BOOT TO GECKO (B2G) Phuoc Hung Duong

Whats B2G. Firefox OS (project name: Boot to Gecko also known as B2G) is an open source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers being developed by Mozilla. It is an implementation of letting HTML5 applications integrate the device’s hardware directly by using JavaScript. It has been demonstrated on Androidcompatible smartphones (from wikipedia). Firefox OS was developed entirely on HTML5 standards and will act as a multimedia website Telefonica Chief Executive, Matthew Key has claimed that the Firefox OS will offer a better budget experience than Android (may be) I think it Simple, quick and efficient

BOOT TO GECKO (B2G)

Release date ~2013

(Reduced)

* What's B2G.

Firefox OS (project name: Boot to Gecko also known as B2G) is an open source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers being developed by Mozilla It is an implementation of letting HTML5 applications integrate the device’s hardware directly by using JavaScript It has been demonstrated on Android-compatible smartphones (from wikipedia)

Firefox OS was developed entirely on HTML5 standards and will act as a multimedia website

Telefonica Chief Executive, Matthew Key has claimed that the Firefox OS will offer "a better budget experience than Android" (may be)

I think it Simple, quick and efficient

Some picture:

Link demolive (better to use Firefox Nightly) : http://paulrouget.com/gaia/

* How to setup.

(desktop)

1 Download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

2 Start the installer and follow the instructions

3 Download the pre-built installer for b2g-desktop with pre-compiled gaia

4 Start the installer and follow the instructions Be sure to leave the two checkboxes checked

(device)

To setup Firefox OS into your device, you must do following this page

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Boot_to_Gecko/Installing_Boot_to_Gecko_on_a_mobile_dev ice

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* How to use.

- You can use it just like Android OS (Firefox OS based on Android OS)

- To install app, you need to go to https://marketplace.mozilla.org/ to download and install app

* How to develop.

B2G app ~ web app

Html5,js …

Installing the Web app:

With the app and manifest published on the Web, you need to make Gecko aware of

it At install time, Gecko looks up the manifest and adds the necessary entries to the home screen, etc

To install an app, call the navigator.mozApps.install() API Here's example for an install button that you could embed in your app when you self-host your app:

<script>

var manifest_url = "http://my.webapp.com/manifest.json";

</script>

<button onclick="navigator.mozApps.install(manifest_url); return false;"> Install this awesome app on your homescreen!

</button>

Note: the Install button could also be in an app market, such as the Mozilla Marketplace, but it's often very handy to have an "Install as web app" button on the main page of your site

Demo mozillaball : in file Attach

DM_Mozillaball.rar

*note : it’s something about B2G not all.i hope you satisfied

-25/10/2012

B2G is mainly two separate things: gecko and gaia

• The gecko side is the hardware- related stuff and javascript APIs that we need to make the phone ………… that I don’t see

• Gaia - interface that I see

Gaia is basically everything that you can see and interact with.its the front-end operating system and application stack that hoods in to the APIs that B2G provides

APIs for B2G

Touch Events :…

Camera API:…

webSMS API:…

webTelephone API:…

battery API:…

…

Apps are websites

Apps are websites and are built using the same technology and processes.

If you already know how to make a website then creating your first Web app is a breeze.

The only thing that you need to do to turn a website into app is create an application manifest have JSON file that efectively describes your application; it’s name, icons, and other

related data.

Installing apps

Behind the scenes, installing an app is achieved through the new mozApps JavaScript API.

By passing the ‘install’ method a string URL to the app’s manifest file you will trigger the installation process.

An example of when you would call this method is after a user clicks on an

“Install this app” button on your own website.

It would be called automatically if your app was installed from the Mozilla Marketplace, or any other external website

On Windows, a desktop shortcut is created for the app you installed and it will also be in the start menu.

On Mac, the app is added to your /Applications directory.

On B2G, the app is added to your homescreen.

>> I think html5 app is a b2g app ??

Example with WavySandbox:

URL : file://///172.17.44.100/public/b2g/res/wavysandbox-install-c9c270b.zip

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