B2G/Meeting/2011-12-27

News

• b2g-android is dead. Long live b2g-gonk!
• We're in the process of removing a lot of now-dead code from the b2g repo.

Status updates

• mrbkap
  • Wifi connects to a hardcoded wifi network and DNS comes up.
  • Still some open questions about what files are needed/not needed.
  • Next: Genericise the code that connects to the network and send out events so that we can write a UI to select one (also, as always: cleanup!).
• mwu
• qDot
  • Now working on Bluetooth
  • Trying to replicate cyanogenmod strategy for loading firmware to BT chip on gonk
  • BT DOM coming together via gal, see bug 647737
  • Some work on phone calls via emulator, some issues with protocol desync and states not matching how they work on the phone
• bent
• mounir
  • Issues with Firefox Mobile team that blocks WebSMS landing
  • Implementation of Network API for Android (still not 100% done)
  • Some spec work
• jlebar
• thinker
  • Studying and preparing for implementing network manager
  • Patches for 3G data calls are reviewing
• shianyow
  • working on profiling tools(oprofile and perf).
  • to check whether PMU hardware events work on SGS2 kernel.
• kanru
  • Add PowerManagerService for both DOM and JS use
  • Experimenting libhardware GPS interface. Now can initiate the engine but see only SV so far.
• gwagner
• philikon
  • got basic SMS finished and landed; doesn't work on phone yet for some reason
  • feedback for thinker's 3G data calls
  • started review for bent's telephony rewrite
  • next:
    • investigate why phone calls don't work in emulator
    • plan next steps for the RIL (tests, radio-related functionality, data, complete SMS, etc.)
• benfrancis
• vingtetun
• justindarc
  • finished implementing new Task Manager; separated it out from the App Manager
  • added "press and hold" Home button gesture for pulling up the Task Manager
  • going to wire up the Settings UI to the mozSettings interface over the next day or so
  • considering abstracting out the animation/drawing logic used for the Task Manager to improve the "app launch" and "app close" animations instead of them relying on scaling the "live" IFRAME; the Task Manager uses -moz-element to draw the app IFRAME's contents to the background-image of another element and the animations performed with those elements seem to have a much better performance/frame rate
  • created the beginnings of the "Market" app several weeks ago but haven't integrated the code in yet; would like to do this over the next week as well
• timdream
  • Some International Layouts added. Keyboard available in English, German, French, Hebrew, Russian, Serbian, Dvorak, Chinese ZhuYing
  • Chinese ZhuYing IME landed, problem with IME db license though. Move on to other stuff about keyboard (accent alphabets, highlight, ...)
• mdas
• jhammink
• steven
  • Study the code that how android handles the sensors.
    • The code is in SensorManager and users who are interested in sensor event should register through it. When sensor changes, it callback through onSensorChaneged.
• jstraus