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Maybe bitwarden has a hardcoded list of browsers and defaults to the app id otherwise? There could also be an override, but if not you'd have to open an issue with bitwarden and wait for them to update their list.
Edit:
Looking into the code there is indeed a hardcoded list.
This file contains the code
I read this as:
There are browsers that do "native" autofill and ones that do "compat". Mull and ironfox do compat.
This compat support is communicated on Android 10+, but either on older android or maybe if the app is built for older android (?) it won't be communicated, thus the hard coded list.
Doesn't look like there is a way for users to add to this list.
Interesting. I have never had an issue using Bitwarden with either Mull or IronFox. I did experience that package ID issue with Mulch (the Chromium version of Mull), but that seemed to have fixed itself at some point somehow. But although all three of those browsers do Bitwarden autofill for me without issue, none are in that hardcoded list.
As best I can tell, Mull is
us.spotco.fennec_dos
, so on that list.Mulch is likely
us.spotco.mulch
based on mulch webview beingus.spotco.mulch_wv
, neither are on the list.My interpretation here is that Mulch uses some other system, perhaps that mentioned api or something else entirely. Therefore it needs no explicit mention and just works. It might be that it previously did not support that system, or bitwarden didn't, but somehow now it does.
On the other hand, Mull still requires the manual compat lsit for whatever reason, therefore now in ironfox you run into that issue. In Mull it was likely solved before you ever used it.
That is correct
But I do not experience that issue with IronFox. The other user above did, but Bitwarden autofill has always worked for me in IronFox with no issue. So far, the only difference I have experienced between Mull/IronFox is the app icon.
Oh I misread.
Are you using Android 10+ and the op isn't?
That might be it. I am using Android 15.