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Support Forum Contributors training for Firefox for Android

Firefox is too good to keep only to a desktop, so there's Firefox for Android devices too. Firefox for Android offers a lot of the same benefits as the Firefox desktop browser, but it's specially optimized for mobile. The following articles are grouped into popular topics, starting from the basics to topics that make you a power user. __TOC__ =Top issues= Here are the top issues you're likely to encounter on the support forums for Firefox for Android: #Problems synchronizing bookmarks, tabs or history : [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/mobile/save-share-and-sync-firefox-android/sync Sync] #Websites aren't rendering properly - This is beyond our control a lot of the time. Some sites are built with WebKit in mind, which renders things differently than Firefox for Android's platform. #Missing menu button - [[Firefox menu icon is missing on Android - how to access the menu]] =Basics= ==Get up and running with Firefox for Android== # [[How do I install Firefox on an Android device?]] - The recommended option is through Google Play, unless it's not available in that user's country. The article will show you alternate methods, if that's the case. # [[Update to the latest version of Firefox for Android]] - The recommended option here is also through Google Play, but the article describes a menu method as well. ==Firefox for Android Fundamentals== These articles are a good starting point for learning about the powerful things that Firefox for Android can do, as well as learn about basic functionality. <!--'''Need a video here''' and talk about what's on the home screen, search and browsing--> * [[Use the Awesome Screen to search the web, bookmarks and more]] * [[Using Tabs on Firefox for Android]] =Beyond the basics / Power user= ==Make Firefox for Android yours== Many users are unaware that you can do cool stuff with your Awesome Screen, like hide panels you don't need, change your browser's default language, add and remove search engines and add additional features using add-ons. These articles will help you along the way: *[[Use the Awesome Screen to search the web, bookmarks and more]] - see the "customize" section *[[Change the default language of Firefox for Android]] - you can use add-ons to add extra panels to the Awesome Screen. *[[Find and install Add-ons on Firefox for Android]] *[[How do I set up Firefox Sync?]] and [[How do I add a device to Firefox Sync?]] *[[How to use Reader Mode]] - Reader Mode is available on websites that =Stay safe with Firefox for Android= The Mozilla community is dedicated to privacy and user choice, so it only makes sense to bring all the privacy goodness from Firefox desktop to mobile: *[[Clear your browsing history and other personal data on Firefox for Android]] *[[How do I use Do-not-track on Firefox for Android?]] =Other Resources= Here are other Firefox for Android resources you can check out to get an idea of what's coming: *[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Roadmap Mobile Roadmap] *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Firefox%20for%20Android Current bugs for Firefox for Android] [http://goo.gl/fImmIB For Contributors Participating in the Contributor Quality Training click here for Chapter 12]