Firefox OS Boilerplate App ported to Dart.

Running the app

To run the app you can simply open Firefox OS's browser and go to: https://claudiodangelis.github.io/dart-FirefoxOS-Boilerplate-App/build/web -- on top-right corner there will be a "+" button to install it.

If you want to install the app from your computer, get the code (git clone https://github.com/claudiodangelis/dart-FirefoxOS-Boilerplate-App.git) and learn how use Firefox's App Manager.

Compiling the app

This code repository already has the compiled-to-Javscript version of the Boilerplate, these steps are needed only if you make some changes to the Dart code.

1. Get and install Dart => Get Dart
2. If you use Dart Editor, open the app's directory, right-click on file pubspec.yaml then choose "Pub Build ("generates JS")"; if you have /path/to/dart-sdk/bin in your $PATH, then change to app's directory and run pub build from the command line.

About this porting

The Boilerplate App focuses on MozActivities and other platform-specific Web APIs, which are not available in Dart. In order to get them working this app uses a library for interoperating with Javascript, for example this Javascript code

var pick = new MozActivity({
    name: "pick",
    data: {
        type: ["image/png", "image/jpg", "image/jpeg"],
        nocrop: true
    }
});

in Dart becomes:

var pick = new JsObject(context["MozActivity"], [
    new JsObject.jsify({
        "name": "pick",
        "data": {
            "type": ["image/png", "image/jpg", "image/jpeg"],
            "nocrop": true
        }
    });
]);

where context is the JS's window object. To get more information about JS<->Dart interoperability check this article: (https://www.dartlang.org/articles/js-dart-interop/)[https://www.dartlang.org/articles/js-dart-interop/].

For Packaged Apps

Excerpt from the original Boilerplate App

You can test packaged apps in version 2 and higher of the App Manager, by using the Add Directory button. If you want to access privileged APIs - such as deviceStorage, cross-domain XMLHttpRequest etc - you need to set type and permissions in the manifest file. E.g.

{
    "version": "1",
    "name": "Firefox OS Boilerplate App",
    "type" : "privileged"
    …

And:

"permissions": {
    "device-storage:pictures": {
        "access": "readcreate"
    },
    "systemXHR":{},
    "contacts": {
        "description" : "Reading out contacts",
        "access": "readcreate"
    }
}

All options to test packaged apps are outlined in the How to install packaged apps in Firefox OS – options and tools article

Screenshot

Credits

• Robert Nyman is the original creator of Firefox OS Boilerplate App.
• Daniele Scasciafratte tested this app on his phones (Keon, Alcatel One Touch Fire), made quick fixes and designed the icon

License

MIT

Author(s)

• Claudio d'Angelis - @claudiodangelis
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