Mobile/Fennec/Android/Downloadable Content

Firefox for Android supports downloading app content at runtime in order to:

• Reduce the APK size (Content does not need to be shipped inside the APK)
• Update content without requiring an app update (Content can be updated at any time).

Currently this mechanism is used for:

• Fonts - 1194338
• Hyphenation dictionaries - 1095719

Firefox for Android ships with a reduced catalog of downloadable content. This catalog is update/synchronized from an online version maintained by Kinto.

Adding / updating content

Production environment

• Connect to Mozilla's office network or VPN
• Go to https://settings-writer.prod.mozaws.net/v1/admin/#/buckets/fennec/collections/experiments (only reachable internally!)
• Use credentials from Mana
• Select "catalog" collection in "fennec" bucket
• Follow the admin UI