android firefox addon

[promeneur]

please supply an android firefox addon

thanks

[ttyridal]

Hi,

firefox mobile does not support the dialog window masterpassword uses, so this would require a quite extensive rewrite of the user interface. I'm afraid I don't have the time to look into this for the time being.

[promeneur]

i suggest something simple (?) : a button (something like) which launches mpw from FF.

[promeneur]

your FF extent reached the threshold of an operational extent and after a few tries i am enthusiast.
but today for this type of app "operational" means also operational with android.

i use android desktop flavor of masterpassword but it is not handy to use with FF. Filling id and pw must be automatic. Then i am stick to android FF mechanism thus i am stick to Linux FF mechanism.

anyway very very thank you for your excellent job.

[ttyridal]

Interestingly addons.mozilla.com seems to think webextension addons are android compatible.
A pure webextension version of the addon is just released in the beta channel. give it a spin!

[promeneur]

is it compliant with FF 52 ESR ?

[promeneur]

i installed it

[ttyridal]

Cool, did it work?

[promeneur]

we must wait more time to conclude.
i tested with success sign in (id and pwd) with 2 sites.

[promeneur]

when will you supply android ff web extension ?

[ttyridal]

I'm sorry, but I really do not have the time to develop or support an android version. Though, if Mozilla unified the two (as it appeared, hence my first update) I might reconsider.

[promeneur]

Hello

What is the state of this problem ?

I remember a few years ago that your extension was installed in android FF and worked well.
I remember I sent a bug report.

[ttyridal]

Mozilla is severely limiting the extensions allowed on Android to a "recommended extensions" list, manually picked by Mozilla.

We're not on it.

Apparently, there is a way to run any (?) extension on Firefox nightly, but I have not tried it.

Ok, so I've tried the plugin on Firefox nightly - the only version that can load extensions not on the recommended list. I've done a couple of small modifications to make it usable on android, but the user experience is not stellar to be honest. the popup on android is a full screen window, and several user interactions (clicks) are required to access the addon view.

Also the installation is ridiculously complex

[ttyridal]

Did a small mock-up for a more accessible user interface with mobile/Android use in mind

https://torbjorn.tyridal.no/mpw-ux/inlinepopup

Would love some feedback, give it a spin :)

[promeneur]

Hello i don't understand how to experiment with the user interface.
see what is displayed when accessing.

[promeneur]

Ah ok i am stupid.
i must install android FF nightly then give it a try.

[promeneur]

ok i installed Fenix then i go to https://torbjorn.tyridal.no/mpw-ux/inlinepopup

i don't understand the test.

see the capture

[promeneur]

I can't create an add-on collection.
see the capture.

[ttyridal]

Sorry for not being specific enough. There is no add-on, just an example on how it could look on a login page. If you click (or tap) the input box, a gray popup will appear. That popup is how I envision it on mobile. Easy access to whats used most: entering a password

More 'advanced' features (ie changing the counter) would need to open the full add-on window (not shown in the example).

You can use my collection: 11451974 - masterpassword
But it does not work at the moment (mozilla-mobile/fenix#22786)