Issue 5347 - Open options page on Firefox for Android when browser action is clicked

ext/background.js

 /*
  * This file is part of Adblock Plus <https://adblockplus.org/>,
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2017 eyeo GmbH
  *
  * Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
  * Adblock Plus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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   chrome.tabs.onRemoved.addListener(forgetTab);
 
   chrome.tabs.onActivated.addListener(details =>
   {
     ext.pages.onActivated._dispatch(new Page({id: details.tabId}));
   });
 
 
   /* Browser actions */
 
+  // On Firefox for Android, open the options page directly when the browser
+  // action is clicked.
+  if (!("getPopup" in chrome.browserAction))
+  {
+    chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(() =>
+    {
+      ext.showOptions();
+    });
+  }
+
   let BrowserAction = function(tabId)
   {
     this._tabId = tabId;
     this._changes = null;
   };
   BrowserAction.prototype = {
     _applyChanges()
     {
       if ("iconPath" in this._changes)
       {
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     },
     remove(key, callback)
     {
       chrome.storage.local.remove(key, callback);
     },
     onChanged: chrome.storage.onChanged
   };
 
   /* Options */
 
-  if ("openOptionsPage" in chrome.runtime)
+  ext.showOptions = callback =>
   {
-    ext.showOptions = callback =>
+    let {application} = require("info");

[Sebastian Noack, 2017/08/18 17:46:24]

The temporary variable is redundant now, you could just use
require("info").application, below.

[Manish Jethani, 2017/08/19 03:43:41]

Done.

+
+    if ("openOptionsPage" in chrome.runtime &&
+        // Firefox for Android does have a runtime.openOptionsPage but it
+        // doesn't do anything.
+        application != "fennec")
     {
       if (!callback)
       {
         chrome.runtime.openOptionsPage();
       }
       else
       {
         chrome.runtime.openOptionsPage(() =>
         {
           if (chrome.runtime.lastError)
             return;
 
           chrome.tabs.query({active: true, lastFocusedWindow: true}, tabs =>
           {
             if (tabs.length > 0)
             {
               if (tabs[0].status == "complete")
                 callback(new Page(tabs[0]));
               else
                 afterTabLoaded(callback)(tabs[0]);
             }
           });
         });
       }
-    };
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    // Edge does not yet support runtime.openOptionsPage (tested version 38)
-    // and so this workaround needs to stay for now.
-    // We are not using extension.getURL to get the absolute path here
-    // because of the Edge issue:
-    // https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/10276332/
-    ext.showOptions = callback =>
+    }
+    else
     {
+      // Edge does not yet support runtime.openOptionsPage (tested version 38)
+      // nor does Firefox for Android,
+      // and so this workaround needs to stay for now.
+      // We are not using extension.getURL to get the absolute path here
+      // because of the Edge issue:
+      // https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/10276332/
       chrome.windows.getLastFocused(win =>
       {
         let optionsUrl = "options.html";
         let queryInfo = {url: optionsUrl};
 
         // extension pages can't be accessed in incognito windows. In order to
         // correctly mimic the way in which Chrome opens extension options,
         // we have to focus the options page in any other window.
         if (!win.incognito)
           queryInfo.windowId = win.id;
 
         chrome.tabs.query(queryInfo, tabs =>
         {
-          if (tabs.length > 0)
+          if (tabs && tabs.length > 0)
           {
             let tab = tabs[0];
 
             chrome.windows.update(tab.windowId, {focused: true});
             chrome.tabs.update(tab.id, {active: true});
 
             if (callback)
               callback(new Page(tab));
           }
           else
           {
             ext.pages.open(optionsUrl, callback);
           }
         });
       });
-    };
-  }
+    }
+  };
 
   /* Windows */
   ext.windows = {
     create(createData, callback)
     {
       chrome.windows.create(createData, createdWindow =>
       {
         afterTabLoaded(callback)(createdWindow.tabs[0]);
       });
     }
   };
 }());