Available API list on Panasonic Viera

[Yusuke]

Hi Mozillians,

I'm wondering is there any documents with the API's which can be used
on Panasonic Viera CX 800?

The MDN has the steps to use WebIDE, the UX guide, ... on Viera.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/TVs_connected_devices

Although, I'm not sure, does MDN have the available API list on Panasonic Viera?

Cheers,
Yusuke

[Chris Mills]

My understanding is that it is basically the same set of APIs that are usable on Firefox OS devices, so we don’t really need a separate list. The huge list of APIs supported (mostly) on the web platform can be found here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API

And the APIs that are FxOS only can be found here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps/Reference/Firefox_OS_device_APIs

If there is anything that doesn’t work on the TV platform, I am happy to make an exceptions list.

Best,

Chris Mills
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[Evelyn Hung]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Chris Mills <cmi...@mozilla.com> wrote:

My understanding is that it is basically the same set of APIs that are usable on Firefox OS devices, so we don’t really need a separate list.

Unfortunately, it's not true. Some APIs, especially those related to hardware capabilities, are not supported on Viera TV. The most known one is DeviceStorage. The others like WebRTC and Geolocation are not supported either. So.. yes, we should figure out a non-supported API list and work with partner to resolve these items one by one.

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Evelyn Hung
Front-end Engineering Lead, Firefox OS Devices
Mozilla Corporation

[Chris Mills]

> On 7 Jan 2016, at 03:39, Evelyn Hung <eh...@mozilla.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Chris Mills <cmi...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> My understanding is that it is basically the same set of APIs that are usable on Firefox OS devices, so we don’t really need a separate list.
>
> Unfortunately, it's not true. Some APIs, especially those related to hardware capabilities, are not supported on Viera TV. The most known one is DeviceStorage. The others like WebRTC and Geolocation are not supported either. So.. yes, we should figure out a non-supported API list and work with partner to resolve these items one by one.

Ok, this is useful to know. I’ve started a list:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/TVs_connected_devices#API_support_on_TV

We’ll put it here for now (I can always put it some place better when I restructure the TV docs, as discussed at the end of last year)

For now, can you help me by adding to this? I think each entry should be structured something like:


[name of API, linked to docs] : Not supported on [list of devices, or “all Firefox OS TVs”] because [include explanation as to why]. Implementation [is/isn’t] currently being worked on (see bug [relevant bugzilla bug number, if available].)

[Yusuke]

Hi Chris,

Thanks comments.

> If there is anything that doesn’t work on the TV platform, I am happy to make an exceptions list.

Yup, I'm also thinking that.

It just seems to me that, for example, fmradio API, mobilenetwork API,
camera API, contacts API wouldn't work on TV platform.
I mean, the TV doesn't need that features.
Then, it would be useful for developer with available API list on TV platform.

Best,
Yusuke

2016-01-07 0:47 GMT+09:00 Chris Mills <cmi...@mozilla.com>:
> My understanding is that it is basically the same set of APIs that are usable on Firefox OS devices, so we don’t really need a separate list. The huge list of APIs supported (mostly) on the web platform can be found here: