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== Development Team ==
You'll be able to find the current team [[Modules/FirefoxOS#Messages|on the Firefox OS modules page]].

The SMS team is part of the larger [[FirefoxOS/Comms|Comms team]].

== Design Specs ==
=== Panels-specific spec ===
==== Conversation View ====
* https://bug1087933.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=8533556
==== Report Panel ====
* top part: https://bug1202061.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=8661096

=== Versions specific specs ===
For 2.1, 2.2 and 3.0 we had no visual refresh so we have no visual design specifications. The specifications for the Right To Left work are common to all apps and [https://mozilla.app.box.com/s/bcm3s5i2v6js5uk0ws3tsywse8bgncgo can be found on box.com] ([https://bug906270.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8629248 mirror on bugzilla]).

For 2.0, the Visual Refresh specifications are on [http://bugzil.la/950175 bug 950175].

For 1.4, please visit :
* https://mozilla.app.box.com/shared/yt7hl2leikogcuili7kp/1/1578257617 for the Wappush DSDS spec
* https://mozilla.app.box.com/shared/yt7hl2leikogcuili7kp/1/1425004300 for DSDS UX spec
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947139 for the DSDS Messaging Visual Design spec

For 1.3, please visit https://mozilla.app.box.com/shared/0u4jt353ei9ov2c150ip/1/1170795225 (for the generic specs) and https://mozilla.app.box.com/shared/0u4jt353ei9ov2c150ip/1/1206603879 (for DSDS)

The following link contains the specifications for versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2:
https://mozilla.box.com/applications/1/864518430.

Mirror for the UX spec for versions 1.1 and 1.2: [[File:HTML5_SMS-MMSUserStorySpecifications_20130503_V8.0.pdf]]. This spec is still the authoritative one for anything that has not been redesigned.<br>
Mirror for the UX spec for version 1.0: [[File:HTML5 SMS 20121212 R2S1 V8.0.pdf]]

== Source Code ==
The [https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/sms source code can be found in the gaia repository in github].

== IRC ==
You can find us on the IRC server irc.mozilla.org, channels #gaia and #gaia-messaging.

== Code Style Guidelines ==
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Coding_Style Mozilla's Code Style Guidelines]

* [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sms-code-style-guidelines Ongoing SMS Team specifc Code Style Guidelines]

== Filing bugs ==
You can file bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox%20OS&component=Gaia%3A%3ASMS on Bugzilla]. Please include the Firefox OS version you use, and possibly a screenshot or a video. Any console from logcat is welcome as well, or you could provide your message sqlite from your device by retrieving the following file & directory(if you don't mind the content):
* /data/local/storage/permanent/chrome/idb/226660312ssm.sqlite
* /data/local/storage/permanent/chrome/idb/226660312ssm.files

== Handling bugs ==
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Image:Gaia_SMS_Handling_Bugs_digraph_handling_bugs_dot.svg|right|thumb|200px|[[Gaia/SMS/Handling_Bugs|Sms Bug Handling Flow]]
default [[Gaia/SMS/Handling_Bugs]]
</imagemap>

See [[Gaia/SMS/Handling_Bugs]].

There are 2 goals:
* making the bug move forward thanks to other people until it's actionable.
* not forgetting an important bug

With this flow, we still need to be careful to:
* assigned bugs without activity
* needinfo that are not answered

Indeed these bugs could still be forgotten if they don't move.

== Project Management ==
We try to follow the Scrum methodology. Please have a look to the [[Gaia/SMS/Scrum|SMS Scrum Page]] for more information.

== Some future development ==
=== Using datastores for SMS ===
* [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/messages-datastore Etherpad]

=== Haida and Sheets ===
* [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sms-haida Etherpad]

=== Feature backlog ===
* [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/sms-feature-backlog Etherpad]

=== New Gaia architecture ===
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Gaia/Architecture_Proposal New Gaia Architecture Proposal]
* [https://github.com/gaia-components/threads Bridge library repo]

== The Gecko API for Mobile Messaging ==
The SMS application uses several API from Gecko. Especially it uses the API for Mobile Messaging, which allows to send and receive SMS and MMS.

On this wiki, several pages show the design behind the API: [[WebAPI/WebSMS]] and [[WebAPI/WebMMS]]. They're probably somewhat obsolete noawadays but they will provide useful information about some design.

[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/WebSMS/Introduction_to_Mobile_Message_API MDN has also a good documentation] about this API. It's also lagging a bit but is more uptodate.

Finally, the most current information is given by the [http://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/mobilemessage/interfaces IDL files in the gecko tree] (and [http://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/webidl/MobileMessageManager.webidl some part is in a separate place]).

== Security Review ==
The security review for this app can be found [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Gaia/sms here].