vs-code extension doesn't Activate on startup - visual-studio-code

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I'm developing a vs-code extension, I wrote a code for cron-jobs (runs extension at a certain time) and it works well. the problem is my extension doesn't lunch at startup I've read the docs and I did what I must do like I saw in docs and still doesn't work at startup.
extension.ts:
import * as vscode from "vscode";
import axios from "axios";
// dotenv
import "dotenv/config";
export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
var cron = require("node-cron");
// API Call Goes Here...
// *** Visual Studio Code ***
let disposable = vscode.commands.registerCommand(
"myExtenstionIdAndNameNotForPublicXD",
async () => {
if (Content || Reference) {
vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
`"${Content}" - ${Reference} 💥`
);
} else {
vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
`Network Error! 💥`
);
}
// *** Autostart ***
{
/*
# ┌────────────── second (optional)
# │ ┌──────────── minute
# │ │ ┌────────── hour
# │ │ │ ┌──────── day of month
# │ │ │ │ ┌────── month
# │ │ │ │ │ ┌──── day of week
# │ │ │ │ │ │
# │ │ │ │ │ │
# * * * * * *
*/
}
cron.schedule(
// S M H D M W
"5 * * * * *",
async () => {
if (Content || Reference) {
vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
`"${Content}" - ${Reference} 💥`
);
} else {
vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
`Network Error! 💥`
);
}
},
{
scheduled: true,
}
);
}
);
context.subscriptions.push(disposable);
}
// this method is called when your extension is deactivated
export function deactivate() {}
and here is my package.json
{
"name": "name",
"displayName": "name",
"description": "name",
"version": "0.0.1",
"engines": {
"vscode": "^1.70.0"
},
"categories": [
"Other"
],
"activationEvents": ["*"],
"main": "./dist/extension.js",
"contributes": {
"commands": [
{
"command": "name.name",
"title": "name.name"
}
]
},
"scripts": {
"vscode:prepublish": "npm run package",
"compile": "webpack",
"watch": "webpack --watch",
"package": "webpack --mode production --devtool hidden-source-map",
"compile-tests": "tsc -p . --outDir out",
"watch-tests": "tsc -p . -w --outDir out",
"pretest": "npm run compile-tests && npm run compile && npm run lint",
"lint": "eslint src --ext ts",
"test": "node ./out/test/runTest.js"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#types/glob": "^7.2.0",
"#types/mocha": "^9.1.1",
"#types/node": "^16.11.56",
"#types/vscode": "^1.70.0",
"#typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.31.0",
"#typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.31.0",
"#vscode/test-electron": "^2.1.5",
"eslint": "^8.20.0",
"glob": "^8.0.3",
"mocha": "^10.0.0",
"ts-loader": "^9.3.1",
"typescript": "^4.7.4",
"webpack": "^5.74.0",
"webpack-cli": "^4.10.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"axios": "^0.27.2",
"cron": "^2.1.0",
"dotenv": "^16.0.1",
"node-cron": "^3.0.2"
}
}
I need to auto-lunch the extension when the user opens vs code.
then it shows a notification
last, the cron-job code work well and push notifications daily (i know it will push every 15 sec .. just for test)
note: I get this error on my debug console
Error: Unexpected SIGPIPE at process.<anonymous> (/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/out-vscode/bootstrap.js:35:18) at process.emit (/home/kareem/Desktop/VerseOfTheDay-vscode/lib/events.js:390:28) at Signal.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17) {stack: 'Error: Unexpected SIGPIPE at process.<ano…Trampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17)', message: 'Unexpected SIGPIPE'}
that's it! im sorry for hiding the extension name and details :)

Answer 1

I found a solution that was not mentioned on DOCS,
You must do this next like this:
extension.ts or extension.js
context.subscriptions.push(disposable);
// Solution is the next line after your context
vscode.commands.executeCommand("identifier.yourExtensionName");
Also, make sure you have one of the following options on your Package.json
"activationEvents": ["onStartupFinished"], // or "*"
Ref: https://medium.com/secarmalabs/using-visual-studio-code-extensions-for-persistence-a65c940b7ea6
and
https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/activation-events
I hope it helps you ^-^