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-== [[Mobile Firefox]] (Fennec)  ==
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-"Fennec" is the code name of Mozilla's project to develop Firefox for mobile devices.  For more information about developing and using mobile Firefox, see:
+The main projects on mobile are Firefox and Focus, on both Android and iOS. For more information about Mobile development, see the [[Mobile/Get_Involved|get involved page]].
-* '''[http://www.mozilla.com/mobile/ Mobile Firefox home page]''' - Download Firefox for mobile phones
+== Focus ==
-* '''[[Mobile/Fennec|Fennec project page]]''' - Developer documentation and status
+Focus is a lightweight browser on both [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android Android] and [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios iOS] that automatically blocks a wide range of ads and online trackers. It makes it easy to erase history, passwords and cookies, so users aren't followed by things like unwanted ads.
-* [http://mobile.support.mozilla.com/ Mobile Firefox support site] - ask and answer questions about mobile Firefox problems
-== Firefox Sync for iPhone ==
+== Firefox ==
-The [[/firefoxhome|Firefox Home]] app for iPhone uses [[Firefox Sync]] to give you on-the-go access to bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history from Firefox on your laptop and desktop computers.
+Firefox is a full-featured web browser developed by Mozilla for both [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/wiki] (codename "Fenix") and [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios iOS].
-== Goals  ==
+Bringing Firefox to mobile phones is the next step towards fulfilling Mozilla’s [http://www.mozilla.org/about/mission.html mission] of providing access to one Web that everyone can access, regardless of device or location.  The overall goals for Firefox on mobile are:
-Bringing Firefox to mobile phones is the next step towards fulfilling Mozilla’s [http://www.mozilla.org/about/mission.html mission] of providing access to one Web that everyone can access, regardless of device or location.  The overall goals for Mobile Firefox are:
 * Provide a platform for developers to create compelling content and applications using the latest Web technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
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 * Do all of this work in the shared Mozilla source repositories so all platforms, desktop and mobile, benefit each other.
-For more background on our goals please see [[Mobile/Background|these blog posts]].
+For more background on our goals please see [[Mobile/Background|these blog posts]].  Still have questions? See our [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/faq/ Mobile FAQ].
-Still have questions? See our '''[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/faq/ Mobile FAQ]'''. For more info about our mobile initiatives, check out our list of [[/Platforms|platforms]] and [[/Planning|projects]].
-== Keep in Touch ==
-* [[Mobile/Notes|Weekly development meeting]] - Wednesdays at 9:30 AM, US/Pacific time.  Follow the link for conference call instructions and notes from past meetings.
-* [http://planet.firefox.com/mobile/ Read our development blogs]
-* [http://twitter.com/mozmobile Follow us on Twitter]
-* [http://www.facebook.com/firefoxformobile Join our Facebook group]
-* [http://www.youtube.com/firefoxformobile Watch our videos on YouTube]
-== Get Involved ==
+'''The recommended way to install Firefox for Android is from the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox'''. You can download older Firefox for Android APKs for testing from https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/fenix/releases/.
-* No matter what browser or device you use, please take a moment to [http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/200909/mobile-get-involved fill out a quick form] to help us improve your mobile browsing experience.
+== GeckoView ==
-* Be a part of our active [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/mobile Firefox for mobile community] and take part in our events and activities.
-* Developers and Firefox mobile users: Tell us what you think of our product, either using this [https://mobile.support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum.php?locale=en-US&forumId=5 feedback form] or by filing a bug in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ Bugzilla].
-[[Mobile/Get_Involved/Ideas|Ideas the Mobile team]] would like to see made into Add-ons
+[[Mobile/GeckoView|GeckoView]] is Firefox's engine, packaged as a reusable Android library.
-== Embedding for Mobile ==
+Mozilla uses GeckoView to power [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/09/18/firefox-reality-now-available/ Firefox Reality], [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/mobile/#focus Firefox Focus], and more.
-One of the two major goals for our mobile work is to enable embedding of the Mozilla core technology in various mobile phones and other products with any of: constrained system resources, significant mobile user experiences and/or telephony.
+The blog post ''[https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/09/focus-with-geckoview/ Firefox Focus with Gecko View]'' provides some additional background on GeckoView's development.
-Key projects pages:
+== Mobile Web Compatibility ==
+Some Web sites are coding for very specific browsers. It creates [[Compatibility/Mobile|Mobile Web Compatibility]] issues for Firefox for Android. You can [[Compatibility/Guide|help Mozilla]] solve these issues.
-*[[Mobile/EmbeddingBrainstorm|Embedding Brainstorming - dump ideas here!]]
+== Mobile Marketing Automation ==
-*[[Mobile/EmbeddingUseCases|Embedding Use Cases]]
+In order to improve engagement with users, Firefox uses an external tool called Leanplum. For details about currently running campaigns, please visit [[Leanplum Contextual Hints]] page.
-*[[Embedding/NewApi|New Embedding API]]