount);
refCount--;
}
if (objects.Count < 15)
{
header.Add(Convert.ToByte(0xA0 | Convert.ToByte(objects.Count)));
}
else
{
header.Add(0xA0 | 0xf);
header.AddRange(writeBinaryInteger(objects.Count, false));
}
foreach (int val in refs)
{
byte[] refBuffer = RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(val), objRefSize);
Array.Reverse(refBuffer);
buffer.InsertRange(0, refBuffer);
}
buffer.InsertRange(0, header);
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] composeBinary(object obj)
{
byte[] value;
switch (obj.GetType().ToString())
{
case "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]":
value = writeBinaryDictionary((Dictionary<string, object>)obj);
return value;
case "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Object]":
value = composeBinaryArray((List<object>)obj);
return value;
case "System.Byte[]":
value = writeBinaryByteArray((byte[])obj);
return value;
case "System.Double":
value = writeBinaryDouble((double)obj);
return value;
case "System.Int32":
value = writeBinaryInteger((int)obj, true);
return value;
case "System.String":
value = writeBinaryString((string)obj, true);
return value;
case "System.DateTime":
value = writeBinaryDate((DateTime)obj);
return value;
case "System.Boolean":
value = writeBinaryBool((bool)obj);
return value;
default:
return new byte[0];
}
}
public static byte[] writeBinaryDate(DateTime obj)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>(RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(PlistDateConverter.ConvertToAppleTimeStamp(obj)), 8));
buffer.Reverse();
buffer.Insert(0, 0x33);
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
public static byte[] writeBinaryBool(bool obj)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>(new byte[1] { (bool)obj ? (byte)9 : (byte)8 });
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] writeBinaryInteger(int value, bool write)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>(BitConverter.GetBytes((long)value));
buffer = new List<byte>(RegulateNullBytes(buffer.ToArray()));
while (buffer.Count != Math.Pow(2, Math.Log(buffer.Count) / Math.Log(2)))
buffer.Add(0);
int header = 0x10 | (int)(Math.Log(buffer.Count) / Math.Log(2));
buffer.Reverse();
buffer.Insert(0, Convert.ToByte(header));
if (write)
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] writeBinaryDouble(double value)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>(RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(value), 4));
while (buffer.Count != Math.Pow(2, Math.Log(buffer.Count) / Math.Log(2)))
buffer.Add(0);
int header = 0x20 | (int)(Math.Log(buffer.Count) / Math.Log(2));
buffer.Reverse();
buffer.Insert(0, Convert.ToByte(header));
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] writeBinaryByteArray(byte[] value)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>(value);
List<byte> header = new List<byte>();
if (value.Length < 15)
{
header.Add(Convert.ToByte(0x40 | Convert.ToByte(value.Length)));
}
else
{
header.Add(0x40 | 0xf);
header.AddRange(writeBinaryInteger(buffer.Count, false));
}
buffer.InsertRange(0, header);
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] writeBinaryString(string value, bool head)
{
List<byte> buffer = new List<byte>();
List<byte> header = new List<byte>();
foreach (char chr in value.ToCharArray())
buffer.Add(Convert.ToByte(chr));
if (head)
{
if (value.Length < 15)
{
header.Add(Convert.ToByte(0x50 | Convert.ToByte(value.Length)));
}
else
{
header.Add(0x50 | 0xf);
header.AddRange(writeBinaryInteger(buffer.Count, false));
}
}
buffer.InsertRange(0, header);
objectTable.InsertRange(0, buffer);
return buffer.ToArray();
}
private static byte[] RegulateNullBytes(byte[] value)
{
return RegulateNullBytes(value, 1);
}
private static byte[] RegulateNullBytes(byte[] value, int minBytes)
{
Array.Reverse(value);
List<byte> bytes = new List<byte>(value);
for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Count; i++)
{
if (bytes[i] == 0 && bytes.Count > minBytes)
{
bytes.Remove(bytes[i]);
i--;
}
else
break;
}
if (bytes.Count < minBytes)
{
int dist = minBytes - bytes.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < dist; i++)
bytes.Insert(0, 0);
}
value = bytes.ToArray();
Array.Reverse(value);
return value;
}
private static void parseTrailer(List<byte> trailer)
{
offsetByteSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(RegulateNullBytes(trailer.GetRange(6, 1).ToArray(), 4), 0);
objRefSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(RegulateNullBytes(trailer.GetRange(7, 1).ToArray(), 4), 0);
byte[] refCountBytes = trailer.GetRange(12, 4).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(refCountBytes);
refCount = BitConverter.ToInt32(refCountBytes, 0);
byte[] offsetTableOffsetBytes = trailer.GetRange(24, 8).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(offsetTableOffsetBytes);
offsetTableOffset = BitConverter.ToInt64(offsetTableOffsetBytes, 0);
}
private static void parseOffsetTable(List<byte> offsetTableBytes)
{
for (int i = 0; i < offsetTableBytes.Count; i += offsetByteSize)
{
byte[] buffer = offsetTableBytes.GetRange(i, offsetByteSize).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(buffer);
offsetTable.Add(BitConverter.ToInt32(RegulateNullBytes(buffer, 4), 0));
}
}
private static object parseBinaryDictionary(int objRef)
{
Dictionary<string, object> buffer = new Dictionary<string, object>();
List<int> refs = new List<int>();
int refCount = 0;
byte dictByte = objectTable[offsetTable[objRef]];
int refStartPosition;
refCount = getCount(offsetTable[objRef], out refStartPosition);
if (refCount < 15)
refStartPosition = offsetTable[objRef] + 1;
else
refStartPosition = offsetTable[objRef] + 2 + RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(refCount), 1).Length;
for (int i = refStartPosition; i < refStartPosition + refCount * 2 * objRefSize; i += objRefSize)
{
byte[] refBuffer = objectTable.GetRange(i, objRefSize).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(refBuffer);
refs.Add(BitConverter.ToInt32(RegulateNullBytes(refBuffer, 4), 0));
}
for (int i = 0; i < refCount; i++)
{
buffer.Add((string)parseBinary(refs[i]), parseBinary(refs[i + refCount]));
}
return buffer;
}
private static object parseBinaryArray(int objRef)
{
List<object> buffer = new List<object>();
List<int> refs = new List<int>();
int refCount = 0;
byte arrayByte = objectTable[offsetTable[objRef]];
int refStartPosition;
refCount = getCount(offsetTable[objRef], out refStartPosition);
if (refCount < 15)
refStartPosition = offsetTable[objRef] + 1;
else
//The following integer has a header aswell so we increase the refStartPosition by two to account for that.
refStartPosition = offsetTable[objRef] + 2 + RegulateNullBytes(BitConverter.GetBytes(refCount), 1).Length;
for (int i = refStartPosition; i < refStartPosition + refCount * objRefSize; i += objRefSize)
{
byte[] refBuffer = objectTable.GetRange(i, objRefSize).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(refBuffer);
refs.Add(BitConverter.ToInt32(RegulateNullBytes(refBuffer, 4), 0));
}
for (int i = 0; i < refCount; i++)
{
buffer.Add(parseBinary(refs[i]));
}
return buffer;
}
private static int getCount(int bytePosition, out int newBytePosition)
{
byte headerByte = objectTable[bytePosition];
byte headerByteTrail = Convert.ToByte(headerByte & 0xf);
int count;
if (headerByteTrail < 15)
{
count = headerByteTrail;
newBytePosition = bytePosition + 1;
}
else
count = (int)parseBinaryInt(bytePosition + 1, out newBytePosition);
return count;
}
private static object parseBinary(int objRef)
{
byte header = objectTable[offsetTable[objRef]];
switch (header & 0xF0)
{
case 0:
{
//If the byte is
//0 return null
//9 return true
//8 return false
return (objectTable[offsetTable[objRef]] == 0) ? (object)null : ((objectTable[offsetTable[objRef]] == 9) ? true : false);
}
case 0x10:
{
return parseBinaryInt(offsetTable[objRef]);
}
case 0x20:
{
return parseBinaryReal(offsetTable[objRef]);
}
case 0x30:
{
return parseBinaryDate(offsetTable[objRef]);
}
case 0x40:
{
return parseBinaryByteArray(offsetTable[objRef]);
}
case 0x50://String ASCII
{
return parseBinaryAsciiString(offsetTable[objRef]);
}
case 0x60://String Unicode
{
return parseBinaryUnicodeString(offsetTable[objRef]);
}
case 0xD0:
{
return parseBinaryDictionary(objRef);
}
case 0xA0:
{
return parseBinaryArray(objRef);
}
}
throw new Exception("This type is not supported");
}
public static object parseBinaryDate(int headerPosition)
{
byte[] buffer = objectTable.GetRange(headerPosition + 1, 8).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(buffer);
double appleTime = BitConverter.ToDouble(buffer, 0);
DateTime result = PlistDateConverter.ConvertFromAppleTimeStamp(appleTime);
return result;
}
private static object parseBinaryInt(int headerPosition)
{
int output;
return parseBinaryInt(headerPosition, out output);
}
private static object parseBinaryInt(int headerPosition, out int newHeaderPosition)
{
byte header = objectTable[headerPosition];
int byteCount = (int)Math.Pow(2, header & 0xf);
byte[] buffer = objectTable.GetRange(headerPosition + 1, byteCount).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(buffer);
//Add one to account for the header byte
newHeaderPosition = headerPosition + byteCount + 1;
return BitConverter.ToInt32(RegulateNullBytes(buffer, 4), 0);
}
private static object parseBinaryReal(int headerPosition)
{
byte header = objectTable[headerPosition];
int byteCount = (int)Math.Pow(2, header & 0xf);
byte[] buffer = objectTable.GetRange(headerPosition + 1, byteCount).ToArray();
Array.Reverse(buffer);
return BitConverter.ToDouble(RegulateNullBytes(buffer, 8), 0);
}
private static object parseBinaryAsciiString(int headerPosition)
{
int charStartPosition;
int charCount = getCount(headerPosition, out charStartPosition);
var buffer = objectTable.GetRange(charStartPosition, charCount);
return buffer.Count > 0 ? Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer.ToArray()) : string.Empty;
}
private static object parseBinaryUnicodeString(int headerPosition)
{
int charStartPosition;
int charCount = getCount(headerPosition, out charStartPosition);
charCount = charCount * 2;
byte[] buffer = new byte[charCount];
byte one, two;
for (int i = 0; i < charCount; i += 2)
{
one = objectTable.GetRange(charStartPosition + i, 1)[0];
two = objectTable.GetRange(charStartPosition + i + 1, 1)[0];
if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
{
buffer[i] = two;
buffer[i + 1] = one;
}
else
{
buffer[i] = one;
buffer[i + 1] = two;
}
}
return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(buffer);
}
private static object parseBinaryByteArray(int headerPosition)
{
int byteStartPosition;
int byteCount = getCount(headerPosition, out byteStartPosition);
return objectTable.GetRange(byteStartPosition, byteCount).ToArray();
}
#endregion
}
public enum plistType
{
Auto, Binary, Xml
}
public static class PlistDateConverter
{
public static long timeDifference = 978307200;
public static long GetAppleTime(long unixTime)
{
return unixTime - timeDifference;
}
public static long GetUnixTime(long appleTime)
{
return appleTime + timeDifference;
}
public static DateTime ConvertFromAppleTimeStamp(double timestamp)
{
DateTime origin = new DateTime(2001, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
return origin.AddSeconds(timestamp);
}
public static double ConvertToAppleTimeStamp(DateTime date)
{
DateTime begin = new DateTime(2001, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
TimeSpan diff = date - begin;
return Math.Floor(diff.TotalSeconds);
}
}
}
and use this method in commit action of Installer.cs class to add an entry of extension Extension.plist
public void InstallSafariExt()
{
string safariExtPlist = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Apple Computer\\Safari\\Extensions\\Extensions.plist";
string safariSetupPlist = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + "\YourComp\\YourSoft\\Extensions.plist";
string ExtDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Apple Computer\\Safari\\Extensions";
if (!Directory.Exists(ExtDir))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(ExtDir);
if (!File.Exists(safariExtPlist))
{
File.Copy(safariSetupPlist, safariExtPlist);
}
}
else
{
if (!File.Exists(safariExtPlist))
{
File.Copy(safariSetupPlist, safariExtPlist);
}
}
object obj = Plist.readPlist(safariExtPlist);
Dictionary<string, object> dict = (Dictionary<string, object>)obj;
Dictionary<string, object> NewExt = new Dictionary<string, object>();
NewExt.Add("Hidden Bars", new List<object>());
NewExt.Add("Added Non-Default Toolbar Items", new List<object>());
NewExt.Add("Enabled", true);
NewExt.Add("Archive File Name", "YourExtName.safariextz");
NewExt.Add("Removed Default Toolbar Items", new List<object>());
NewExt.Add("Bundle Directory Name", "YourExtName.safariextension");
List<object> listExt = (List<object>)dict["Installed Extensions"];
listExt.Add(NewExt);
Plist.writeBinary(obj, safariExtPlist);
string safariExtFile = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + "\YourComp\\YourSoft\\YourExtName.safariextz";
string safariInstallfolder = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Apple Computer\\Safari\\Extensions\\YourExtName.safariextz";
string[] safExtFiles = Directory.GetFiles(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Apple Computer\\Safari\\Extensions\\", "YourExtName*.safariextz");
for (int i = 0; i < safExtFiles.Length; i++)
{
if (File.Exists(safExtFiles[i]))
File.Delete(safExtFiles[i]);
}
File.Copy(safariExtFile, safariInstallfolder);
}