Firefox @lemmy.ml NickNak @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Has the mobile update that re added all addons get released yet?

A little while back Mozilla put out a post ushering addon developers to prep their addons but I haven't heard anything else since, I don't wanna update to early and loose everything I already got

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We’ll announce a definite launch date in early September, but it’s safe to expect a roll-out before the year’s end.

src. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/

AFAIK, no date has yet been announced
No, they only announced plans to work together with devs to make the transition to mobile easier. It wasn't a "all addons will work on Firefox android" announcement. Hopefully most popular addons transition
- Everything I personally use works on the beta version through the collection method.
  
  Yup same. Here's my collection in case it's useful for anyone else:
  
  17976906
  
  android13oneui5-1
- on mobile i use brave because its the only app on ios that will background play youtube com videos without a fuss while also removing video player ads (among the rest).
  
  if firefox allowed a plugin, or just supported this feature outright, i would have 0 reason not to use firefox on all of my devices.
  
  i wish theyd stop sleeping on users like me.
  
  e: hate me all you want for it, im still right.
  
  thanks a ton, never knew this worked
  
  On mobile I use Firefox to accomplish the same thing you just mentioned
  
  Edit: Video Background Play Fix + ublock
  
  Doesn't Yattee do this also?
  
  Firefox isnt allowed to have addons, that could make the user have free choice.
If you create an addon collection, you can install any addon already... Its fucking ridiculous that Mozilla did this though and its a pain in the ass to setup
- Can you please share the steps on how to create add-on collection ? I am using android.
  
  Did a quick search, take a look at this: https://www.androidpolice.com/install-add-on-extension-mozilla-firefox-android/
All is a very large expectation. Best you get is all that Dev.s continue to support.
Nope
I've had add-ons on my mobile Firefox for a while now. I dunno what everyone is talking about.

Is ublock a weird addon or something?
- You should have limited access to addons on stable Firefox.
  
  On Firefox Beta/Nightly/Mull/Fennec, you can enable 'Custom Add-on Collection'.
  
  On Iceraven the developer already set it up for you.
- Is ublock a weird addon or something?
  
  Yep. So far only a few officially blessed addons have been supported: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/4757633/7dfae8669acc4312a65e8ba5553036/
  
  I think Mozilla was even going through and filling out the extension APIs on mobile based on what the extensions they wanted to support the most actually needed.
  
  AFAIU, they're now getting ready to open it up more broadly.
Just use Iceraven. Addons work great on it. Except for themes for some reason.

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