WebApp Runtime

Summary

• The stub executable launcher (i.e. the binary and related files that Firefox creates for each webapp you install to your local computer) and the XUL shell (i.e. the XULRunner application that the launcher uses to load a webapp and provide it with native integration APIs)

References

• Dev TestPlan for the feature WikiPage
• Blog post Desktop Apps with HTML5
• Marketplace page for FxOS users not yet started a marketing push to get users to use the desktop runtime.

Use Cases

Test Cases

• The manual test cases for this feature can be seen here.

Bugs

• Bugs - 892833, 906837, 907324, 908932, 904131, 912301, 776446, 777236, 892837, 905397, 769848, 903055

Sign off

Criteria

• All the test cases were executed.

Sign offs

• Firefox 26 Aurora (pre-beta sign off) - 28/10/2013
  • Ran the test cases on Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8 32bit, Ubuntu 13.04 32bit, and Mac OSX 10.8
• Concerns:
  • Test number 13 from testcases doc - Run app while and after uninstall (logged bug 931055)

• Firefox 26 Aurora (Aurora sign off) - 13/09/2013
  • Ran the test cases on Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8 32bit, Ubuntu 12.04 32bit, and Mac OSX 10.8
• Concerns:
  • Test number 6 from testcases doc - Uninstall a app installed from a Firefox version lower than 25
  • Test number 13 from testcases doc - Run app while and after uninstall (logged bug 931055)