No extension support for Opera mobile anymore?

[arucardo]

arucardo last edited by arucardo

I have the latest version (52.2.2517.139816) and when I go to the extensions page and click add it just downloads it to my download folder.
Tried googling to see if there was a separate site for mobile extensions, but came up with nada.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @arucardo last edited by

@arucardo Opera for Android never had support for extensions.

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arucardo @leocg last edited by arucardo

@leocg I read on a blog post that it used to.

*oh wait it was opera "mobile"

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yeswap @arucardo last edited by

@arucardo @leocg It was called Opera Mobile Labs. Opera launched it in 2012. Here's the announcement https://dev.opera.com/articles/extensions-opera-mobile-labs/ It was Presto based and short lived. There's confirmation that it's was abandonded in this Forum post https://forums.opera.com/topic/9109/opera-mobile-labs-build-with-extensions-for-android-it-doesn-t-work-in-lolipop

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @arucardo last edited by

@arucardo Not even Opera Mobile had such support.
Maybe a very special release as said above.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @yeswap last edited by

@yeswap It was an labs release then, the regular ones never had such support for extensions.

[arucardo]

arucardo @leocg last edited by arucardo

@leocg https://www.ghacks.net/2012/04/04/opera-mobile-now-supporting-extensions/

They should add extensions to the current version or at the very least swap out the built in ad blocking which doesn't work very well with ublock.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @arucardo last edited by

@arucardo My answer remains the same. It was an special release out of the official release cycles.