The first information about the development of Firefox for the iOS platform appeared in late 2014. Today, the official InVision of the Mozilla Foundation published photos showing Firefox running on iOS.
"We want to make Firefox available in every language, every platform, and every device if possible," the Mozilla Foundation said in May 2015.
“Although we couldn’t get full Firefox functionality on iOS devices due to limitations, we had an opportunity with the latest improvements and tools available in iOS 8. So we can start developing Firefox for iOS.”
Development is not easy due to Apple's restrictions on iOS, one of the most locked-down operating systems out there, but Firefox developers seem to have overcome most of the obstacles they faced and have reached a fairly advanced stage of development.
As you can see from the images below, the team plans to cover most of the browser's core features, with support for multi-tab environments, page preview tiles, a favicon grid, bookmark sections, an easy way to explore the browser's history, and of course a settings screen.
Users will be able to log in to their Firefox account, sync their bookmarks, manage privacy settings, and language options.
If you like the original Firefox app for iOS, the developers warn in the README file
“Similarly, design and UX are still fluid…. They could change tomorrow!”
A very early version of the app is available on GitHub. It is written in Objective-C and Swift, and requires Xcode 6.4 or later.
