Mobile/Notes/09-Mar-2016

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Schedule

• Easy-to-read wiki
• Hard-to-read release calendar
• iOS Schedule at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_for_iOS_Train_Schedule

Topics for This Week

Friends of the Mobile Team

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• Andi-Bogdan Postelnicu fixed bug 1251213 - [Static Analysis][Resource leak] In DoCommand::UpdateCallBack
• Andi-Bogdan Postelnicu fixed bug 1252082 - [Static Analysis][Dereference null return value] In function ReadingListHelper::fetchContent
• Bob fixed bug 730192 - Headset playback controls (media keys) do not work while Firefox is open
• Giovanny Gongora [:gioyik] fixed bug 1175375 - Replace about:feedback png images with svg
• Robin Ricard [:rricard] fixed bug 1065969 - Make sending articles to Reading List easier from home panel add-ons
• Tristan fixed bug 1244197 - Fix two small code optimizations
• Vivek Balakrishnan[:vivek] fixed bug 1122710 - Advertise Firefox Accounts in empty state of "Reading List" panel
• Vivek Balakrishnan[:vivek] fixed bug 946857 - Consolidate nsILoginManager implementation on the Android side
• cijo fixed bug 1187382 - Revise AppConstants.Versions after release of Android M
• malayaleecoder fixed bug 1219323 - Remove unnecessary table created check from BrowserDatabaseHelper
• malayaleecoder fixed bug 1241941 - [Lint: ScrollViewSize] Fix ScrollView size validation error
• malayaleecoder fixed bug 1245044 - Move Restrictions class to restrictions package

Team Updates

Android platform

snorp, jchen, rbarker, esawin, droeh

Android front-end

margaret, liuche, mcomella, sebastian, ahunt, grisha (nalexander/rnewman)

• Welcome Grisha to the team!
• Landed screenshots in bookmarks panel
• Landed some home panel polish fixes, including a fix to get more favicons
• Landed a bunch of follow-ups to the top sites cursor change (keep an eye out for related regressions!)
• Almost ready to land first pieces of content notifications
• Almost ready to enable push notifications on Nightly \o/
• Replaced about:feedback with hosted page
• Android lint running in automation
• Working on running Android instrumentation tests in automation: bug 1064004
• FYI: Fx48 dev cycle

iOS

bkmunar, bnicholson, fluffyemily, jhugman, sleroux, st3fan

Builds & Releases

• Firefox for iOS 2.1 Now available on the app store - Brings back third party keyboards. Fixes some small regressions. New icon size for iPad Pro.
• Firefox for iOS 3.0 Now available on our new TestFlight channel for "Firefox βeta"
  • We have created the v3.x stabilization branch. Upcoming features are landing on master.
• Schedule at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_for_iOS_Train_Schedule
• Rough idea of what to focus on for v4.0 - See "Target Next" at https://mozilla.aha.io/published/7a91b67c888b44ee3fe2dcdc46f840cd?page=2

Development Updates / Work in Progress

• Progress with automated screenshots for L10N - http://people.mozilla.org/~sarentz/fxios/screenshots/latest/
• work continuing with Menu implementation
• Lots of uplifts to 3.0.
• Ad-hoc bookmark telemetry waiting for feedback.
• Sync server improvements underway.
• Sync on Exit
• Today Widget
• Build system improvements

UX

tecgirl, antlam, gemma

• Android
  • UX proposal docs
    • Content update notifications, Linking to screenshots, First Run, and more!
  • Cont'd Home panel improvements
    • Top Sites panel, History panel
  • Location awareness experiment
  • Activity stream meetings

• iOS
  • Menu is in development!
  • Consolidation of History-related panels
  • Tabs management
  • Addition of 'Home' navigation option
  • Bookmarks Management

• UR
  • Welcome Sharon Bautista! (:sharon)

A-Team

QA

• QA Release Test-Plans

Feature Focus

• Android Roadmap in Aha!
• Android Roadmap in Aha! (public)
• Suggest new features for the Android Roadmap Here

• iOS Roadmap in Aha!
• iOS Roadmap in Aha! (public)
• Suggest new features for the iOS Roadmap Here

Round Table

Bug Activity

Firefox for Android

Fixed (in the last 7 days)

6 Total; 0 Open (0%); 6 Resolved (100%); 0 Verified (0%);

Active (in the last 7 days)

4 Total; 4 Open (100%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);

Firefox for iOS

Fixed (in the last 7 days)

6 Total; 0 Open (0%); 6 Resolved (100%); 0 Verified (0%);

Active (in the last 7 days)

4 Total; 4 Open (100%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);