1486813 - Tablet search url

Status: NEW

(WebExtensions :: Android, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

support application/x-moz-tabletsearch engine definition.

This is used on android only.  We should examine whether it is actually necessary to support, or if we should just require android specific extensions if they need to support this.  I think it would be preferable though to support both desktop and mobile in one extension.

[1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/55da592d85c2baf8d8818010c41d9738c97013d2/toolkit/components/search/nsSearchService.js#2256

[2] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/55da592d85c2baf8d8818010c41d9738c97013d2/mobile/android/components/search/searchplugins/baidu.xml#23

Comment 1

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

This is not just android, desktop needs to "ignore" the tablet url in the manifest.  That way we can create the extensions to support both, even if android is not ready.

Comment 2

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

Attachment: Bug 1486813 add tablet_search_url to desktop manifest for android compat.

tablet_search_url will be used on android.  We also need to "support"
it on desktop so a single search extension can be used on both.  tablet_search_url
will use the same search_url_post_params manifest entry, we don't need to be
tablet specific there.

Comment 3

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

Not clear we need this patch, so moving off to P3.

Mike, can you keep this on radar for android work?

Comment 4

[Mike de Boer [:mikedeboer]]

I think tracking is good here, since it's blocking one of the meta's.

Comment 5

[josiegorham9]

I believe the tracking is effective in this case as it's thwarting one of the metas. https://sassachecker.co.za/