web apis

unleashing the power of open web apps

Web (apps) today

this is unstoppable...

this is unstoppable...

... but let's do it right

OPEN WEB APIS

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI

HANDS-ON: my OWN SMS APP

Manifest:

{
  "name": "My SMS app",
  "description": "App to send SMS messages.",
  "icons": {
    "128": "/icons/SMS-icon.png"
  },
  "type": "certified",
  "permissions": {
    "sms": {}
  }
}

HTML:

<input id="number" type="text" placeholder="666666666"> <br/>
<textarea id="text" placeholder="Type your text..."></textarea> <br/>
<button id="send"> Send </button>

Javascript:

var sms = navigator.mozMobileMessage;
sms.send(number.value, text.value);

web activities

SMS app manifest:

"activities": {
  "new": {
    "href": "/index.html#activity-new",
    "filters": {
      "type": "websms/sms",
      "number": {
        "pattern":"[\\w\\s+#*().-]{0,50}"
      }
     },
    "disposition": "inline",
    "returnValue": true
  }
}

Activity invocation code:

var activity = new MozActivity({
  name: 'new',
  data: {
    type: 'websms/sms',
    number: number
  }
});