I am working on an extension for Firefox for Android, but I am running into issues with permissions. I have this piece of code that checks what permissions the extension has.
const bookmarks = await browser.permissions.contains({ permissions: ['bookmarks'] });
const downloads = await browser.permissions.contains({ permissions: ['downloads'] });
const history = await browser.permissions.contains({ permissions: ['history'] });
const notifications = await browser.permissions.contains({ permissions: ['notifications'] });
const webNavigation = await browser.permissions.contains({ permissions: ['webNavigation'] });
The problem is that when debugging on mobile I get this error for the bookmarks and history lines.
Error: Type error for parameter permissions (Error processing permissions.0: Value "bookmarks" must either: must either [must either [must either [be one of ["idle"], be one of ["activeTab"], be one of ["cookies"], be one of ["scripting"], or be one of ["webRequest", "webRequestAuthProvider", "webRequestBlocking", "webRequestFilterResponse", "webRequestFilterResponse.serviceWorkerScript"]], must either [be one of ["mozillaAddons"], be one of ["geckoViewAddons", "nativeMessagingFromContent"], be one of ["activityLog"], be one of ["networkStatus"], or be one of ["telemetry"]], be one of ["alarms", "storage", "unlimitedStorage"], be one of ["declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess"], be one of ["dns"], or be one of ["theme"]], must either [must either [be one of ["idle"], be one of ["activeTab"], be one of ["cookies"], be one of ["scripting"], or be one of ["webRequest", "webRequestAuthProvider", "webRequestBlocking", "webRequestFilterResponse", "webRequestFilterResponse.serviceWorkerScript"]], be one of ["clipboardRead", "clipboardWrite", "geolocation", "notifications"], be one of ["browsingData"], be one of ["tabs"], be one of ["browserSettings"], be one of ["declarativeNetRequestFeedback"], be one of ["downloads", "downloads.open"], be one of ["management"], be one of ["privacy"], be one of ["proxy"], be one of ["webNavigation"], or be one of ["nativeMessaging"]], be one of ["declarativeNetRequest"], or match the pattern /^experiments(\.\w+)+$/], or must either [be one of [], be one of ["userScripts"], or be one of ["trialML"]]) for permissions.contains.
Bookmarks and history are in the optional permissions in the manifest.json file, but I tried moving them to the permissions and it did not fix anything.
Firefox for Android does not support the bookmarks and history APIs (yet, maybe some day), not even as optional permissions.