In my case got a working solution through Cross-document Messaging (XDM) and Executing Chrome extension onclick instead of page load.
manifest.json
{
"name": "JQuery Light",
"version": "1",
"manifest_version": 2,
"browser_action": {
"default_icon": "icon.png"
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [
"https://*.google.com/*"
],
"js": [
"jquery-3.3.1.min.js",
"myscript.js"
]
}
],
"background": {
"scripts": [
"background.js"
]
}
}
background.js
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function (tab) {
chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, function (tabs) {
var activeTab = tabs[0];
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(activeTab.id, {"message": "clicked_browser_action"});
});
});
myscript.js
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(
function (request, sender, sendResponse) {
if (request.message === "clicked_browser_action") {
console.log('Hello world!')
}
}
);