As we mentioned recently, we’re adding Recommended extensions to Firefox for Android Nightly as a broader set of APIs become available to accommodate more add-on functionality. We just updated the collection with some new Recommended extensions, including… Mobile favorites Video … Continue reading
Updated September 30, 2020 What add-ons are supported on the new Firefox for Android? Currently, only a limited number of extensions in our Recommended program are supported on the new Firefox for Android (codename: Fenix) release channel. These extensions can … Continue reading
Last fall, we announced our intention to support add-ons in Mozilla’s reinvented Firefox for Android browser. This new, high-performance browser for Android has been rebuilt from the ground up using GeckoView, Mozilla’s mobile browser engine and has been available for … Continue reading
Back in June, Mozilla announced Firefox Preview, an early version of the new browser for Android that is built on top of Firefox’s own mobile browser engine, GeckoView. We’ve gotten great feedback about the superior performance of GeckoView so far. … Continue reading
AMO (addons.mozilla.org) is getting a fresh new look this November, along with the upcoming Firefox Quantum. Here’s a preview: And this is not just a new coat of paint. Curated content — particularly in the homepage — is undergoing an … Continue reading
We announced our plans for add-on compatibility and the transition to WebExtensions in the Road to Firefox 57 blog post. However, we weren’t clear on what this meant for Firefox for Android. We did this intentionally, since at the time … Continue reading
Update: Firefox has used the WebExtensions API as its extension API since 2017. We encourage you to visit Extension Workshop to learn more about browser extensions and how you can build an extension for Firefox. You can find reference documentation … Continue reading
How would you extend the APIs for Firefox on Android? A few days ago, stak posted this question on his blog. If you have created add-ons for Firefox on Android, or are considering to, I recommend that you give you … Continue reading
Firefox for mobile (Fennec) is bumping its version numbering to more closely match desktop releases of Firefox. This means “Firefox 2.0b1 for Android & Maemo” is becoming “Firefox 4.0b1 for Android & Maemo” and will be released as “Firefox 4.0 … Continue reading
The following is a re-post of Caitlin Looney’s blog post from yesterday. Update Your Add-on to Support 2.0a1 We’re nearing the release of Firefox 2.0 for Android and Nokia N900 alpha. There is huge interest from users who want to … Continue reading
