Mobile Articles
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The Missing SDK For Hybrid App Development
Hybrid vs. native: The debate has gone on, and will go on, for ages. Each form of app development has its pros and cons, and an examination of the key differences between the two methods reveals that a flat correlation is like comparing apples to oranges. Many hybrid app developers understand that they’re not starting […]
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The Proximity API
Something that’s very nice with bringing the web to the mobile platform with Firefox OS and WebAPIs is the ability to connect more into the physical world. One part there is the Proximity API, which is also a W3C Working Draft – Proximity Events. What it is The API is about detecting how close the […]
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Remote Debugging on Firefox for Android
NOTE: since this article was published, the Firefox remote debugging functionality has changed somewhat. For up-to-date information, you should read Remote Debugging on MDN. A month ago we introduced the Debugger and other new developer tools introduced in Firefox 15. Our new Debugger lets you connect Firefox Desktop to Firefox on Android so that you […]
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Add Progressive Web Apps to your Home screen in Firefox for Android
Nowadays, practically all websites are built with responsive web design principles at their core: truly a dramatic improvement over yesteryear’s desktop-focused web. Over the last two years, a similar and complementary evolution has been happening: Progressive Web Apps (PWA), an umbrella term for a new set of standardized browser technologies that combine the low-friction nature of the web with the reliability and capabilities we typically associate with native apps, are gaining ground on mobile and desktop.
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Videos and Firefox OS
Before HTML5 Those were dark times Harry, dark times – Rubeus Hagrid Before HTML5, displaying video on the Web required browser plugins and Flash. Luckily, Firefox OS supports HTML5 video so we don’t need to support these older formats. Video support on the Web Even though modern browsers support HTML5, the video formats they support […]
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Testing the Firefox browser on mobile websites: Are you game?
Friends and hackers, we have a challenge Are you a developer who’s passionate about Mozilla’s mission on the open Web? We need your help: We’re looking for someone to build a game to help keep the Web open as it goes mobile. There’s a Firefox mobile website testing app which we think would make a […]
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GeckoView in 2019
Introducing the initial release of Firefox Preview (GitHub), an entire browser built from the ground up with GeckoView and Mozilla Android Components. Firefox Preview is our platform for building, testing, and delivering unique features. Though still an early preview, this is our first end-user product built completely with these new technologies. Plus, we share an update on where GeckoView is going in the second half of 2019.
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Who moved my geolocation?
One of the questions we often get when we are talking about Firefox OS is: “What about the GPS on some devices”? You may have noticed that on some devices, the GPS position is not quite accurate or can take a long time to report even when you are outside. Let me start by explaining […]
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upcoming changes to the viewport meta tag for firefox mobile
This is a guest post by Matt Brubeck who works on the Firefox Mobile team. The upcoming release of Mobile Firefox (Fennec) 1.1 features improved support for the <meta name="viewport"> tag. Previous version of Fennec supported the width, height, and initial-scale viewport properties, but had problems with some sites designed for iPhone and Android browsers. […]
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An analytics primer for developers
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics – Mark Twain Deciding what to track (all the things) When you are adding analytics to a system you should try to log everything. At some point in the future if you need to pull information out of a system it’s much better to […]