Xpi file

What is an XPI file? An XPI file is an installation archive that is compressed to reduce the size of the file. It is used by Mozilla applications for installation of plugins and add-on files. It contains an installation script or a manifest at the root of the file along with a number of data files. An XPI file may contain themes, toolkit, or Firefox plugins that user can install to become part of the Firefox browser, Thunderbird or SeaMonkey.XPI File Format - More Information XPI files are saved to disc as ZIP archives that combine multiple files into a single compressed file. The files inside an XPI file may include installation script file such as JS and web files such as CSS, HTML and JSON. Sometimes, it may also contain PNG image files to be used as icons by add-on.How to view XPI file’s contents? An XPI file is practically a ZIP archive whose contents can be viewed using the following steps.Change the extension of file from XPI to ZIPExtract the contents of the file using any standard decompression utility such as WinZip (Windows, Mac), 7-Zip (Windows), or Apple Archive Utility (Mac).Install XPI File on Firefox Android Mostly people are curious to know if XPI files can be installed in Firefox on Android devices. On Android, you can install add-on from an XPI file by locating the file and opening it with Firefox.References XPInstall - WikipediaHow can I open an XPI File Extension?

The site to Github Pages.The stage and and production branches are updated by a push to an AWS S3 bucket.The build includes unsigned xpi files for all branches. To finalize the deployment, the unsignedxpi file for the production branch should be uploaded to AMO by an AMO admin(who is allowed to upload an add-on with "Firefox" in the name).Deployment for the development branch depends onGH_TOKEN being set with an access token from GitHub.The stage and production branches rely on AWS tokens, managed by ops. Theseare currently configured in CircleCI to support deployment after successfultest runs.Build, test and publish add-onThe script npm run xpi in package.json generates unsigned xpi files, whichare added to build/web (and published to the root of SITE_URL by CircleCI),on all branches (development, stage, production). These XPIs can be loaded atabout:debugging for manual testing.firefox-color-dev-unsigned.xpi - test with Development (testing only).firefox-color-stage-unsigned.xpi - test with Stage (testing only).firefox-color-unsigned.xpi - test with Production (release candidate).After passing QA, the XPI can be published by manually uploading it to AMO.Every release requires a version bump, because version numbers cannot be reused.Environment listEnvironmentGithub BranchURLDevelopmentdevelopment to install the addon:Coming from AMOThe user clicks on the "Install" button and after granting permissions, a new tab opens to the addon's home page.Coming from the addon's home page:The user can click on the "Get Firefox Color" button which will direct the user to a page from where the add-on can be installed, usually AMO.NotesFurther reading for themesOther addons for managing & creating themes example of a more complex dynamically changing theme theme with colors based on favicon API post on Theme API for other webextensions to match current theme colors with their own UIsMaybe pre-load web page with current theme?

Firefox ColorGet StartedInstall Node 14+ (e.g., using node version manger)Clone the repo, install dependencies, start the dev environment:git clone FirefoxColornpm cinpm startThis will start a webpack-dev-server instance at port 8080 and start awatcher that will rebuild the browser extension with every file change.To activate the extension:Find the XPI for the environment:Locally: npm run package which adds an addon.xpi to the root of the projectDEV / STAGE: Visit the dev or stage version of the website and click on "Get Firefox Color" (i.e., open testing.html) and use one of the referenced XPI filesNow load the XPI (from the previous step) to the browser by one of the following ways:Go to about:debugging and click on "Load Temporary Add-on..." and add the xpi(or) Go to about:config and add setting xpinstall.signatures.required and set to false. Next drag and drop the XPI to the browser. Note you must use Beta, Dev or Nightly browser with this approach.notes:To debug the background file, go to about:debugging and click the "Inspect" buttonTo toggle the add-on on and off or remove, you can go to about:addonsVisit to see the web-based theme editor - changesshould be relayed through the temporarily installed add-on and alter thebrowser themeNote: If you have problems seeing the editor at onyour computer, it's possible that you already have some other service usingport 8080. You can change the port that Firefox Color uses for local development:For Linux & OS X: PORT=9090 npm startFor Windows: .\node_modules\.bin\cross-env PORT=9090 npm startThis example switches to port 9090, but you can supply a different port asneeded.Environment variablesThere are a few environment variables used in building the site and extensionthat are handy to know about:PORT - (default: 8080) Port at which the webpack dev server will start upNODE_ENV - (default: production) setting to development will enable some features for development workSITE_URL - (default: the URL where the web app is hostedSITE_ID - (default: empty string) the ID of the site for the extension - e.g. "", "local", "stage", "dev"DOWNLOAD_FIREFOX_UTM_SOURCE - host name used in metrics when the button to download Firefox is clickedLOADER_DELAY_PERIOD - (default: 2000) delay in ms used for web site loader, can be set to 0 during development to make the site appear faster but with visual glitchesBuild & ReleaseDeploying a development release consists of pushing to the development branchon this repo. Production release consists of pushing to the production branch.Upon push, CircleCI will run the following steps, as defined in the .circleci/config.yml file:Run gen-environment.sh to define the SITE_URL and ADDON_URL applicable to the current branch.Run code linterBuild the site for the current branchBuild the add-ons for all build targets (development, stage, release).Run tests on the current branch.When pushed to the development branch, npm run deploy is run to deploy