Mobile/Notes/08-May-2013

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Schedule

• Next merge: 2013-05-13 (3 BUSINESS DAYS!)
• Next release: 2013-05-14

Friends of the Mobile Team

Give a shoutout/thanks to people for helping fix and test bugs.

• Chen Dai contributed patches to
  • bug 866487 - MOZ_UPDATER always set to true in AppConstants.java
  • bug 869322 - Screen can't read the text in input box
• Abir Viqar landed his first patch! (bonus points for an r+ on first attempt)
  • bug 839434 - Private browsing page opens the pop-ups in normal browsing
• Tetsuharu OHZEKI continued to file and fix multiple bugs
  • bug 865250 - Clean up BrowserApp.get/setPreferences()
  • bug 867875 - Add the pref to switch reader mode
  • bug 868936 - Use strict equality operator in JSDOMParser.js

Stand ups

Suggested format:

• What did you do last week?
• What are working on this week?
• Anything blocking you?

Please keep your update to under 2 minutes!

GBrown

• Last week:
  • Investigated bug 867626 Expose Shumway in navigator.plugins
  • bug 865944 Use foreground activity to determine if browser has terminated
  • --> Panda failure rates much better this week
  • bug 868681 Offline apps doorhanger not shown
  • bug 868767 Unable to uninstall org.mozilla.fennec_aurora/firefox_beta and reboot
• Working on:
  • bug 867626 Expose Shumway in navigator.plugins
  • Follow-up on bug 865944 Use foreground activity...
  • bug 869030 Robocop testDoorHanger causes future reboots on pandas
  • bug 867360 Watcher dies sometimes on Pandas

Chris Lord (cwiiis)

• Done
  • Wrote a timer webapp over the weekend: http://chrislord.net/index.php/2013/05/04/writing-and-deploying-a-small-firefox-os-application/
  • Spent some time tracking down B2G issues
  • Bank holiday

• Doing
  • bug 866461 - Bing.com constantly resizing with the dynamic toolbar
  • bug 803299 - Use 24-bit colour on 24-bit screens (patches r+'d but backed out due to reftest failures)

Chris Peterson

• Done
  • Fixed bug 778459 - java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: at org.mozilla.gecko.AwesomeBarTabs.updateFavicon()
  • Fixed bug 827248 - java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: at org.mozilla.gecko.AboutHomeContent.getTopSitesThumbnails()
  • Fixed bug 868604 - JavaScript Warning "test for equality (==) mistyped as assignment (=)?" in "chrome://browser/content/downloads.js"
  • Fixed bug 868673 - Fix -Wtype-limits "comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true" warning in XPFE
  • Implementing WebSockets for bug 834033 - Push API for Android

• Next
  • Implement System Messages for bug 834033 - Push API for Android

JChen

• Past week
  • Finished bug 863777 - Teach ANR reporter to use the profiler to get a native stack
    • Doing privacy review now
  • Worked on bug 860879 - ANR @ org.mozilla.gecko.PromptService.finishDialog
    • Have patches for review
    • Going to file follow up bugs
  • Worked on bug 847983 - IME in designmode doesn't seem to work very well
• Next
  • Finish bugs from above
  • bug 868566 - Cannot create a new paragraph in a text box on Motorola Support Forums
  • bug 868569 - Cursor selection buttons in Swype don't work
  • bug 846660 - java.lang.InstantiationException: cant instantiate class char
  • PTO starting next Wed

GCP

• This week:
  • WebRTC
  • bug 862883 Enable webrtc mochitest automation for FxAndroid
  • bug 866093 application crashed [@ webrtc::VoEExternalMediaImpl::SetExternalRecordingStatus(bool)]
  • bug 863290 crash in webrtc::videocapturemodule::DeviceInfoAndroid::NumberOfDevices
  • bug 869477 WebRTC UI permissions no longer shown
• Next week:
  • bug 863290 crash in webrtc::videocapturemodule::DeviceInfoAndroid::NumberOfDevices
  • bug 867185 Camera names should percolate upwards to the UI
  • bug 862808 Local Video is upside down on Android when in portrait mode

Brian N

• Done
  • Ouya bugs
    • Bug 849847 - Make about:home scrollable with the analog stick
    • Bug 868230 - Map gamepad X button to show/hide tabs tray
• In progress
  • Bug 868553 - Make about:home use a ViewPager
• Next
  • Other about:home rewrite work
  • Ouya bugs

Sriram

• Back from vacation
  • More coffee, more sleep, more cricket
• Exploring quick share menu.

WesJ

• Vacation
• Bug 813756 - Payments frontend for Android - Landed! yay!
• Bug 757481 - Tests for prompt service - have some new wip up
• Bug 798358 - Hardcoded add-ons on about:home links to author's desktop site with desktop add-on installs - Landing now
• Bug 826325 - Decide where window.open should open content - Still trying to find the right solution here
• Bug 808636 - Update visual style of mobile error pages - http://people.mozilla.com/~wjohnston/netError/index.html

LucasR

• Last week
  • Bank holiday
  • bug 869166 - Add space between URL bar and tab curve
  • bug 869022 - Fade tabs button and menu away when tabs panel is open
  • bug 868460 - Tidy up animation bits
  • bug 867554 - New sidebar animation on tablets
  • bug 860121 - Animating the landscape tab menu on tablets yield a white gap between the sidebar and the tab count button
  • bug 866466 - Opening a remote-tab from tab-menu overlays view onto the regular and private tabs menu
  • bug 867141 - Unable to close regular tabs after closing last private tab
  • bug 865228 - Misc improvements in the browser toolbar animations
  • (In progress) bug 869494 - Add editing mode to browser toolbar
• Next week
  • bug 869494 - Add editing mode to browser toolbar
  • bug 867608 - Gap between forward button and favicon after backing out of reader mode
  • Pre-assembly interviews for the Mozilla Summit meeting in Paris
  • Google I/O
    • Android Design lab: https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/383307141

Margaret

• Done
  • bug 867249 - Improve BitmapUtils.getDominantColor to avoid returning gray-ish colors
  • bug 867627 - Dominant color favicon backgrounds are really slow to update
  • bug 867650 - Search list still shown on Awesomescreen when clearing search string
  • bug 867125 - Unpinning a site from about:home removes it from about:home regardless of the number of visits
  • bug 867059 - "Set as Default" option still available in context menu after disabling a search engine
  • Helped interview devtools candidates

• In Progress
  • Crash in BrowserToolbar.setTitle - bug 868342
  • Blog post about dominant color favicons

• Next
  • Update empty favicon style - bug 869634
  • Use better default thumbnails on about:home when we don't have a screenshot - bug 837392

Scott (jwir3)

Last Week:

• bug 847872: Reflow zoom on double tap only (r+, but I'm having some difficulty with tests - specifically testVkbOverlap on Android and I'm kind of blocked on this before I can land).
• Looked into bug 864595: Assertion failure in caretPositionFromPoint. I have a solution, but it's not quite ready for review.
• bug 862763: Performance of nsLayoutUtils::FontSizeInflationEnabled needs some work (in review).

This Week:

• Land reflow-on-zoom on double-tap only.
• Land HResize performance enhancement for reflow-on-zoom.
• Finish implementation of last solution for bug 836565 that queues one event for each document to be reflown in nsDocumentViewer, for responsiveness (this might not be necessary).
• bug 766599: Reframe to prevent crash in nsFontInflationData (this will allow us to dynamically change font inflation prefs without a reload).

BLassey

• bug 867517 - Gecko based web view
• bug 833795 - Content jitters when URL bar hidden (B2G)

MFinkle

Done:

• bug 869477 - WebRTC UI permissions no longer shown
• Looking into bug 862377 - Android WebRTC permissions UI will only respect first doorhanger

Next:

• Metro work week in Vancouver

Ian Barlow

• Designs ready to go
  • bug 869123 NEW: Quick Share -- shortcut to most frequently used sharing service
    • https://bug869123.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=745998
  • bug 867371 Updated Settings UI in progress
    • https://etherpad.mozilla.org/settings-reorg
  • bug 853844 New progress indicator
    • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=853844#c16
  • bug 867633 Consolidate lock icon and forward button animations in toolbar
    • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867633#c1
  • bug 847435 Updated look for back session history menu
    • https://bug847435.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=746397
  • bug 868998 Reveal title bar by scrolling a certain distance

• Work in progress
  • bug 864958 Some subtle adjustments to the PB chrome
  • bug 808636 Reviewing work in progress on mobile error pages
  • Some discussion around WebRTC doorhanger permissions
  • Continuing work with Product on some UX prerequisites for Mozilla Apps on Android
  • Standing by for any and all questions about Multipage About:home
  • Usability testing plan for Multipage about:home
  • TV design concepts
  • New tablet concepts

WebRT

• There is a meeting on Friday (11a PT) to discuss the "synthesizing APK" approach to delivering Apps on Android.

PiCL

• Work week in Vancouver this week.

Feature Focus

Fx21

• [ON TRACK] bug 834681 - Add support for basic distribution modifications
• [ON TRACK] bug 831354 - Ship fonts for content in Firefox for Android
• [ON TRACK] Amazon Search URL
• [PLANNED]bug 867604 - [Meta] HTML5 Compat
  • Note: thanks for the uplifts last week!

Fx22

• [AT RISK] Reflow on zoom (double tap) by default
• [PROPOSED] New tab UI

Pet bug: Bug 862996 - Put text headings back in the tab menu

• [PROPOSED] ANR

Fx23

• NFC bump for tab sharing
• WebRTC platform support, preffed off
• [ON TRACK] READER: Serif/Sans Serif font toggle, Add to reading list from long tap, add to reading list from context menu
• [ON TRACK] bug 730445 - Add UI to specify a default search engine
• [AT RISK] Firefox Health Report
• [PLANNED] RSS/Atom feed handling
• [PLANNED] Set Top Box optimization
• [PLANNED] Directional game console navigation <== same set of bugs as above?
• [PLANNED] Dynamic Snippets
• [PROPOSED] Addition of search engines
• [PROPOSED] Changing default search engines by locale
• [AT RISK] bug 716403 - (dynamic-toolbar) Request to hide the navigation bar when scrolling down content

Fx24

Tradeoffs: Finishing the last 3 Reader Improvements and moving About:Home Redesign Need to create a project plan for Shumway and Dynamic Snippets

• [PLANNED] Packaged apps support
• [PLANNED] Web Audio API
• [PLANNED] API: Push notifications
• [PLANNED] API: Web activities
• [PLANNED] API: Contacts
• [PLANNED] SkiaGL improvement
• [PROPOSED] API: Payments
• [PROPOSED] API: Alarm
• [PROPOSED] Location-based search engines
• [PROPOSED] Shumway: generic video player
• [PROPOSED] About:home redesign
• [PROPOSED] Reader improvements
• [PROPOSED] Profile support for alternate browser configurations
• [PROPOSED] API: Cloud
• [PROPOSED] Change default search engine for zh-CN

Round Table

SUMO

Meeting this week to plan a strategy around replying to 1-star reviews on Google Play.

Thought we had a small spike in crash feedback but it turned out to be nothing.

Getting ready for Firefox 21.

QA

• bug 853522 regressed h.264 videos on JB devices. need to uplift fix to all channels
• working on a test matrix to cover release coordinate on multiple stores:
• bug 856445 - Lg optimus black crash confirmed, over to mfinkle
• bug 845729 - SGS2 blocklist confirmed, awaiting beta uplift to retest