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Android - Open links in apps option is gone (self.firefox)
submitted 1 year ago by WhoRoger to c/firefox
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I thought I was going mental for a few days, but no, the option to open stuff in an external app is gone from both Mull and IceRaven, while it's still present in Tor Browser.

I don't mean the option in settings. I mean the item in the main menu and context menu.

Firefox for Android 116 release notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/116.0/releasenotes/

Say:

Fixed "Open links in apps" issue when Firefox is not the default browser.

So they did something, but I don't understand what, because the bug isn't listed and atm I'm too sick to navigate Mozilla's bug system. And web search gave me nothing useful.

Does anyone know what's up?

I don't have either browser set as default, nor an app. So if I'm browsing something in a browser, I want to have the option to launch a specific link in an app if I want to.

I'd attach pics but I'm getting an error when uploading, and again too sick to figure it out. (Going back to bed now.)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Based on some reports in Bugzilla, the missing option to open in app seems to be a few month old bug. A workaround that I've been using is to "Share" the link with the app you want. Assuming the app supports it in the first place.

[–] WhoRoger 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, I'd been using it just fine until the version that was meant fo fix it... Sigh. What's the link/#no of the bug please?

Yea share sometimes work as a replacement, like e.g. opening YT links in NewPipe, but in some apps it triggers a share feature instead of open, so most of the time it's not usable.

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

Sorry for the late reply. I didn't get notified of new messages.

I found these bug reports on Bugzilla:

At a quick glance these seem to be the same issue you noticed.

[–] WhoRoger 1 points 1 year ago

Thx