adbhelper

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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

Building

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

Testing

Prerequisite: Firefox for Android

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.

Test a local build of 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".