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Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by danShumway »

38 wrote: post #4

> Once you’re ready to test the mobile version of your extension, create a collection on AMO and test it on Firefox for Android Nightly Just in case anyone missed this, it seems that Android Firefox STILL will not allow anonymous installation of extensions. Even if you wrote the extension yourself, and want to install on your own device. Only workaround is to only install approved extensions, or be forced into regist…

> Once you’re ready to test the mobile version of your extension, create a collection on AMO and test it on Firefox for Android Nightly. If you’d prefer to polish your extension before publishing it on AMO, you can also debug and run the extension with web-ext.

I think this mirrors the desktop behavior (now correct me if I'm wrong, I very well might be ;)). Firefox Developer Edition on Desktop has options for sideloading, but otherwise to sideload it needs to be signed. You can however temporarily load an extension to test it if you're a developer in I think any version of Firefox.

Their link (https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/developi...) suggests that Android will work (almost) the same -- you can temporarily load an extension to test it, but it needs to be signed unless you're on nightly.

I do think forcing every extension to be signed is a mistake and I wish they'd do away with that policy. But at least on first impression, it looks to me like mobile will be as open as desktop is? Which would be a huge improvement considering how locked down the current Firefox for Android is.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by hn92726819 »

38 wrote: post #4

> Once you’re ready to test the mobile version of your extension, create a collection on AMO and test it on Firefox for Android Nightly Just in case anyone missed this, it seems that Android Firefox STILL will not allow anonymous installation of extensions. Even if you wrote the extension yourself, and want to install on your own device. Only workaround is to only install approved extensions, or be forced into regist…

The article is about changing your add-on in preparation for their changes. Maybe he's saying that right now, before the change, you have to register as a collection?

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by mkl »

selcuka wrote: post #10
mkl wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm hoping I'll be able to load my own extensions with something like ViolentMonkey, TamperMonkey, etc., as I do on desktop.

Tampermonkey already works with the current version of Firefox Android.

Oh, great! I hadn't checked for a while.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by Zuiii »

gary_0 wrote: post #3

Better late than never!

While true, Mozilla unfortunately had already forfeited the Android browser market to other competitors by not enabling this day one (contrary to their claims, most extensions worked fine). I would be really interested in reading the rationale behind their decision. The real one.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by liminalsunset »

There used to be a way to sideload extensions onto Android FF but I found it too cumbersome so I switched to Kiwi, a build of Chromium with extension support. Will definitely give this a go when it's ready, and I hope Temporary Containers works as I miss having that on mobile

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by vsskanth »

liminalsunset wrote: post #17

There used to be a way to sideload extensions onto Android FF but I found it too cumbersome so I switched to Kiwi, a build of Chromium with extension support. Will definitely give this a go when it's ready, and I hope Temporary Containers works as I miss having that on mobile

The real annoying part about Kiwi is it doesn't seem to play well with 1password, never understood why.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by sfmike »

Would it be possible to inject chrome extensions somehow into firefox that is the final piece where some websites force to just use chrome and it's really annoying and the singular time you have to switch for their chrome based widget/extension to do that websites functionality?
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