972158 - [Settings] Create UA override menu item for Firefox OS in Developer Settings

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::Settings, defect)

Description

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

We now have dynamic UA override Bug 927429. That's good.
We are often contacting Web sites owners for getting rid of the wrong UA detection and being able to remove the UA override. The issue happens when they need to test on their own device. The current way to do it is to rely on a bash script for changing the preferences.
https://github.com/karlcow/webcompat/blob/master/moz/mozua2.sh

That requires a lot of hoops which might not be obvious for a project manager or someone in charge of the QA in a Web agency.

I would favor a menu item in the Developer Settings of Firefox OS to put on or off the ua override. So people can easily test it.

Settings -> Device Information -> More Information -> Developer

Comment 1

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

What about adding that in the app manager? Some kind of "Manager UA overrides" functionality there could be handy.

Comment 2

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

(In reply to Fabrice Desré [:fabrice] from comment #1)
> What about adding that in the app manager? Some kind of "Manager UA
> overrides" functionality there could be handy.

Fabrice, 
Using Firefox OS 2.2.0.0-prerelease, I noticed that the "Developer Menu" was richer than before. 

For testing, it would be very cool if we could have a "Ignore UA override".
Currently I'm removing the UA override for domain names with 
https://github.com/karlcow/webcompat/blob/master/moz/mozua2.sh
but it's cumbersome to ask Web developers who have access to a device to do the same thing when it's time for them to test.

If it's just a JavaScript and if you point the WebCompat team in the right place, we could propose a patch.

Comment 3

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

Karl,

You would have to do changes in two places:
- in the settings app, to add your new toggle (eg in https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/blob/master/apps/settings/elements/developer.html)
- map the setting to the gecko pref in https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/b2g/chrome/content/settings.js

let me know if you need help.

Comment 4

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on