Only nine extensions - Dark Reader, Decentraleyes, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger, Privacy Possum, Search by Image, uBlock Origin, and YouTube High Definition - were supported at launch, with plans for at least thirty to be supported by the end of 2020.
#Firefox apk for android
To ensure add-ons are properly optimized for mobile use, Firefox for Android supports only a curated selection of popular extensions from the Mozilla Add-ons "Recommended Extensions" program. Firefox Daylight/"Fenix" uses the same WebExtensions architecture as the desktop version of Firefox, but not all APIs are supported. See also: Add-on (Mozilla) and list of Firefox extensionsįirefox for Android allows installation of extensions. The last Fennec-based version was version 68, which was released in July 2019, and received bug and security fixes until July 2020. The Firefox for Android Beta channel was migrated to the Fenix branch in April 2020, and it was officially released to the stable channel in August 2020 as version 79, branded as Firefox Daylight. It has a redesigned user interface with support for dark mode, a new "Collections" feature for saving sets of tabs, and includes Enhanced Tracking Protection (a configurable blocker for web trackers and third-party cookies) and a redesigned private browsing mode. GeckoView was first used by Firefox Focus, whose design influenced aspects of Fenix. On June 27, 2019, Mozilla unveiled Firefox Preview (codename " Fenix"), a redesigned version of Firefox for Android based on GeckoView – an implementation of Gecko that is decoupled as a reusable library, intended to be used as an alternative to the default Android WebView component (based on Blink engine). Flash support for Android 2.x and 4.x was enabled for most smartphones in version 14.0 later it was removed in version 56.0. In September 2011, Flash support was implemented in pre-release builds for pre- Honeycomb versions of Android. Plugin support was initially disabled by default, removing compatibility with popular web content types such as Adobe Flash. The browser's version numbering was bumped from version 2.0 beta to version 4.0 to more closely match desktop releases of Firefox since the rendering engines used in both browsers are the same. Its features include HTML5 support, Firefox Sync, add-ons support and tabbed browsing.
#Firefox apk code
įennec uses the Gecko engine for example, version 1.0 used the same engine as Firefox 3.6, and the following release, 4.0, shared core code with Firefox 4.0. Firefox for Maemo Beta 5, released in 2009, was the first version to have the official Firefox branding, with the Firefox name and logo. The codename Fennec comes from the fennec fox, a small desert fox (just as the Fennec browser is a small version of the Firefox desktop browser). Support for Maemo was discontinued after version 7, released in September 2011.