How to test a React Chrome Extension? - reactjs

So I'm developing a chrome extension with React. Everything works fine, but every time a change is made, I have to rebuild the extension with:
npm run build
...and then go back into my browser and load the extension with the build. This works fine, as aforementioned, but it's time consuming, and I feel that there's a better way.
I can't test in-browser because I'm using Chrome APIs (storage sync, etc.)
Is there any other way to test? Or do I have to build every time?

Use rollup-plugin-chrome-extension.
npm init vite#latest
npm i rollup-plugin-chrome-extension#beta -D
Update these files
// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from "vite";
import react from "#vitejs/plugin-react";
import { chromeExtension } from "rollup-plugin-chrome-extension";
import manifest from './manifest.json'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [react(), chromeExtension({ manifest })],
});
// manifest.json
{
"manifest_version": 3,
"name": "Rpce React Vite Example",
"version": "1.0.0",
"action": { "default_popup": "index.html" }
}
Then run npm run dev
Go to chrome://extensions in your browser and drag the dist folder from your project into the window. Start developing with hot reloading.

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