Manifest is not valid JSON. Line: 1, column: 1, Unexpected token

Question

keep getting this error: \"Manifest is not valid JSON. Line: 1, column: 1, Unexpected token.\" i don\'t understand what the issue is with my code? here is what i have so f

Answer 1

It seems your are using wrong values for browser_action key.To specify popup template you must use default_popup. It should be :

{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "extension",
  "version": "1.0",
  "description": "My first Chrome extension.",
  "browser_action": {
      "default_icon": "icon.jpg",
      "default_popup": "popup.html"
  }
}