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Authman Apatira
Authman Apatira

Reputation: 4054

Android embed firefox browser in application

This is kind of a shot in the dark, but... I know we have WebView exposed. I was wondering if there is anyway we could use / embed firefox's renderer in an Android app?

I have an .mht file which neither works in androids default browser, dolphin, or opera. But mysteriously works in firefox mobile.

Is there any way this is possible?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6823

Answers (1)

Lukas Knuth
Lukas Knuth

Reputation: 25755

So, the "features"-site of the mobile Firefox reads:

The mobile Firefox is built on the same browser engine as the desktop version, yet optimized for browsing on a mobile device.

Since the desktop-version of Firefox uses Mozilla's own Gecko-engine for rendering, this will be it.

There are docs on how to embed the Gecko engine in your project (and an older question: How can I embed firefox in a GUI application?), but those target the use in desktop-applications (which normally have more resources for use) and are not available as a Java library/binding.

Since Mozilla is an OpenSource-company, the sources for the Mobile Firefox are public and build-instructions can be found here. Although you can play around with it and see if you can isolate only the rendering-engine part to use it in your application.

Another option would be putting all those files (which are bundled in your .mht-file) in the /res/raw-folder and use them with a normal WebView.

Upvotes: 3

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