WebAPI/2012-01-10

Agenda

• WebTelephony
• WebSMS
• Network API
• Other Network APIs
• Contacts API
• Screen Orientation
• Media Storage APIs
• Bluetooth API
• Testing

Meeting Notes

• Telephony
  • Ben landed DOM-API rewrite into C++.
  • DOM Events now working
  • Security controlled through a pref selecting which url is allowed to access
  • Idea is to use intents to allow other apps to get status
  • Probably need to update gaia apps to use new property names
• WebSMS
  • Some patches reviewed, main patch is next in queue for review
  • Probably not landing this week
• Network API
  • still waiting for review for linux backend
  • DOM API and Android backend ready to land along with SMS
• Other Network API
  • Signal Strength
  • Enumerate other available wifi/gsm networks
  • Configure data for networks that you want to connect to (username/passwd). Might be settings
• Contacts API
  • Two paths. Readonly/readwrite
  • Implemented in javascript using XPCOM category manager to get API on navigator object
  • Stores contacts in IndexedDB
  • Somewhat weird API from W3C in that it allows selecting which fields to read
• Screen Orientation
  • Working out API still
  • Can either return lock objects which have .unlock function on them, or paired lock/unlock functions on same object
• Media Storage API
  • Will
• Bluetooth API
  • Is blocked on tring to bring up the drivers and hardware.
  • Will use dbus on B2G and linux probably, which means that we can share experience/code
  • Will focus on the DOM side as a break.
• QA
  • Currently working with Marionette stuff, mostly on B2G side. Could be helpful to know at this stage which Webapis have landed on B2G
    • telephony(sending and receiving calls)