Thanks for the heads up Baku! What is the advantage of using the syncAPI over mozAlarms?
Thanks, Michael On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Andrea Marchesini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just landed RequestSync API, an API for b2g only that allows apps to > schedule tasks. > Here the webIDL: > > > https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/file/f60d4ad64070/dom/webidl/RequestSyncScheduler.webidl > > A simple example is this: > > navigator.sync.register('foobar', { minInterval: 2, > oneShot: true, > data: 42, > wifiOnly: false, > wakeUpPage: location.href }).then( > function() { > ok(true, "navigator.sync.register() oneShot done"); > ... > }, genericError); > > navigator.mozSetMessageHandler('request-sync', function(e) { > ok(true, "One event has been received!"); > is (e.task, "foobar"); > ... > }); > > The params are: > 1. minInterval - in seconds. It can happen that this operation will be > scheduled with a bigger interval. > 2. oneShot - true/false, similar to setInterval/setTimeout. > 3. data: whatever you want to pass to the message handler. > 4. wifiOnly: if true, the task will not scheduled if wifi is not active > 5. wakeUpPage: the page that will receive the system message. > > > We also have a 'setting' API accessible only if the app has the > 'requestsync-manager' permission. > This is the webIDL: > > > https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/file/f60d4ad64070/dom/webidl/RequestSyncManager.webidl > > With this API the settings app can overwrite the policy and the > minInterval of any task of any app: > > navigator.syncManager.registrations().then( > function(results) { > ... > results[0].setPolicy("wifiOnly", 123 /* minInterval */); > }); > > More documentation (not up-to-date yet): > https://etherpad.mozilla.org/syncAPI > > b > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > >
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