new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/util/IntentUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.util;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities for Intents.
+ */
+public class IntentUtils {
+    private static final String ENV_VAR_REGEX = "(.+)=(.*)";
+
+    private IntentUtils() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of environment variables and their values. These are parsed from an Intent extra
+     * with the key -> value format:
+     *   env# -> ENV_VAR=VALUE
+     *
+     * # in env# is expected to be increasing from 0.
+     *
+     * @return A Map of environment variable name to value, e.g. ENV_VAR -> VALUE
+     */
+    public static HashMap<String, String> getEnvVarMap(@NonNull final Intent intent) {
+        final HashMap<String, String> out = new HashMap<>();
+        final Pattern envVarPattern = Pattern.compile(ENV_VAR_REGEX);
+        Matcher matcher = null;
+
+        String envValue = intent.getStringExtra("env0");
+        int i = 1;
+        while (envValue != null) {
+            // Optimization to re-use matcher rather than creating new
+            // objects because this is used in the startup path.
+            if (matcher == null) {
+                matcher = envVarPattern.matcher(envValue);
+            } else {
+                matcher.reset(envValue);
+            }
+
+            if (matcher.matches()) {
+                final String envVarName = matcher.group(1);
+                final String envVarValue = matcher.group(2);
+                out.put(envVarName, envVarValue);
+            }
+            envValue = intent.getStringExtra("env" + i);
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        return out;
+    }
+}

--- a/mobile/android/base/moz.build
+++ b/mobile/android/base/moz.build
@@ -111,16 +111,17 @@ gujar.sources += ['java/org/mozilla/geck
     'util/GeckoEventListener.java',
     'util/GeckoJarReader.java',
     'util/GeckoRequest.java',
     'util/HardwareCodecCapabilityUtils.java',
     'util/HardwareUtils.java',
     'util/INIParser.java',
     'util/INISection.java',
     'util/InputOptionsUtils.java',
+    'util/IntentUtils.java',
     'util/IOUtils.java',
     'util/JSONUtils.java',
     'util/MenuUtils.java',
     'util/NativeEventListener.java',
     'util/NativeJSContainer.java',
     'util/NativeJSObject.java',
     'util/NetworkUtils.java',
     'util/NonEvictingLruCache.java',

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--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/tests/background/junit4/src/org/mozilla/gecko/util/TestIntentUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.util;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.background.testhelpers.TestRunner;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the Intent utilities.
+ */
+@RunWith(TestRunner.class)
+public class TestIntentUtils {
+
+    private static final Map<String, String> TEST_ENV_VAR_MAP;
+    static {
+        final HashMap<String, String> tempMap = new HashMap<>();
+        tempMap.put("ZERO", "0");
+        tempMap.put("ONE", "1");
+        tempMap.put("STRING", "TEXT");
+        tempMap.put("L_WHITESPACE", " LEFT");
+        tempMap.put("R_WHITESPACE", "RIGHT ");
+        tempMap.put("ALL_WHITESPACE", " ALL ");
+        tempMap.put("WHITESPACE_IN_VALUE", "IN THE MIDDLE");
+        tempMap.put("WHITESPACE IN KEY", "IS_PROBABLY_NOT_VALID_ANYWAY");
+        tempMap.put("BLANK_VAL", "");
+        TEST_ENV_VAR_MAP = Collections.unmodifiableMap(tempMap);
+    }
+
+    private Intent testIntent;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        testIntent = getIntentWithTestData();
+    }
+
+    private static Intent getIntentWithTestData() {
+        final Intent out = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
+        int i = 0;
+        for (final String key : TEST_ENV_VAR_MAP.keySet()) {
+            final String value = key + "=" + TEST_ENV_VAR_MAP.get(key);
+            out.putExtra("env" + i, value);
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        return out;
+   }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetEnvVarMap() throws Exception {
+        final HashMap<String, String> actual = IntentUtils.getEnvVarMap(testIntent);
+        for (final String actualEnvVarName : actual.keySet()) {
+            assertTrue("Actual key exists in test data: " + actualEnvVarName,
+                    TEST_ENV_VAR_MAP.containsKey(actualEnvVarName));
+
+            final String expectedValue = TEST_ENV_VAR_MAP.get(actualEnvVarName);
+            final String actualValue = actual.get(actualEnvVarName);
+            assertEquals("Actual env var value matches test data", expectedValue, actualValue);
+        }
+    }
+}
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