Mobile/Notes/08-Jun-2016

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Schedule

• Easy-to-read wiki
• Hard-to-read release calendar
• iOS Schedule at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_for_iOS_Train_Schedule

Friends of the Mobile Team

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• Delphine Lebédel [:delphine - use need info] fixed bug 1274866 - Add "es-CL" to Fennec all-locales for single-locale builds
• Delphine Lebédel [:delphine - use need info] fixed bug 1276674 - Restore xh locale in maemo-locale for multi-locale builds
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1191974 - Bad localization comment for "Send Feedback" string
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1235602 - "Preview of (tab?.webView?.accessibilityLabel)" string comment needs improvement
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1235608 - Wrong comments for "Enter a passcode" and "Re-enter passcode" strings
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1238146 - Empty Sync panel strings have inaccurate comments
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1238151 - Bad localization comments for extension strings
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1257204 - Make login manager 'Delete' localization comment more generic for delete action and button in list/detail view
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1273961 - Improve localization comments for Menu strings
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1277460 - Add localization comment for "Data saver" in android_strings.dtd
• Francesco Lodolo [:flod] fixed bug 1277515 - Missing localization notes for strings in v5.0
• Jonathan Almeida (:jonalmeida) fixed bug 1274901 - Crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: at android.text.SpannableString.<init>(SpannableString.java)
• Maurya Talisetti fixed bug 1260699 - Incorrect behavior of first run tour when swiping between slides
• Mike Kaply [:mkaply] fixed bug 1272439 - distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale not working properly on Fennec
• alx91 fixed bug 1222848 - Bookmark titles should be editable
• k.krish fixed bug 1276577 - (DLC) SyncAction: Use Switchboard.isInExperiment() instead of Experiments.isInExperimentLocal()

Team Updates

Android platform

snorp, jchen, rbarker, esawin, droeh

Platform Notes

Android front-end

margaret, liuche, mcomella, sebastian, ahunt, grisha

• Landed media control notification
• JanH just landed recent tabs in the history panel
• Burning through a variety of small bugs

iOS

bkmunar, bnicholson, fluffyemily, fpatel, jhugman, sleroux, st3fan, tlacroix

Builds & Releases

• TestFlight Builds are happening (new one today!)
• Please share the new testflight signup page https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ios/testflight/
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Development Updates

• Lots of bug fixing happening / Wrapping up 5.0
• [sleroux] Fixes to some minor bookmark bugs and other 5.0+ issues
• [sleroux] Exploring react-native and prototype ideas from the context graph idea doc
• [fluffyemily] implementing sharing of downloadable files to other apps
• [fluffyemily] Fine tuning bi-directional bookmark sync status messaging
• [fluffyemily] De-duplication of bookmark and history results in awesomebar searches
• [fluffyemily] Investigating and comparing Deferred/Promise libraries for iOS
• [tlacroix] Landed back/forward list and undo closed tabs
• [tlacroix] Fixed memory leaks/performance bugs
• [tlacroix] Started iPad top tabs
• [bnicholson] Exploring beacons and React Native

UX

tecgirl, antlam, gemma, (sevaan)

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QA

• QA Release Test-Plans

Feature Focus

• Android Roadmap in Aha!
• Android Roadmap in Aha! (public)
• Suggest new features for the Android Roadmap Here

• iOS Roadmap in Aha!
• iOS Roadmap in Aha! (public)
• Suggest new features for the iOS Roadmap Here