CordovaFirefoxOS: Difference between revisions

! FirefoxOS

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_accelerometer_accelerometer.md.html#Accelerometer Accelerometer]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Reference/Events/devicemotion devicemotion], [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DeviceMotionEvent.acceleration DeviceMotionEvent.acceleration]

| Cordova provides <code>getCurrentAcceleration</code> and <code>watchAcceleration</code>. This is easy to simulate using <code>DeviceMotionEvent</code>. <code>getCurrentAcceleration</code> will simply call it once and clear the watcher afterwards. The only advantage will be the <code>acceleratorOptions</code> which contains <code>frequency</code> property. There is also a <code>timestamp</code> property returned to Cordova's callback.

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_camera_camera.md.html#Camera Camera]

* target size

* camera direction

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_media_capture_capture.md.html#Capture Capture]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/Web_Activities WebActivities]

| The main differences are in the object returned to the callbacks, some on-the-fly transition will be needed.

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_compass_compass.md.html#Compass Compass]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Reference/Events/deviceorientation deviceorientation]

| FirefoxOS provides support as an event. Use <code>absolute</code> parameter to check if the device is able to provide the Earth coordinate frame   

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_connection_connection.md.html#Connection Connection]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.navigator.connection navigator.connection]

| Cordova has a different object under the same navigator property name. FirefoxOS doesn't provide type of the connection to the apps. According to [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17494786/check-if-firefox-os-is-connected-to-wifi-for-privileged-apps Harald' answer on StackOverflow] "<code>metered</code> should be enough to tell if the user is on wifi".

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_contacts_contacts.md.html#Contacts Contacts]

| [[WebAPI/ContactsAPI]]

| There are lacks in FxOS documentation of Contact fields (<code>impp</code>, <code>url</code>, <code>address</code>). Some fields are not exactly corresponding to each other. FxOS has an ability to save only one organization. Cordova has no info about (<code>anniversary</code>, <code>sex</code>, <code>genderIdentity</code>)

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_device_device.md.html#Device Device]

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| As for the moment FxOS does not provide any info about device to not certified apps. Following properties of <code>device</code> object will not returned: <code>name</code>, <code>uuid</code>, <code>version</code>, <code>model</code>

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_events_events.md.html#Events Events]

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| TBD (some of these will require a separate row in this table)

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_file_file.md.html#File File]

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| TBD

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_geolocation_geolocation.md.html#Geolocation Geolocation]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/Using_geolocation Using geolocation]

| The only difference is providing a timestamp as Date object

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_globalization_globalization.md.html#Globalization Globalization]

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| TBD

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_inappbrowser_inappbrowser.md.html#InAppBrowser InAppBrowser]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/Browser Browser]

| The implementation is very different. Cordova uses <code>window.open</code> which is working in different way under FxOS. FxOS uses an <code>iframe</code> with <code>mozbrowser</code> attribute.

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_media_media.md.html#Media Media]

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| Playing and recording music files. "The current implementation does not adhere to a W3C specification for media capture, and is provided for convenience only. A future implementation will adhere to the latest W3C specification and may deprecate the current APIs".

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_notification_notification.md.html#notification.alert Notification.alert]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.alert window.alert]

| There is a need for a new function which will be asynchronous and support changing <code>title</code> and <code>buttonName</code>  

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_notification_notification.md.html#notification.confirm Notification.confirm]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.confirm window.confirm]

| There is a need for a new function which will be asynchronous and support changing <code>title</code> and <code>buttonLabels</code>  

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_notification_notification.md.html#notification.prompt Notification.prompt]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.prompt window.prompt]

| There is a need for a new function which will be asynchronous and support changing <code>title</code> and <code>buttonLabels</code>  

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_notification_notification.md.html#notification.beep Notification.beep]

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| TBD

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/2.7.0/cordova_notification_notification.md.html#notification.vibrate Notification.vibrate]

| [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.navigator.vibrate?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=DOM%2Fwindow.navigator.vibrate Vibration]

| None

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/2.7.0/cordova_splashscreen_splashscreen.md.html#Splashscreen Splashscreen]

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| TBD

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| [http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/2.7.0/cordova_storage_storage.md.html#Storage Storage]

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| TBD

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