Closed Bug 1897738 Opened 2 years ago Closed 1 year ago

Native messaging host support for Firefox Android browser

Categories

(WebExtensions :: Android, enhancement)

All
Android
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1632903

People

(Reporter: boriss.melikjan, Unassigned)

Details

Steps to reproduce:

We would like to build Android application that will install Firefox for Android WebExtension. Is native messaging host application is supported with regular Firefox for Android WebExtension.

Actual results:

Currently seems not to be supported in Firefox for Android: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/sendNativeMessage#browser_compatibility.
Only available to privileged extensions in GeckoView 68 and later.

Expected results:

Will it be supported in future, what can be our current steps?

Component: WebExtensions → Android
Product: Fenix → WebExtensions
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 year ago
Duplicate of bug: 1632903
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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