1109688 - Create a new Action Extension to 'Open in Firefox'

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1109684

(Firefox for iOS :: Browser, defect)

Description

[Stefan Arentz | :st3fan | ⏰ EST | he/him]

Currently we have a 'Send Tab' action extension that allows you to send a URL to one of your Firefox devices. These are all devices that are remote. Like your Desktop or your Tablet.

Now that we have decided to build a local browser on iOS, we should probably also have a 'Open in Firefox' Action Extension. Just like Safari and Chrome have.

The use-case for this is that users can for example see a link mentioned in a social media application and instead of reading that inline in an embedded WebView, they can select 'Open in Firefox' from the share sheet. Which will open our app with the selected content.

It may also be possible to include this functionality in the 'Send Tab' Action Extension that we already have. For example by showing a 'Open in Firefox on this device' option at the top of the list. And maybe even a 'Open in Firefox's Reading Mode on this device.'

Comment 1

[Jared Stefanowicz]

I would like to work on this.

Comment 2

[Stefan Arentz | :st3fan | ⏰ EST | he/him]

(In reply to bigmacdev from comment #1)
> I would like to work on this.

Hi bigmacdev! We have another person working on this already. I don't think they are active on bugzilla but I have seen a pull request already for this feature on Github.

I'll try to post a few more mentored bugs in the coming days.

Comment 3

[Bryan Munar (:bkmunar)]

duplicate?

Comment 4

[Stefan Arentz | :st3fan | ⏰ EST | he/him]

Yes duplicate. I also marked 1109684 as a duplicate. See that bug for some more background info for this feature and why we cannot create a global Action Extension for this.