1807740 - Support installing OpenSearch search plugins

Status: NEW

(Firefox for Android :: Search, enhancement)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/8889.

Steps to reproduce

1. Visit any page that offers an OpenSearch search plugin, e.g. https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html?author=Jan+Henning
2. Install the search engine and acknowledge the confirmation popup whether you actually want to install that search engine.

Expected behavior

The search engine is installed and I can actually use it.

Actual behavior

The search engine doesn't appear in the list of available search engines.
Curiously enough, attempting to install the same search engine again does yield an "engine with the same name already exists" install error, though.

While I know that you can also manually create a search engine,

1. typing out a query string on a mobile is cumbersome
2. this doesn't allow specifying an icon and
3. most importantly, this doesn't allow specifying usage of a POST query - the online catalogue of my local library doesn't accept GET queries for example

Device information

• Android device: Moto G4 Play, Android 6.0.1
• Fenix version: Nightly 200301 18:00 (Build # 2015726097)

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Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

In the meantime, here are instructions for manually adding new search engines to Firefox Android:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-my-default-search-engines-firefox-android#w_add-a-search-engine