Meeting Notes Meetings notes from the Mozilla community

Schedule

• Next merge: 2015-01-12

Tracking Review

Beta

• Next Build:

ID	Summary	Status	Assigned to
987223	No visible H.264 video playback on MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1) (Planar 4:2:0 YUV) on Android 4.0 devices	NEW	Edwin Flores [:eflores] [:edwin] (edwin)
1058160	Specify main activity org.mozilla.fennec.App with a default intent over org.mozilla.search.MainActivity	ASSIGNED	Nick Alexander :nalexander (nalexander)
1071690	WebGL content disappears	NEW	Robert O’Callahan (:roc) (Mozilla Corporation) (roc)
1083271	Big regression in taskjs benchmark 2014-10-08	NEW	Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow) (matt.woodrow)
1089417	fail to restyle for media query feature changes between adding/removing an empty stylesheet and next event that forces style computation (breaks golem.de on mobile)	REOPENED	David Baron [:dbaron] (UTC-8) (needinfo? for questions) (dbaron)
1090300	crash in mozilla::MediaCodecDataDecoder::DecoderLoop()	REOPENED	James Willcox (:snorp) (jwillcox@mozilla.com) (snorp)
1096090	Android Aurora 35 fails to play videos on Asus Memopad	NEW	James Willcox (:snorp) (jwillcox@mozilla.com) (snorp)
1096958	crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.mozilla.gecko.home.TopSitesPanel.access$N(TopSitesPanel.java)	NEW	Michael Comella (:mcomella) [PTO until 1/14] (michael.l.comella)
1098390	Graphic buffer garbage shown and persists when entering full-screen (video/regular content) in Android 5.0 (Nexus 5)	NEW	Wesley Johnston (:wesj) (wjohnston)
1098421	Aurora stops unexpectedly when trying to launch Search Activity from the widget	NEW	:Margaret Leibovic (margaret.leibovic)
1100126	Flickering green/pink screen while playback video in different devices	ASSIGNED	James Willcox (:snorp) (jwillcox@mozilla.com) (snorp)
1110229	Regression: vertical bars painted in tiles on screen when scrolling	ASSIGNED	Benoit Girard (:BenWa) (bgirard)

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

Aurora

• Next Build:

ID	Summary	Status	Assigned to
710802	we need updater tests	NEW	James Willcox (:snorp) (jwillcox@mozilla.com) (snorp)
1010068	Disable OCSP in Firefox for Android	NEW	Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?) (blassey.bugs)
1016555	Disable OCSP checking for certificates covered by OneCRL	ASSIGNED	David Keeler [:keeler] (use needinfo?) (dkeeler)
1061268	Wrong photo gets used in some BBC articles	NEW
1063873	Ship the right libomxplugin files for supported API ranges	NEW
1074635	don’t rerender the page for every frame in a GuM tab video stream	NEW
1076966	Use “immersive” fullscreen mode	REOPENED
1084711	Graphic rendering problems on trunk, black boxes, nothing renderend, eventually crashes	NEW	Milan Sreckovic [:milan] (milan)
1089653	crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.mozilla.search.SearchActivity.updateSettingsButtonVisibility(SearchActivity.java)	NEW	Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (mark.finkle)
1090884	Back button doesn’t do anything	NEW
1091461	Tapping anywhere under the ‘Private Browsing’ tip in the History panel will open the Custom menu	NEW
1091520	Improve framerate of tab tray animation	NEW	Martyn Haigh (:mhaigh) (mhaigh)
1091677	crash in @0x0 | mozilla::layers::ImageHost::GenEffect(mozilla::gfx::Filter const&)	ASSIGNED	Jonathan Watt [:jwatt] (jwatt)
1094214	fuzzy text	NEW
1098227	Android crash in @0x0 | mozilla::layers::Layer::CalculateScissorRect	NEW	Nicolas Silva [:nical] (nical.bugzilla)
1107386	New tablet UI – Browser menu is clipped and unusable on the Kindle Fire	NEW	Michael Comella (:mcomella) [PTO until 1/14] (michael.l.comella)
1112232	Find in page search: It is not obvious that the case insensitivity button enables insensitivity	NEW	Robin Andersen [:tecgirl] (randersen)
1112939	Roku Tab mirroring falls behind	NEW
1117130	URL bar border slightly covered by fading edge of title	REOPENED	Martyn Haigh (:mhaigh) (mhaigh)

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

Friends of the Mobile Team

Give a shoutout/thanks to people for helping fix and test bugs. Make sure friends also get awarded a badge. New contributors are highlighted in bold.

• psd fixed bug 721421 – Accelerated speed of scrolling by multiplying with constant factors in case of quick successive flings
• Francisco fixed bug 1110310 – Replace LightweightTheme member variable with getTheme() calls
• mandarg fixed bug 948892 – Move inline scripts and styles into separate file for about:firefox
• Pierpaolo fixed bug 1116525 – Remove unused local variables in TextSelection
• Jalpreet fixed bug 966654 – Close button tap target on snippet banner is too small
• vivek fixed bug 1015516 – Save closedTabs when saving session to disk and bug 1116027 – Switch to tab not available in Recent Tabs Panel
• capella has been busy!
  • Fixed bug 1112230 – Find in page: Case insensitivity button no response to tap
  • Fixed bug 1103410 – Unhandled error for GeckoRequest FindInPage:Find
  • Working on text selection RTL support and testing improvements (and overwhelming margaret with review requests!)
• jlund deserves a shout-out for all his help with split APK work
• gavin revived bug 474464 to give us a page load perf win

Stand ups

Suggested format:

• What did you do last week?
• What are working on this week?
• Anything blocking you?

Please keep your update to under 2 minutes!

James W. (snorp)

<Read Only>

JChen

• Will be on PTO/leave until end of March

Fixed

• 1078304 – crash in mozilla::widget::android::GLController::CreateEGLSurfaceForCompositorWrapper()
• 1103101 – Start the telemetry module in content processes
• 1109931 – Save child telemetry payload on shutdown

Working on

• 1046307 – Intermittent test_ThreadHangStats.js | test failed (with xpcshell return code: 0) | false == true
• 1103036 – Allow ContentChild to perform tasks on shutdown
• 1112212 – Switch to key event mode when input has key listeners
• 1113416 – Hang monitor + on-demand decompression can cause deadlocks
• 1115480 – [Presentation WebAPI] built-in device discovery and control protocol
• 1116589 – Use templated classes in generated JNI bindings
• 1116641 – Get rid of JNI macros AndroidBridgeUtilities.h
• 1116868 – Add JNI template classes
• 1116871 – nsThreadManager::GetCurrentThread() accesses TLS before initialization

GCP

Last weeks:

• WebRTC sandboxing: PBackground work, MediaEngineWebRTC replacement

Next week:

• WebRTC update, Android parts
• More WebRTC sandboxing work

Randall Barker

Last Weeks(s)

• Got desktop and Roku standalone players ported to use standalone XPCOM and Necko

This Week

• Start landing standalone patches. Code has been posted for review for the following:
  • bug 1093934 Create a XPCOM library that can be used to support standalone WebRTC
  • bug 1097804 Create a library containing nsISocketTransportService and nsIDNS that can be used to support standalone WebRTC
  • bug 1101651 Enable WebRTC unit tests to be built using standalone WebRTC library

Eugen Sawin

Fixed

• bug 1110212
• Aurora uplifts
  • bug 991923 – Server not found when switching networks on Android 3-5
  • bug 1109940 – Add symbol wrapping for Android DNS resolver
  • bug 1110529 – Recursive chaining in wrapped Android DNS resolver

Working on

• Updater service

Brian Nicholson

<Read Only>

• Implementing search on iOS
  • Done: OpenSearch parser with tests
  • In progress: Awesomescreen search view
  • Next: Search suggestions
  • Next: Saving search prefs/default engines

WesJ

• bug 1116535 – Add a history data provider – using CoreData
  • bug 1118532 – Sqlite history

— Refactoring these to work with the new interface (not much to change)

• bug 1116536 – Fire location change notification event
• bug 1116537 – Make the history panel work
• bug 1116634 – Allow filtering sites on Awesomescreen
• Lots of Android reviews

liuche

<Read Only>

Highlights:

Present:

• 1011712 – Reader mode contextual hint
• 1063844 – [onboarding] Start Pane v1.5

Past:

Margaret

Highlights:

• Reader mode for desktop – bug 558882 and friends
• Downloads.jsm regressions – bug 901360 and friends
• Default to show URL in toolbar instead of page title – bug 1111729
• Passwords
• Half-working in Tahoe next week

Past:

• 793920 – Move android reader mode to a shared place in toolkit
• 795968 – Create the about:reader page
• 795973 – Add a pref for reader mode
• 1093172 – Add CONTENT_STATUS column to reading list provider to keep track of whether or not content is cached
• 1105316 – crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.mozilla.search.providers.SearchEngineManager.createEngineFromLocale(SearchEngineManager.java)
• 1107588 – Support adding content from URLs that redirect to the reader mode cache
• 1108564 – crash in android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource is not a Drawable (color or path): TypedValue{t=0x1/d=0x7f0200c3 a=-1 r=0x7f0200c3} at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java)
• 1110461 – Disable estimated reading time in reading list
• 1111142 – Move Android-specific logic out of aboutReader.js
• 1111729 – Default to show URL in toolbar instead of page title
• 1112189 – Telemetry for tracking protection shield
• 1112960 – Empty extra ReaderMode.jsm file
• 1113092 – Android download notifications are displayed every time Firefox is opened
• 1113844 – Error clicking on download notification
• 1114506 – Downloads are not cleared after clearing private data
• 1114589 – crash in java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.net.Uri.getQueryParameterNames at org.mozilla.search.PostSearchFragment$ResultsWebViewClient.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(PostSearchFragment.java)
• 1114593 – Replace defaultDownloadsDirectory calls in DirectoryProvider.js
• 1114600 – Don’t keep track of “reader enabled” state in Java
• 1116231 – Move “reader.parse-on-load.” pref change observer back to Reader.js
• 1116563 – Reading list items added from share overlay have no content in reading list
• 1117224 – Create group message manager to only load content.js framescript for tab <browser> elements
• 1117228 – Investigate lazy-loading Reader.js
• 1117841 – Remove “title bar” from display settings summary

• 795981 – Add a reader mode button to the location bar
• 912308 – Choosing an entry from the form history dropdown sometimes closes the dropdown without autocompleting
• 1101741 – Add filtering on about:passwords
• 1111818 – Remove favicon from phone toolbar
• 1117258 – Implement CSS styling for desktop about:reader
• 1118835 – Consider adding back pref to show title in toolbar

mcomella

<Read Only>

Past

• 1095278 – Android builds are going to burn when Gecko 36 merges to Beta
• 1105472 – Domain highlighting fails when the URL is longer than the Awesomebar
• 1116369 – Remove new tablet toggle preferences assets

Present

• 1106935 – Remove old tablet code and resources
• 1107386 – New tablet UI – Browser menu is clipped and unusable on the Kindle Fire

rnewman

<Read Only>

• iOS, reading list, Sync, meetings.
• Lots of miscellany.

Fixed

• 907768 – Intermittent testSearchSuggestions | Results for query ‘f’ matched expected suggestions – got false, expected true
• 1075558 – Notifications.jsm – unregisterHandler code is incorrect – splice is not a function of object
• 1100361 – Firefox 35 and higher unable to install on devices with 5MB LinearAlloc limit (particularly Gingerbread)
• 1102604 – SysInfo.getLocale() is wrong
• 1109361 – (FHR) java.util.NoSuchElementException at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:961) … ProfileInformationCache.readFromFile(ProfileInformationCache.java:134)
• 1112653 – Rename Account to Profile
• 1113296 – Disable match case mode for find-in-page on non-Nightly builds
• 1115075 – Add telemetry for DBUtils.ensureDatabaseIsNotLocked
• 1116872 – java.lang.NullPointerException in MediaPlayerManager onRouteAdded (2014-12-31 Nightly)
• 1117230 – Updater runs during tests

Working on

• 974664 – Remove reading list hacks in sync code
• 1077590 – Make all per-profile DB access go through a profile
• 1117830 – Android client for reading list service

nalexander

<Read Only>

Posted my cycle goals/Q1 intentions publicly: http://www.ncalexander.net/blog/2015/01/06/what-i-intend-to-work-on-for-the-firefox-38-cycle/

Projects for this cycle:

• Push migrate legacy Sync 1.1 devices across the finish line
  • 2/3 patches landed, tracked by bug migratesyncandroid
• Make FxA provide OAuth implicit grants for Fennec consumers, tracked by bug 1117829
  • Principally avatars (bug 1055264) and reading list
  • Old code for oauth is done, I am rehabilitating it and exposing it via getAuthToken
• Implement Firefox Accounts for iOS
  • Tracked by bug iosfxa
  • Met with fxa-content-server team (ckarlof, stomlinson, vladikoff, zaach) to discuss jelly doughnut approach
  • Be aware that WKWebView and file:// URLs is broken: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24882834/wkwebview-not-working-in-ios-8-beta-4 and http://www.openradar.me/18039024
• Make sure |mach bootstrap| for mobile/android works

Past

• 956444 – Handle Sync storage deprecation indicators for Firefox Accounts migration
• 1022749 – Expose custom server URLs in Android FxAccount sign up/sign in flow and status activity

Present

• 1107811 – Move mobile/android/base/**/*.java to a standard Java location
• 1119051 – Regression: Old Sync hangs after Bug 956444
• 1119070 – Add query parameter saying we’re migrating to Android Sync after-migration /account/login HTTP request

Martyn Haigh

Past:

• 936849 – Tablet tabs tray seems to get stuck in some kind of selection mode
• 1015460 – Add a new tab from tab panel
• 1109155 – [7″ Tablet] Gridview doesn’t show the last row completely on portrait

Present:

• Have emailed IDEA about license extension – they remain quiet so will chase if I’ve not heard from them by end of week
• 1117130 – URL bar border slightly covered by fading edge of title
• 1112185 – Open URL in background
• 1107636 – Replace top level RelativeLayout with something less expensive

• 1112185 – Open URL in background
• 1112855 – [tabs tray] Closing last tab behavior doesn’t match phone behavior

Stefan

Q1 Goals

• Reader Mode
• Sharing Extensions
• Localization

Current focus:

• Reader Mode – Pushing it forward to correctly rendering content on iPhone and iPad (In WKWebView, with correct container HTML & CSS + Basic Settings like font size / night mode)

BLassey

Fixed

• 1097998 – [e10s] Warn when using CPOWs when content process isn’t in a safe state
• 1115802 – Scrolling no longer working when tab mirroring from fennec.
• 1116859 – Tab mirror stream doesn’t respect the max size passed in
• 1118554 – make android’s stdcxx work

Working on

• 1071880 – Notify user of addons that are slowing their browser down significantly
• 1083116 – build fails: malloc_decls.h conflicting types for ‘malloc_usable_size’
• 1116856 – dynamically resize tab mirror video stream based on window size
• 1116860 – Get size of second screen from the chromecast
• 1118552 – fix gcc4.9 warnings on Android

MFinkle

• Planning for iOS, Password and Task Continuity work
• Starting the hiring process for new people

Fixed

• 474464 – Fennec should be using the browser status filter
• 1072997 – crash in java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content://downloads/my_downloads at android.content.ContentResolver.insert(ContentResolver.java)
• 1116599 – Use a cache to create a GeckoMenu.findItem fast path
• 1116615 – Cleanup GeckoMenu and GeckoMenuItem
• 1116693 – Support batching GeckoMenuItem property setters
• 1117746 – Share asset is intermittently missing from recent nightlies

Working on

• 937253 – Android home screen shortcuts should switch-to-tab if the page is already open
• 1107627 – browser.css is never loaded

Antlam

• Past
  • bug 1063844: First Run polish
  • bug 1079403: Password management improvements
  • bug 1059554: Finishing up Share overlay visual design
  • Search-related improvements for Mobile/Tablet
  • Reader mode visual design update (working w/ Desktop side)
• Upcoming
  • bug 1058818: Better doorhangers
  • bug 1100479: Clean up share menu (possibly addressing issues around “Add to Firefox” when you’re in Firefox)
  • bug 1112185: Open-in-background
  • General bugs follow up
  • iOS: high-level sketching work

Robin

iOS

• Going over v1 goals and working on prioritization with team.
• Competitive Analysis and review of current navigation patterns. What works/doesn’t work for others browsers in regards to ‘Dashboards’, Tabs, Private Tabs, Search, etc.
• Sketching and ideation of Awesomebar and menus.

Darrin

• Working with UR to plan Q1 mobile research goals
• IA and sketching for iOS, will have something up to show soon
  • Focus on navigation/structure/hierarchy/flow
  • Related, I want the design process to be as open and transparent as possible, so expect more ‘show and tell’ from UX over the coming weeks 🙂
• Planning around UX schedule & process for iOS
• Working with Anthony to get up to speed on Android state of affairs

A-Team

<Read Only>

• Infra problems have been causing a lot of Android 2.3 test failures recently — bug 1109932
  • Release engineering is investigating

QA

• QA Release Test-Plans

Feature Focus

• <Read Only> unless you have questions!
• Mobile Roadmap in Trello
• Funnel reviews on Dec 22nd and Jan 5th to triage the unsorted, plus P1s and P2s.
• 38 list has been somewhat populated now. Have a look!
• 37 is looking pretty good. Most items complete and the last few on track and should be done soon.

• iOS Trello board is being populated based on the requirements spreadsheet (requirements/spreadsheet is owned by Karen)

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