1876344 - Modify Firefox to register itself as a native messaging client for Chrome for the Dual Browser extensions on Mac

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, task, P3)

Description

[Michael Hughes]

For the Chromium dual browser extension to work (to launch a site in Firefox), there needs to be a mechanism to determine if Firefox is installed and registered as a handler for the firefox: and firefox-private: protocols. The Dual Browser extension will attempt to connect to a native messaging client, which will return an error if the native messaging client is not registered, indicating Firefox isn't installed.

So, Firefox needs to register itself as the native message handler of this type, in the same places in the code that it registers itself as the handler for the above protocols.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/apps/nativeMessaging/#native-messaging-host-location

Comment 1

[Nipun Shukla]

Attachment: Bug 1876344 - Added idle startup task to register native messaging host JSON files on macOS r=mhughes

Comment 2

[Rob Wu [:robwu]]

For visibility, the Windows version of the logic is at bug 1876342.

Comment 3

[Nipun Shukla]

Attachment: WIP: Bug 1876344 - Added native messaging listener executable r=mhughes

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/9aa9dd2d55e2
Added idle startup task to register native messaging host JSON files on macOS r=mhughes,robwu,mossop

Comment 5

[Atila Butkovits]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9aa9dd2d55e2