1223162 - Implement sync status messaging using the status bar

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for iOS :: Sync, defect)

Description

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

When a user signs in, they are taken back to the Settings page. They have an indication that something is happening, since they will now see their email address and a "Syncing…" status message, but they will likely not wait very long and tap Done and open a new tab. This will show them empty panels where sync content is available until the sync is complete. To help give an additional indication that sync is still going on in the background, let's utilize the status bar for messaging. It will temporarily display using the same color scheme as the current status bar.

Condition is: Only show when an active sync fetch is taking place. Examples: Once the user has 1) Just signed in or 2) Whenever manually syncing and leaving the Settings screen. 3) At the 15m sync interval.

Messaging:
(Just signed in) — Your first sync may take a while…
(Whenever else) - Syncing…

Comment 1

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

Schedule using AHA card.

Comment 2

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

Since the notification area is a custom view we're building, we can add more than text if we wanted to. Do you want to include a spinning sync icon or any other glyphs in the status messages?

Comment 3

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

Attachment: Link to Github pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1770

Comment 4

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

(In reply to Stephan Leroux [:sleroux] from comment #2)
> Since the notification area is a custom view we're building, we can add more
> than text if we wanted to. Do you want to include a spinning sync icon or
> any other glyphs in the status messages?

Let's animate the ellipsis!

Comment 5

[Robin Andersen [:tecgirl]]

Comment on attachment 8748168 [details] [review]
Link to Github pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1770

Looks good!

Comment 6

[Emily Toop (:fluffyemily)]

Comment on attachment 8748168 [details] [review]
Link to Github pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios/pull/1770

Looks good. As long as our messages are always short, even when localized, this should work for most cases.

Comment 7

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

master 4593dfdcd17417cfc9d19a4acc80ea98da9db341