1166812 - [meta] Hook up History Sync to the browser frontend

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for iOS :: Sync, defect)

Description

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Right now it's in, but it needs to be triggered by browsing events and timers. Before we do this, we should test more thoroughly with a stub hook, and make sure we're more complete (e.g., uploading deletions).

Comment 1

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Karen, this is the bug to watch to know when history Sync will become available.

Comment 2

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Four parts:

1. pull-to-refresh on the history panel
2. a trivial counter somewhere that counts visits and triggers a sync
3. possibly a timer
4. if our account is in a good state, a quick sync on exit.

Things to pay attention to in some of these cases:

1. Sync only history.
2. Sync only if we've synced before, or only if we've synced recently, to minimize the risk of doing a big sync.
3. Sync only on wifi?
4. Remember to check for history sync enablement via meta/global!

Comment 3

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Basics are done. Punting the other things out of this meta.