Privileged app doesn't have Contact constructor?

[Matěj Cepl]

Hi,

I am trying to create an importer for the LDIF file (export from
Thunderbird Address Book) to my new Peak Contacts.

My current code is https://github.com/mcepl/import-LDIF . I have tried
to create a packaged privileged app (I need it for inserting new
Contacts to the system address book), but even though the package
validates on https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/validator when I
run it in the Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 I get error

Timestamp: 05/18/13 20:18:26
Error: TypeError: Contact is not a constructor
Source File: app://84eb47f2-a003-47ee-8a32-c224b56aabb5/importAddrBook.js
Line: 88

How come? Any thoughts what do I do wrong?

Best,

Matěj Cepl
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If trains stop at train stations, what happens at work stations?

[Harald Kirschner]

Hi Matěj,

nice project! That's a simple fix, you just need to rename Contact to mozContact.
You can see an example at https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/ContactsAPI#Example and a lot more code in the Gaia communications app https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/communications

You could also add a Web Activity to bind your app to "open" LDIF files (from links, email attachments, etc). The PDF app does that for PDF files [1].

Cheers,

---
Harald Kirschner | Partner Engineer & Web Craftsman | har...@mozilla.com (mailto:hkirs...@mozilla.com)

[1]: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/blob/master/apps/pdfjs/manifest.webapp#L21

On Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Matěj Cepl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create an importer for the LDIF file (export from
> Thunderbird Address Book) to my new Peak Contacts.
>
> My current code is https://github.com/mcepl/import-LDIF . I have tried
> to create a packaged privileged app (I need it for inserting new
> Contacts to the system address book), but even though the package
> validates on https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/validator when I
> run it in the Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 I get error
>
> Timestamp: 05/18/13 20:18:26
> Error: TypeError: Contact is not a constructor
> Source File: app://84eb47f2-a003-47ee-8a32-c224b56aabb5/importAddrBook.js
> Line: 88
>
> How come? Any thoughts what do I do wrong?
>
> Best,
>
> Matěj Cepl
> --

> http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mc...@ceplovi.cz (mailto:mc...@ceplovi.cz)

> GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC
>
> If trains stop at train stations, what happens at work stations?

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[Matej Cepl]

On 2013-05-18, 19:50 GMT, Harald Kirschner wrote:
> nice project! That's a simple fix, you just need to rename Contact to
> mozContact.
> You can see an example at
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/ContactsAPI#Example and a lot more
> code in the Gaia communications app
> https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/communications

Does the same moz* prefix applies to other Contact* constructors as well
(ContactAddress, ContactField, and ContactTelField)?

My current code
(https://github.com/mcepl/import-LDIF/blob/master/importAddrBook.js#L70)
now crashes on

cAddr = new subClass();

with errors

* Error: TypeError: subClass is not a constructor
Source File:
app://84eb47f2-a003-47ee-8a32-c224b56aabb5/importAddrBook.js
Line: 70
* Content JS LOG at
app://84eb47f2-a003-47ee-8a32-c224b56aabb5/importAddrBook.js:140 in
translateObjectToContact: new sub element ContactField
* Content JS LOG at
app://84eb47f2-a003-47ee-8a32-c224b56aabb5/importAddrBook.js:66 in
findSubElement: idx = email, subClass = [object ContactField], subType
= work

(I don't understand how it is possible that the error message precedes
log messages, and apparently subClass has a value of ContactField, so
the error message doesn't make much sense to me).

> You could also add a Web Activity to bind your app to "open" LDIF
> files (from links, email attachments, etc). The PDF app does that for
> PDF files [1].

Splendid idea! Will do, once the program works.

Best,

Matěj

[Andrew Sutherland]

On 05/18/2013 03:50 PM, Harald Kirschner wrote:
> You could also add a Web Activity to bind your app to "open" LDIF files (from links, email attachments, etc). The PDF app does that for PDF files [1].

For the time-being the e-mail app only will download/open attachments of
mime types found in MimeMapper._typeToExtensionMap in
https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/blob/master/shared/js/mime_mapper.js

Currently, this only covers image/audio/video types supported by the
device, and *not* PDF types or anything else. The e-mail bug on this is
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825318

The pdf.js app bug (from a Gaia perspective) is
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=852849

The fundamental issue lies somewhere between an e-mail UX problem and a
lack of platform capabilities to detect mime types supported by
installed apps.

Andrew