Questions tagged [firefox-android]
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background-attachment: fixed; failes on firefox for android
I did quite some research and this issues came and went multiple times when looking at the age of various SO posts and Mozilla's bug tracker.
Each time I use
background-attachment: fixed; on something like the background of the body tag, firefox on…

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How to implement an "augmented reality" feature detection on Android with Javascript?
I'm currently implementing a web-app with a button that opens the native "augmented reality"-view directly by clicking on a link. The link, as well as the feature detection for iOS is pretty straight-forward:
function isARSupported() {
const a =…

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Why does the Firefox mobile address bar disappearing on scroll seem to have an effect on a div with 100% height?
I have a simple website available here. This website has some weird behavoir on firefox mobile (works fine on firefox for osx). It seems that it is including the address bar in the height so I get a white box like this while scrolling to the point…

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.onload issue with images / Firefox Android
There was an update for Firefox Android which got released yesterday and it seems to have caused a script we have been using to resize and upload images via ajax from working.
It's not my own script, it was implemented by somebody who previously…

B Balde
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Firefox not working with Custom Tabs Android
My application opens specific url from app via CustomTabs.
Url is of local server with self signed certificate, so when i open url with Firefox it shows 'Untrusted Connection' with options 'Visit site' and 'Add permanent exception', but neither of…

Milan
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How to create thumbnail for video on Firefox for Android
I am looking for a method to generate thumbnail in Firefox for Android. I found some resources regarding this topic: Create thumbnail from video file via file input. But Firefox for Android always throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE when calling…

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Firefox mobile navigator.maxTouchPoints is undefined
Regarding mobile device detection, various articles refer to using navigator.maxTouchPoints, including this MDN post :
Use Navigator.maxTouchPoints to detect if the user's device has a touchscreen.
This method works great on most browsers,…

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Firefox Android Addon: Add search engine
I've created an extension with the following manifest to add a search engine to Firefox.
{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Google Browse by Name search engine",
"description": "Adds a search engine that searches Google using its Browse by Name…

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Easy way to debug Firefox for Android add-on JavaScript
Is there an efficient way to debug my extension's JavaScript (add-on) for Firefox for Android? I developed an Android Firefox add-on. However, I have a hard time debugging the code. Every time I changed the code, I had to sign it and install on my…

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browser.runtime.connect api not working as expected with Firefox for android?
I am developing an extension for Firefox for Android, but since tabs APIs are not supported on Firefox(Android), I am using the following code. It is working fine on Firefox but when porting it to Firefox Android(52 version), background script…

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how to connect extension with content script in Firefox for android?
I am developing an extension for Firefox for Android, but since tabs APIs are not supported on Firefox(Android), how can the messages be sent from extension to content script?

Prerna Rana
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How to install a Firefox for Andriod add-on without Firefox checking that it has been verified or "signed"
I found a solution for desktop, but I need one for Android. I have developed a Firefox for Android add-on. I need it private to do my research. However, is there any way to install it without Firefox checking that it has been verified, or "signed".…

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Open in app option to open the current page in native app
Firefox for Android has a very useful feature In the three dot menu called “Open in app”
Open in app
It allows you to open the current page in the default application associated with that website. For example Reddit in the default app or Youtube in…

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How to prevent Firefox Android Accessibility feature scaling up text size
The Accessibility setting in Firefox Android scales up the text on a webpage. As you can see, it is experience breaking and ruins the UI of the website.
I've tried to stop this from happening using CSS and using Meta properties. Below is what I have…

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Adding custom extension to forked version of mozilla mobile's reference browser
I'm interested in developing my own Android web browser and have been looking at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/reference-browser as a starting point.
I'm wondering if it would be possible to add an extension to the browser that is enabled by…

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