refactor: one shared extension-API module, and drive the dApp flows on Firefox (closes #153)

src/shared/alarms.js

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 // be bypassed on the scheduled tick — see backgroundRefresh() in
 // src/background/index.js and updatePhishingList() in shared/phishingDomains.js.
 
+const { alarmsApi } = require("./browserApi");
+
 const BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM = "autistmask-balance-refresh";
 const PHISHING_REFRESH_ALARM = "autistmask-phishing-refresh";
 
@@ -26,14 +28,10 @@ const MIN_ALARM_PERIOD_MINUTES = 1;
 const BALANCE_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES = 1;
 const PHISHING_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES = 24 * 60;
 
-// Resolved on use rather than captured at module load: the worker is torn
+// alarmsApi() resolves on use rather than at module load: the worker is torn
 // down and re-evaluated repeatedly, and tests install a stub after requiring
-// the module.
-function alarmsApi() {
-    if (typeof browser !== "undefined" && browser.alarms) return browser.alarms;
-    if (typeof chrome !== "undefined" && chrome.alarms) return chrome.alarms;
-    return null;
-}
+// this module. It returns null where the API is absent, which is why every
+// entry point below degrades instead of throwing.
 
 /**
  * Create an alarm unless one with the requested period already exists.