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How to prevent Firefox on Android from refreshing when switching to Bitwarden for the password? (lemmy.nz)
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I've just switched from Brave to Firefox on Android and so far liking it. There's one issue though. I use Bitwarden for my credentials & SwiftKey as keyboard. When I go to a website that asks for credentials, the Bitwarden button shows up above my keyboard to unlock my vault, as expected. I click it, unlock with fingerprint, and select the credentials. So far it's as expected and the same as Brave. However, when I select a credential, it goes back to Firefox, but then refreshes the page; so the credentials are gone. Luckily the credentials then show up above my keyboard as I've unlocked the vault, but after some time of inactivity I have to unlock again and the problem reoccurs.

Any idea how to resolve this?

/edit: looks like a long outstanding bug in Firefox, see here https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1807364

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Weird. I run the same setup as you (Firefox on Android with Bitwarden and SwiftKey) and I don't think I've ever experienced that. How much RAM does your device have? Do you have a lot of other apps running? It sounds like it is purging the page from memory when you're switching away.

[–] Nezuh 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not OP but I have the same problem with a 4gb Ram S8 and Android 10 (custom rom, although the same thing was happening on stock).

I already checked all the battery saver settings and it's set to "Never suspend".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have a similar setup. The interesting thing is that never happens with Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting. I've got a Redmi Note 10 pro with 6Gb and zero issues with other apps. Also disabled Miui battery saver. Stock ROM, miui.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Got 6Gb RAM so should be okay. Also disabled Miui battery saver, no difference. Brave and Chrome work fine.. Strange ay!?