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feklee
feklee

Reputation: 7695

How to install packaged app on Firefox for mobile?

How do I test-install a packaged (zip) app on Fennec?

Device: Physical Android phone or Android emulator, I don't care.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 463

Answers (1)

Myk Melez
Myk Melez

Reputation: 1110

Install mozilla-apk-cli using NPM:

npm install -g mozilla-apk-cli

Use it to generate a "debuggable" APK for your app from either a source directory or a URL to the mini-manifest:

mozilla-apk-cli /path/to/source/dir/ arbitrary-name.apk
mozilla-apk-cli http://example.com/path/to/mini/manifest.webapp arbitrary-name.apk

(Context-click > Inspect Element on the "Free" button in Marketplace to discover the mini-manifest URL for an app in the Marketplace.)

Install the APK on your Android device:

adb install -r arbitrary-name.apk

Launch the app on the device. Look to the notification area for a notification about which port the remote debugger server is listening on. Forward that port on your desktop, f.e. if the port is 12345:

adb forward tcp:12345 tcp:12345

Go to Web Developer > Connect… in Firefox on your desktop and connect to localhost at the forwarded port. Commence debugging!

Notes:

Upvotes: 4

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