986119 - [meta] Install distribution files based on SIM card data

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1013024

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Fennec is able to use distribution files to configure some behavior for partners. The distribution files can live in the /system folder or be extracted from the APK.

It would be useful to also support pulling distribution files from a Mozilla server based on the SIM card data. This would allow the standard Google Play version of Firefox to be installed on phones in a carrier/partner network, and then Firefox would look to see if partner-specific distribution files exist. If so, the files would be downloaded and used by Firefox.

I made this a meta bug assuming we'll need multiple dependent bugs:
* Add code to query the SIM card
* Add code to query and pull distribution files from Mozilla server
* Add server side support to host distribution files

NI'ing Brad to start on the SIM card work

Comment 1

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

Attachment: SIM_MCC_MNC.patch

Comment 2

[Lucas Rocha (:lucasr)]

Comment on attachment 8395720 [details] [diff] [review]
SIM_MCC_MNC.patch

Review of attachment 8395720 [details] [diff] [review]:
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Drive-by.

::: mobile/android/base/GeckoNetworkManager.java
@@ +357,4 @@
>          return -1;
>      }
>  
> +    private static int getSimOperator(InfoType type) {

I assume the SimOperator doesn't change dynamically so maybe you could cache the results in static members?

Comment 3

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Comment on attachment 8395720 [details] [diff] [review]
SIM_MCC_MNC.patch

We need to decide if this is the approach we want to take, or if we want to respond to some external trigger. I suppose we might need this code in either approach.

Brad - What are your thoughts on the need for this code if we use the OTA configuration ping?

Comment 4

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

We won't need this code for OMA CP since the push will only go from operator's network to operator's SIM

Comment 5

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Comment on attachment 8395720 [details] [diff] [review]
SIM_MCC_MNC.patch

(In reply to Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?) from comment #4)
> We won't need this code for OMA CP since the push will only go from
> operator's network to operator's SIM

So let's just keep the patch around, but not move on it yet. I think we all like the idea of only pulling a distribution when we are asked to and not all the time.

Brad - Next question: How do we interact with an OMA CP push?

Comment 6

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

This isn't helpful, but I just don't know. Will need to dig into it a bit.