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Prepare your Firefox desktop extension for the upcoming Android release (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is seriously cool. I've been waiting for this for a while.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Well that's nice. But how many developers will care to make Android extensions at this point? Also will the current unsupported extensions in custom collections stop working?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does this mean that I'll be able to get temporary containers on Firefox Android?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That extension requires rather deep integration into the UI, which I don't think is possible for Android extensions. So, I doubt, it will become available...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooo, exciting news!

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[–] starman 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It was already possible to use all extensions on Firefox for Android Nightly

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Great i have been using all my fav extensions for a while in the beta version. Great news nonetheless!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Finally! Been using ancient version due to the addon crap they pulled in the past

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Kiwi Browser has been able to use a good majority of the Chrome extension repertoire already though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Please please please don't' bring MV3 to Firefox for Android, Mozilla. 🤞

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They are, since there are definitely benefits and makes migration easier, but they are also allowing the support needed for adblockers to be just as strong as they are now. So it keeps the benefits while also keeping adblockers strong like right now.

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/

The issue is that Chrome is trying to replace webRequest.BlockingResponse which is essential for content blockers, which Mozilla is pointing out and keeping supported.