{"id":9133,"date":"2023-12-14T10:20:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=9133"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:20:24","slug":"a-new-world-of-open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2023\/12\/14\/a-new-world-of-open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-has-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woo-hoo you did it! Hundreds of add-on developers heeded the call to make their desktop extensions compatible for today\u2019s debut of a new open ecosystem of Firefox for Android extensions. More than 450 Firefox for Android extensions are now discoverable on the <i>addons.mozilla.org<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(AMO) Android homepage<\/a>. It\u2019s a strong start to an exciting new frontier of mobile browser customization. Let\u2019s see where this goes.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a developer who hasn\u2019t migrated your desktop extension to Firefox for Android yet? Here\u2019s a good <a href=\"https:\/\/extensionworkshop.com\/documentation\/develop\/developing-extensions-for-firefox-for-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starting point for developing extensions for Firefox for Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve already embarked on the mobile extension journey and have questions\/insights\/feedback to offer as we continue to optimize the mobile development experience, we invite you to <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla.org\/t\/top-apis-mising-on-firefox-for-android\/124506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">join the discussion about top APIs missing on Firefox for Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/enter_bug.cgi?product=WebExtensions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found any Firefox for Android bugs<\/a>? Do tell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woo-hoo you did it! Hundreds of add-on developers heeded the call to make their desktop extensions compatible for today\u2019s debut of a new open ecosystem of Firefox for Android extensions. &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2023\/12\/14\/a-new-world-of-open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-has-arrived\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":8750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[15889],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2023\/12\/14\/a-new-world-of-open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-has-arrived\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott DeVaney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2023\/12\/14\/a-new-world-of-open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-has-arrived\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2023\/12\/14\/a-new-world-of-open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-has-arrived\/\",\"name\":\"A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived - 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