Questions tagged [firefox-android]
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What happens with WebSocket connections when a phone's screen locks?
When a phone browser has an open connection, and the user locks the screen, then at a certain point they will no longer have a WebSocket connection.
What events are fired when this happens? Is the WebSocket.onerror or WebSocket.onclose handler…

Vincent
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Transfer/synchronize WebExtension data between Firefox Desktop and Firefox Android
I'm making a WebExtension (for Firefox) that tracks lists for the user. The user can add/remove elements from a list, or switch an element from one list to another, which means the extension needs the most recent version of the lists to work…

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Open android-app scheme with Chrome on Android
I was wondering how I'd have to configure my app to open it with android-app://application.id?
adb shell am start android-app://application.id
The URI_ANDROID_APP_SCHEME seems not to work as documented. Instead Chrome and Firefox only open a…

tynn
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Video background showing but not playing on firefox for android
I encountered a problem while trying to use a background video on mobile. Everything works just fine on Chrome and Opera but whenever I try to open the webpage on firefox for android it won't start. It's there but autoplay won't start for some…

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Promise from getUserMedia does not resolve (Firefox mobile android)
For a while I'm struggling with a phenomena that on some android devices the promise of getUserMedia does not resolve (neither success nor error or catch).
Even the prompt for the permission does show, but nothing after that happens.
It happens at…

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Firefox Mobile Browser on Android does not display HTML Form Validation Errors Messages
The Firefox Mobile Browser (107.x on my mobile Android device) does not display html5-based form validation errors. It does work as expected on the desktop Firefox browser and it also works on Chrome on desktop and mobile.
Its easy to provide an…

lsblsb
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PushManager subscription fails on Firefox for Android
I'm working on integrating web-push notifications in my web-application. Everything works fine for Chrome and Firefox on desktop and Chrome on Android, but not for Firefox for Android. This question seems to discuss the same issue but has no…

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Disable autocomplete for html inputs
I'm searching for a way to make mobile browsers accept text input as is rather than fixing it automatically with features like autocomplete or autocapitalize. I.e. I want to get "wrong" inputs to identify spelling mistakes and typos manually.
For…

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Why do some images show in false colors in Firefox on Mobile?
I have a problem since some time, Firefox stopped interpreting the colors of my navigation images in my game correctly. There are some usually dark areas shown as white (and those are not the transparent areas).
This is how it looks now:
for…

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Adding to home screen on Android Firefox does not mask icon
The Google documentation on web app manifests specifies that in order to make web app icons mask properly, an icon should be marked as "purpose": "any maskable". This works well on Chrome on Android but the mask fails to mask as expected when using…

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autocapitalize="none" doesn't work for in Firefox on Android
This simple code doesn't work in Firefox on Android as expected:
Expected behavior: input value is not automatically capitalized
Actual behavior: input value is capitalized
Am I missing something or…

Limon Monte
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Can WebExtensions be used on Firefox for Android
WebExtensions are for desktop Firefox, but now I have a doubt: Are WebExtensions also for the Firefox for Android browser?

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Request to PWA start_url does not include cookies
Chrome and Firefox for Android don't seem to include cookies in the request to the manifest start_url when opening a Progressive Web App. My authentication system redirects the user to the login page. But as soon as the login page is refreshed, the…

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Any way to detect android device type (phone/pad) in firefox
The userAgent of Chrome and Edge, both contains a 'Mobile' word on android phone.
And don't contains it on android pad.
But the Firefox userAgent on phone is exactly alike it on pad.
So, is there any accurate way to detect the android device type…

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How to switch camera stream on Firefox Android
I have created a web application with camera input. Using the html 5 tools I've managed to display a stream from a mobile device camera in a video element.
Using the video.facingMode I have implemented a switch between user and environment. This…

Timo Frionnet
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