Is there a way to switch to Firefox ESR 52.x on Android?

[Michael Lueck]

Greetings,

Subject asks it all: Is there a way to switch to Firefox ESR 52.x on Android?

I just switched back to Firefox ESR 52.x on all of our Linux systems via UbuntuZilla:

firefox-esr-mozilla-build 52.5.0esr-0ubuntu1 amd64 Mozilla Firefox ESR, official Mozilla build, packaged for Ubuntu by the Ubuntuzilla project.

So next up I would like to do the same for Android.

I am holding off upgrading beyond FF v56 via the PlayStore for now.

I am thankful,

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems
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[WaltS48]

On 11/25/17 10:09 PM, Michael Lueck wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Subject asks it all: Is there a way to switch to Firefox ESR 52.x on
> Android?
>
> I just switched back to Firefox ESR 52.x on all of our Linux systems via
> UbuntuZilla:
>
> firefox-esr-mozilla-build  52.5.0esr-0ubuntu1  amd64  Mozilla Firefox
> ESR, official Mozilla build, packaged for Ubuntu by the Ubuntuzilla
> project.
>
> So next up I would like to do the same for Android.
>
> I am holding off upgrading beyond FF v56 via the PlayStore for now.
>
> I am thankful,
>

There is no ESR for mobile.

<https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/>

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[Michael Lueck]

WaltS48 wrote:
> On 11/25/17 10:09 PM, Michael Lueck wrote:
>>
>> I am holding off upgrading beyond FF v56 via the PlayStore for now.
>>
>

> There is no ESR for mobile.
>
> <https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/>

Pitty.

And I suspect there is also not a way to elect from the PlayStore to keep installing the v56 and not the current latest, correct?

[Dave Royal]

Michael Lueck <mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com> Wrote in message:

>
> And I suspect there is also not a way to elect from the PlayStore to keep installing the v56 and not the current latest, correct?
>
>

If you have installed 57, and you intend to install 56 from the
Mozilla site (URL above) you will probably need to uninstall 57
and delete all Firefix data first - though you could try it
without doing so.

I don't know if Android would try to overwrite the Moz 56 with the
app store 57, but you can mark it 'manual update' in app store. I
suggest you do that /before/ deleting 57.
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[Michael Lueck]

Dave Royal wrote:
> Michael Lueck <mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com> Wrote in message:
>>
>> And I suspect there is also not a way to elect from the PlayStore to keep installing the v56 and not the current latest, correct?
>>
>>
> If you have installed 57, and you intend to install 56 from the
> Mozilla site (URL above) you will probably need to uninstall 57
> and delete all Firefix data first - though you could try it
> without doing so.

WaltS48 wrote:
>
> There is no ESR for mobile.
>
> <https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/>

OK, but I thought... oh... (that was for Mozilla extensions) that you could only get the installer to install from the official site (Play Store / Mozilla Extension gallery), not the raw download of
specific versions.

So is there a way to install a specific version of Android applications without having to install from the Google PlayStore and end up with the latest version?

Looks like I need to figure out which architecture my ZMoto Droid device is...
https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/56.0/

> I don't know if Android would try to overwrite the Moz 56 with the
> app store 57, but you can mark it 'manual update' in app store. I
> suggest you do that /before/ deleting 57.

Per this page:
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/keep-specific-android-apps-from-updating-behind-your-ba-1683748216

told me go go to the AppStore, find the installed app, and within that I should find a setting to mark it 'manual update'. I did so for Firefox, do not see such a setting. Please advise.

[Dave Royal]

Michael Lueck <mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com> Wrote in message:
>

> told me go go to the AppStore, find the installed app, and within that I should find a setting to mark it 'manual update'. I did so for Firefox, do not see such a setting. Please advise.
>

In AppStore, display Firefox page, top right - 3 dots, unselect
auto-update.

I did that for Fx nightly and afterwards uninstalled it. Android
remembered when I reinstalled it later.

You need Android settings, security, unknown sources to install an
APK from Mozilla.

[Michael Lueck]

Greetings Dave,

Dave Royal wrote:
> Michael Lueck <mlu...@lueckdatasystems.com> Wrote in message:
>>
>> told me go go to the AppStore, find the installed app, and within that I should find a setting to mark it 'manual update'. I did so for Firefox, do not see such a setting. Please advise.
>>
> In AppStore, display Firefox page, top right - 3 dots, unselect
> auto-update.

Bingo! Did it. Locked into FF 56 for now. :-D

> You need Android settings, security, unknown sources to install an
> APK from Mozilla.

Excellent. Thanks for that tip.

[tux...@gmail.com]

Hi. I stumbled upon your post in a Google search. I've been building Firefox ESR 52.x for Android from source. It's not too difficult to build it and it seems to run well. I can post my mozconfig file if you are interested.