716906 - Add "Firefox Sync" item to settings

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

Description

[Madhava Enros [:madhava]]

This is covered in the mockups in the meta bug (Bug 698594), but here it is broken out explicitly.

In addition to inviting users to set up sync on the start page (Bug 708414), we have to have an entry point for it in Settings as well.

This is the overview of what this leads to, before and after sync is set up:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhava_work/6360153407/in/photostream

Instead of a whole Sync section of prefs, as we used to have, this is a one-liner that leads to other screens, so we can just put this in the "General" section.

Comment 1

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

I expect this to come with strings?

Comment 2

[Madhava Enros [:madhava]]

(In reply to Axel Hecht [:Pike] from comment #1)
> I expect this to come with strings?

Yes. It will just be "Sync"

Comment 3

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Attachment: patch

Comment 4

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Attachment: patch v2

some minor refactoring

Comment 5

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Attachment: patch v3

ARGH. removed unused var. last fix, hopefully.

Comment 6

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Comment on attachment 590848 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v3

Review of attachment 590848 [details] [diff] [review]:
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with those changes.

::: mobile/android/base/SyncPreference.java.in
@@ +14,5 @@
> + *
> + * The Original Code is Mozilla Android code.
> + *
> + * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Mozilla Foundation.
> + * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2009-2011

2012

@@ +47,5 @@
> +import android.util.AttributeSet;
> +import android.util.Log;
> +
> +class SyncPreference extends Preference {
> +    private static final String LOGTAG = "GeckoSyncPreference";

Not used

@@ +49,5 @@
> +
> +class SyncPreference extends Preference {
> +    private static final String LOGTAG = "GeckoSyncPreference";
> +    private static final String FEEDS_PACKAGE_NAME = "com.android.providers.subscribedfeeds";
> +    private static final String ACCOUNTSYNC_CLASS_NAME = "com.android.settings.AccountSyncSettings";

ACCOUNT_SYNC_CLASS_NAME instead.

@@ +66,5 @@
> +    @Override
> +    protected void onClick() {
> +        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
> +        Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(mContext).getAccountsByType(FENNEC_ACCOUNT_TYPE);
> +        if (accounts.length > 0) {

What happens if there are more than one account?

Comment 7

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

Comment on attachment 590848 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v3

Review of attachment 590848 [details] [diff] [review]:
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::: mobile/android/base/SyncPreference.java.in
@@ +69,5 @@
> +        Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(mContext).getAccountsByType(FENNEC_ACCOUNT_TYPE);
> +        if (accounts.length > 0) {
> +            // show sync account
> +            intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(FEEDS_PACKAGE_NAME, ACCOUNTSYNC_CLASS_NAME));
> +            Account account = accounts[0];

what if there is more than one account?

Comment 8

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

I was under the assumption that we will not support multiple Sync accounts. If we do, we need to modify the flow described here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhava_work/6360153407/in/photostream

The Sync settings screen (show at the bottom of that diagram) is a per-account screen. The "Sync" preference in Fennec, however, is a general setting that does not correspond to a specific account. If we do support multiple Sync accounts, the Sync pref in Fennec should probably point to the general Android "My Accounts" screen (second image from the top left).

Comment 9

[Madhava Enros [:madhava]]

Yes, if/when we do multiple accounts we'd have to sort out that flow (as with going to the accounts screen rather than the particular account), but for now -- just one account.

Comment 10

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Landed on inbound with nits fixed:
http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/1b2d36e0657b

Also included a comment about the single account assumption.

Comment 11

[Marco Bonardo [::mak]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/1b2d36e0657b

Comment 12

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

backed out on inbound:
 https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/a79f4ada8343

Comment 13

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Reopened due to bug 720734.

I got the "Accounts & Sync" class name from logcat (and also discovered the necessary "account" extra by looking at the Android source) on a pre-ICS phone. However, we are crashing in ICS because this class name is different on ICS. According to rnewman and liuche, there's no reliable way to directly open sync settings for a specific account. That leaves us with 2 options:
1) open the generic Accounts & Sync activity (this is consistent with other apps, such as Gmail and Contacts)
2) create our own custom layout/activity for modifying the sync settings (this is what Twitter does)

Comment 14

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Attachment: patch v4

This patch associates the Settings > Sync option with the generic "Accounts & Sync" page. We may want to have a custom Sync preferences page in the future, but I think this is sufficient for now as bare-bones functionality.

Comment 15

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Landed fixed patch on inbound:
http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/50a68eb941f9

Comment 16

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

(In reply to Doug Turner (:dougt) from comment #12)
> backed out on inbound:
>  https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/a79f4ada8343

Now backed out of m-c (https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a79f4ada8343), the relanding didn't make this merge (not yet PGO green), will be in the next.

Comment 17

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

(In reply to Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson) from comment #15)
> Landed fixed patch on inbound:
> http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/50a68eb941f9

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/50a68eb941f9

Comment 18

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Verified Fixed on M-C
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0.3)
20120126031113
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/402b394b6623

Aurora nom?

Comment 19

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

Comment on attachment 591610 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v4

[Approval Request Comment]
Adds Sync to settings. Mobile only. Contains string changes. Low risk.

Comment 20

[Madhava Enros [:madhava]]

Not in today's nightly? Did it get removed?

Comment 21

[Brian Nicholson (:bnicholson)]

(In reply to Madhava Enros [:madhava] from comment #20)
> Not in today's nightly? Did it get removed?

Yes, due to crashing on ICS - see comments 13/14. It should be in the next nightly.

Comment 22

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

Comment on attachment 591610 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v4

[Triage Comment]
Mobile only - approved for Aurora.

Comment 23

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/306e0b45c2e7