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This page is the place to learn how to start contributing to Mobile Firefox. The current products are Firefox and Focus, which includes Firefox for on both Android (a.k.a. Fennec) and Firefox for iOS.

Firefox for Android and iOS Focus are developed by the Mozilla community. We're currently focused on making Firefox rock on Android and iOS phones and tablets. We hope this page will help you become an active member of our community! If you're looking for other ways to contribute to Mozilla, have a look at Mozilla's [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/ global page] for new contributors. Either way, you should also take a look at the [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/ Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines].

Setting up Before starting to work on a bug, you should make sure you have your development environment set up. When you're ready to start hacking, it's a good idea to add a comment to the bug report letting the mentor know that you want to work on it. Ideally, the bug report should already have relevant source code links to help you get started. If you're unsure whether to take a certain bug or not, you can always [[#Communication|contact us]] for clarification. If the bug you're working on involves UI changes, request feedback from the UX team (see contact list [[#Communication|below]]) before landing. === Firefox for iOS ===For Firefox for iOS, you should follow the instructions in the [https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios Firefox for iOS github repo].  === Focus for Mobile iOS ===For Firefox is relatively easyfor iOS, you should follow the instructions in the [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios Focus for iOS github repo]. === Firefox for Android ===

For Firefox for Android, just Just follow our [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Simple_Firefox_for_Android_build build instructions] and you'll be ready to start hacking after a couple of hours—mostly waiting for everything to compile. Unfortunately, Firefox for Android is more complicated than a basic Android app, so we recommend that you're comfortable using a command line before getting started.

=== Focus for Android ===For Firefox for iOS, you should follow the instructions in the [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefoxfocus-ios Firefox android Focus for iOS Android github repo].  Before starting to work on a bug, you should make sure you have your development environment set up. When you're ready to start hacking, it's a good idea to add a comment to the bug report letting the mentor know that you want to work on it. Ideally, the bug report should already have relevant source code links to help you get started. If you're unsure whether to take a certain bug or not, you can always [[#Communication|contact us]] for clarification. If the bug you're working on involves UI changes, request feedback from the UX team (see contact list [[#Communication|below]]) before landing.

If you are looking for a bug with guidance, we maintain a set of introductory bugs to help get you started! We have a tag called "good first bug" that are accessible for new contributors and will help you get familiar with the code review and landing process. [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/labels/good%20first%20bug Focus for iOS][https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/labels/good%20first%20bug Focus for Android] ==== Firefox for Android ====On Bugzilla (for Firefox for Android), good beginner bugs are marked with an assigned mentor (see "Whiteboard" field). The mentor will help you get the necessary information to understand the issue, point out relevant parts of the code to look at, etc.  ===== Whiteboard tags =====There are some whiteboard tags we use to characterize introductory bugs. Click the links below to see the list of those bugs!*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=11922249&o1=substring&v1=%5bgood%20first%20bug%5d&f1=status_whiteboard&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Android%20Background%20Services&product=Firefox%20for%20Android [good first bug]]*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=11922249&o1=substring&v1=%5bgood%20next%20bug%5d&f1=status_whiteboard&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Android%20Background%20Services&product=Firefox%20for%20Android [good next bug]] You can browse these bugs on [http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/?mobileandroid=1 Bugs Ahoy!], but here's a list of unassigned mentor bugs to get you started:

* '''Android front-end:''' liuche, margaret, mcomella, sebastian, ahunt, mfinklegrisha, nalexander, rnewman* '''iOS:''' st3fan, sleroux, bnicholson, jhugman, fluffyemilybkmunar* '''Android platform:''' blassey, esawin, gcp, jchen, kats, rbarker, snorp, droeh

* '''Design:''' antlam, tecgirl, darrin

* '''Product management:''' kar, bbermes, mpopova