This page tracks ongoing documentation work in the MDN Device API section. Feel free to contribute!
Summary
| Pages | Needs* tags | Missing tags | Editorial reviews | Technical reviews | Outdated pages | Missing pages | Dev-doc-needed bugs | Documentation requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 36 (38%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) | 4 (5%) | 8 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 64 (67%) | 0 (0%) |
See also localization status of this section.
Needs* tags
Found 36 pages. Learn more about how to deal with meta-tags.
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NeedsMarkupWork
- BatteryManager.charging
- BatteryManager.chargingTime
- BatteryManager.dischargingTime
- BatteryManager.level
- BatteryManager.onchargingchange
- BatteryManager.onchargingtimechange
- BatteryManager.ondischargingtimechange
- BatteryManager.onlevelchange
- DeviceLightEvent
- DeviceLightEvent.value
- DeviceOrientationEvent.absolute
- DeviceOrientationEvent.beta
- DeviceOrientationEvent.gamma
- DeviceProximityEvent.max
- DeviceProximityEvent.min
- DeviceProximityEvent.value
- Gamepad.axes
- Gamepad.buttons
- Gamepad.connected
- Gamepad.id
- Gamepad.index
- Gamepad.mapping
- Gamepad.timestamp
- GamepadButton
- GamepadButton.pressed
- GamepadButton.value
- Window.ondevicelight
- Window.ondeviceproximity
- NeedsBetterSpecLink
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NeedsExample
- DeviceOrientationEvent.absolute
- DeviceOrientationEvent.beta
- DeviceOrientationEvent.gamma
- DeviceProximityEvent.max
- DeviceProximityEvent.min
- DeviceProximityEvent.value
- Geolocation.clearWatch()
- Geolocation.getCurrentPosition()
- Geolocation.watchPosition()
- PositionOptions.enableHighAccuracy
- PositionOptions.maximumAge
- PositionOptions.timeout
- NeedsCompatTable
- NeedsBrowserCompatibility
- NeedsRealCompatTable
Editorial reviews
Found 2 pages. Learn more about how to do an editorial review.
Technical reviews
Found 4 pages. Learn more about how to do a technical review.
Outdated pages
Found 8 pages. These pages haven't been updated in over a year. Outdated pages can have problems with both content and format. Look at these pages and consider: Is this page talking about the Web of today? Does it look consistent with newer pages in this topic area? If not, make any needed changes.
- DeviceProximityEvent
889 days old - DeviceProximityEvent.max
889 days old - DeviceProximityEvent.min
889 days old - DeviceProximityEvent.value
889 days old - NetworkInformation.ontypechange
665 days old - UserProximityEvent
888 days old - Window.ondeviceproximity
888 days old - Window.onuserproximity
888 days old
Dev-doc-needed bugs
Found 64 bugs. Learn more about how to resolve a dev-doc-needed bug.
| Bug | Summary | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 1181561 | Exposing a kill switch enabling/disabling API | FxOS-S6 (04Sep) |
| 900551 | Provide a mechanism to get/set shared background image for privileged apps using mozSettings | 2.1 S4 (12sep) |
| 846200 | Support for granting the 'settings' permission on a per-permission basis | 2.1 S3 (29aug) |
| 878533 | WebSMS: Move SmsFilter to WebIDL dictionary | 2.1 S3 (29aug) |
| 745283 | Expose a client UDP datagram socket API to web applications | 2.1 S3 (29aug) |
| 855952 | [DeviceStorage] support append file operation on b2g device | 2.0 S4 (20june) |
| 814629 | [DSDS] WebMobileConnection API: support multiple sim cards | 1.3 Sprint 5 - 11/22 |
| 814637 | WebIccManager API: support multiple sim cards | 1.3 Sprint 5 - 11/22 |
| 885679 | B2G MMS: Add 'subject' to {Thread} object. | 1.3 Sprint 4 - 11/8 |
| 885701 | [DOMRequest] Implement DOMRequestService.fireDetailedError | 1.1 QE3 (26jun) |
| 813978 | B2G SMS: getMessages cursor is slow when SMS database contains large number of messages | B2G C4 (2jan on) |
| 823974 | Geolocation should require a manifest entry for apps | B2G C4 (2jan on) |
| 778093 | B2G RIL: support Cell Broadcast | B2G C2 (20nov-10dec) |
| 775997 | Message app crashes when run OOP | B2G C1 (to 19nov) |
| 857414 | [meta] B2G RIL: Move all icc/sim-related stuff from mozMobileConnection to mozIccManager | --- |
| 902565 | this.done in cursor callback of naviagtor.getDeviceStorage("sdcard").enumerate is undefined | --- |
| 856971 | WebSMS: s/nsIDOMMozSmsFilter/nsIDOMMozMobileMessageFilter for a generic term | --- |
| 805130 | Add error codes for validation failures in navigator.mozPay() | --- |
| 1205649 | Change device orientation to send relative events; add absolute device orientation event | mozilla46 |
| 915880 | Add onclose event handlers in the MozInterAppMessagePort | mozilla45 |
| 1137557 | CompositionManager and forms.js should be redesigned with nsITextInputProcessor for conforming to DOM Level 3 Events (D3E) | mozilla43 |
| 1037329 | [b2g] Implement SystemUpdate WebAPI | mozilla42 |
| 1036604 | Add VRDevice interface and getVRDevices | mozilla36 |
| 1022193 | Add a "forceIdSelection" to navigator.getMobileIdAssertion | mozilla33 |
| 988469 | MSISDN verification API for privileged apps | mozilla32 |
| 987954 | [Camera][Gecko] Remove last direct JS_*() calls from DOMCameraControl.cpp | mozilla32 |
| 876980 | Expose mozAlarms API to installed apps on Firefox desktop | mozilla31 |
| 910412 | Change DeviceStorage API to use FileSystem API spec | mozilla30 |
| 811635 | B2G Wifi: Support Wifi Direct | mozilla29 |
| 858005 | B2G Network Stats: Add support to usage alarms | mozilla28 |
| 876397 | Inter-App Communication API | mozilla26 |
| 883923 | Provide a Fuzzy Matcher API for phone numbers | mozilla26 |
| 772765 | B2G telephony: support conference calls | mozilla26 |
| 903403 | [sms][mms] Make getSegmentInfoForText() Asynchronous to Improve Typing Performance | mozilla26 |
| 850140 | B2G MMS: implement MmsService.handleDeliveryIndication() to handle delivery report | mozilla25 |
| 823958 | There is no way to know if navigator.mozTelephony is ready to access calls infos | mozilla24 |
| 860585 | B2G RIL: Move cardLock related API from mozMobileConnection to mozIccManager | mozilla24 |
| 876936 | Alarm API should immediately fire alarms set in the 'past' rather than error. | mozilla24 |
| 858416 | Device Storage - Create a composite interface | mozilla23 |
| 847741 | B2G RIL: Move mozContact.getSimContacts to IccManager | mozilla23 |
| 849739 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager.getThreads() | mozilla23 |
| 854790 | B2G SMS & MMS: support filtering by thread ID | mozilla23 |
| 843445 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager.retrieveMMS() to retrieve MMS for the deferred retrieval mode | mozilla23 |
| 840780 | (webicc) WebICC - Secure Elements | mozilla22 |
| 844431 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager interface (with sendMMS() first) | mozilla22 |
| 847736 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager.delete() | mozilla22 |
| 810067 | B2G MMS: support automatic/manual/never retrieval modes | mozilla22 |
| 847738 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager.getMessage() | mozilla22 |
| 847756 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager.markMessageRead() | mozilla22 |
| 849741 | B2G MMS: provide nsIDOMMobileMessageManager.onreceived event | mozilla22 |
| 850530 | B2G MMS: Use the same attribute name for delivery (s/state/delivery) like SMS | mozilla22 |
| 834595 | Create a device storage api which only returns media state (ready, unavailable, etc..) | mozilla21 |
| 804754 | B2G MMS: support UAProfile in HTTP header | mozilla20 |
| 811605 | B2G RIL: enable ril debugging output in run-time | mozilla19 |
| 791935 | B2G STK: Implement 'MT Call Event', 'Call Connected' and 'Call Disconnected' Envelope commands | mozilla18 |
| 777665 | [b2g-bluetooth] hook up to settings API | mozilla18 |
| 787420 | B2G RIL: add setting for switching between 2G/3G | mozilla18 |
| 795047 | Wifi: Add support for scan_ssid to search for hidden networks | mozilla18 |
| 715788 | Add A-GPS support for gonk | mozilla17 |
| 736710 | Voicemail API based on SMS Message Waiting | mozilla17 |
| 738528 | Android still image support for getUserMedia | mozilla16 |
| 759637 | B2G RIL: Add DOM APIs for automatic and manual network selection mode | mozilla16 |
| 761482 | WebMobileConnection: make {voice|data}.operator an nsIDOMMozMobileOperatorInfo | mozilla16 |
| 729173 | WebMobileConnection | mozilla14 |
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Localizations
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| Language | Pages | Translated | Translations up to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| af | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| bn-BD | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| de | 78 | 2 (2%) | 1 (50%) |
| es | 78 | 18 (23%) | 3 (16%) |
| fa | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| fr | 78 | 11 (14%) | 0 (0%) |
| it | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| ja | 78 | 19 (24%) | 9 (47%) |
| ko | 78 | 12 (15%) | 1 (8%) |
| pl | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| pt-BR | 78 | 20 (25%) | 5 (25%) |
| pt-PT | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| ro | 78 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| ru | 78 | 10 (12%) | 3 (30%) |
| zh-CN | 78 | 19 (24%) | 2 (10%) |
| zh-TW | 78 | 26 (33%) | 20 (76%) |
Notes
API Landing pages
- Proximity Events (needs "landification", extract info for tutorial, then to be moved)
- Vibration API (needs "landification", extract info for tutorial, then to be moved)
- Geolocation API (missing)
- Gamepad API
- Device Orientation API (missing)
- Battery API (needs "landification", extract info for tutorial, then to be moved)
- Ambient Light Events
- Network Information API (needs "landification", extract info for tutorial, then to be moved)
Tagging standard
- Grouping tag are: "Vibration API", "Battery API", "Geolocation API", "Gamepad API", "Device Orientation API", "Proximity Events", "Ambient Light Events", "Network Information API", "Device API"
Other tasks to do
- Remove Experimental for Battery API pages, Proximity Events pages and Ambient Light pages: these specs reached CR.
Tutorials list and status
- Using geolocation (To be moved)
- Good vibrations: harnessing the vibration API for user feedback [en-US]vibration (Under Apps zone)
- Notifying_users_via_the_Notification_and_Vibration (Under Apps Zone)
- Using the Gamepad API (to be moved)
- Detecting device orientation (to be moved)
- Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser and the Device Orientation API (under Games zone)
- Keep it level responding to device orientation changes (under Apps Zone)
- Using device orientation with 3D transforms (to move?)
- Device proximity: No tutorial
- User proximity: No tutorial
- Retrieving Battery status information (under Apps Zone)
- Using light events (to be moved)
Notes for translators
Any notes here? Where do we expect updates, so that localizers don't translate and update too often?
Specifications
The Device API WG (DAP WG) at the W3C maintains a list of specification.
The interfaces defined in the following specifications are tracked by this status page:
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Vibration API | Recommendation | Tagged Vibration API |
| Battery Status API | Candidate Recommendation | Tagged Battery API |
| Geolocation API | Recommendation | Tagged Geolocation API |
| Device Orientation Events | Working Draft | Tagged Device Orientation API |
| Ambient Light Sensor | Editor's Draft | Tagged Ambient Light Events |
| Proximity Events | Working Draft | Tagged Proximity Events |
| Network Information API | Editor's Draft | Tagged Network Information API |
| Gamepad | Working Draft | Tagged Gamepad API |
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