GeezerVison

A Firefox add-on to ease connecting to Firefox for Android.

Add-on license: http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/

ADB license: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

ADB source code: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/adb

To build the add-on, run make from the root folder of your clone.

This will package the add-on for various operating systems:

• adbhelper-X.Y.Z-linux.xpi
• adbhelper-X.Y.Z-linux64.xpi
• adbhelper-X.Y.Z-mac64.xpi
• adbhelper-X.Y.Z-win32.xpi

You need a Firefox for Android to connect to.

If you are already setup to build Firefox and don't want to use a real device, the easiest way is to use an Artifact Build for Firefox for Android. See the documentation on MDN.

Once you have Firefox for Android running in a simulator, go to Settings > Advanced and turn on Remote Debugging via USB in the DevTools section.

If you prefer to use a real device, refer to the documentation on MDN for USB Debugging.

You are now ready to test ADB Helper.

Only Firefox Nightly allows to load unsigned extensions, so make sure to use this distribution channel.

In about:config, turn the following preferences:

• xpinstall.signatures.required should be set to false
• extensions.legacy.enabled should be set to true

Drag and drop the xpi file for your current operating system to your browser window. You will get a prompt about installing adbhelper.

Open WebIDE (Shift+F8). You should see your Firefox for Android runtime listed under "USB Devices".