Tampermonkey for new Android Firefox (Preview)

[Couchy]

Hi, I was wondering if Tampermonkey devs were aware of the Firefox reboot for Android and if anything was being done to ensure compatibility with this upcoming version. Theoretically, existing Firefox extensions should just work, but Mozilla is only allowing us to install select "recommended extensions" now, and they're moving very slowly on this - they allowed uBlock Origin in February and 6 other extensions last month. We might have to push for Tampermonkey to be included as a recommended extension, assuming it works (which it hopefully does).

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/04/14/april-extensions-for-firefox-preview/

[derjanb]

I'm aware of this and I hope they will open Firefox Preview for more extensions soon.

[derjanb]

Feel free to give Mozilla feedback on the lack of general extension support:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&showAllReviews=true
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1298184

[Couchy]

lol, believe me, I have. Now I'm stuck using Yandex (yuck) since it's now the only Android browser with real extension support.

[derjanb]

"We are also working on enabling support for persistent loading of all extensions listed on addons.mozilla.org (AMO) on Firefox for Android Nightly. This should make it easier for mobile developers to test for compatibility, and for interested users to access add-ons that are not yet available on release. You can follow our progress by subscribing to this issue. We expect to have this enabled later this month."

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/02/update-on-extension-support-in-the-new-firefox-for-android/

[Martii]

I actually learned how to install an older APK on my device because even the current "recommended extensions" don't work under the current Android Fx... which I find amusing. So totally disappointed.

As far as Yandex goes, at least on my device, it seems to not support extensions anymore but haven't spent a whole lot of time examining why I got those results last month... plus I'm a desktop user most of the time.

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I stand corrected on Yandex... Tampermonkey from the Chrome store says it's not compatible. VM installed though.

[alpe12]

I actually learned how to install an older APK on my device because even the current "recommended extensions" don't work under the current Android Fx... which I find amusing. So totally disappointed.

As far as Yandex goes, at least on my device, it seems to not support extensions anymore but haven't spent a whole lot of time examining why I got those results last month... plus I'm a desktop user most of the time.

I stand corrected on Yandex... Tampermonkey from the Chrome store says it's not compatible. VM installed though.

On Kiwi browser it works.

[derjanb]

FYI: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/

[Couchy]

On Kiwi browser it works.

I was going to advise against using Kiwi since it hadn't been updated for a year, but it looks like it finally updated October 10th. Hopefully they can keep up with Chromium now.

[ajayyy]

The Kiwi browser update is still based off a really old version of chromium.

I suggest trying ungoogled-chromium-android-extensions. See here.

[Eccenux]

Great to see some progress 🙂. Works on FF Nightly. Hopefully the will move it to default collection at some near future... I hope I can finally update my FF 😉

[MagpieFourtyTwo]

Yep, already tried and is still installed, nevertheless Kiwi is still first choice, cause FF Nightly crashes a lot.
Don't know what they have done to good old FF ... it was the very best browser and an unrestricted recommendation for decades, but since v68 things are getting worse and worse ... on smartphone and windows pc ... :/