Push notifications are a pie in the sky at the moment. There's a patch and a lot of debate about it. Nothing is checked in, and little is agreed upon by all involved parties.
Having said that: > My understanding of the way Push Notifications were handled was that there > was user interaction in the process - i.e. they show up in the notifications > tray, > and then, only after the user has tapped on the notification the app is > relaunched. This was true at one or more points in the past, but is not true of the latest (draft) incarnation of push notifications. > Also I wasnt sure if there is a Mgmt API which allows the system to know > what push notifications are registered?) This is not part the current pie in the sky proposal. It's not clear to me that it would be necessary. -Justin On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:09 PM, ptheriault <[email protected]> wrote: > Antonio, > > I was surprised to see that too - my guess is that it was a guess from long > ago before push API was defined. On monday I created a version 1.0 of the > matrix with many updates and corrections (including this) and sent it to the > b2g list. Below are links to the new matrix, and the change log/question list: > > Permissions Matrix 1.0: > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Akyz_Bqjgf5pdHNlbDBDUGMzUzJSdFYyNEZjcngtUWc > 1.0 version changes: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/permissionmatrixupdates > > (for reference, the change I made was to update permissions to match the > wiki. Also I wasnt sure if there is a Mgmt API which allows the system to > know what push notifications are registered?) > > Now to your concern about apps launching - is your fear that apps can keep > themselves running by sending push notifications? > My understanding of the way Push Notifications were handled was that there > was user interaction in the process - i.e. they show up in the notifications > tray, and then, only after the user has tapped on the notification the app is > relaunched. > > Regards, > Paul > > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Antonio Manuel Amaya Calvo wrote: > >> Hey Paul. >> >> I've seen that on the permission matrix at >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Akyz_Bqjgf5pdENVekxYRjBTX0dCXzItMnRyUU1RQ0E&pli=1#gid=0 >> the PushAPI is reserved to certified apps only, when it used to be a >> Public API (according to >> https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/pushNotificationsAPI at least). >> >> Do you know why and when was that changed? >> >> I was in fact going to suggest either changing the way the system treats >> notification currently (from what I've been told, the system *launches* >> the app if it isn't running, which isn't good) or at least making it an >> explicit permission for anything less than privileged, but just removing >> the permission completely for anything less than certified seems a >> little bit extreme. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Antonio >> >> >> -- >> Antonio Manuel Amaya Calvo_/ / _ /Security&Trust on N&S >> email: [email protected] / _ _/ ( / Telefonica I+D >> Tlf.: +34-91.312.98.95 _/ _/ \__/ D. Ramón de la Cruz 82 >> Fax : 28006 Madrid, SPAIN >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario. Puede consultar >> nuestra política de envío y recepción de correo electrónico en el enlace >> situado más abajo. >> This message is intended exclusively for its addressee. We only send and >> receive email on the basis of the terms set out at: >> http://www.tid.es/ES/PAGINAS/disclaimer.aspx > testResults['bluetooth'] > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
