Firefox OS Landscape and Development Introduction - Google Developer Group (GDG) Dublin Devfest November 2013
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This document summarizes a presentation about Firefox OS, an open-source mobile operating system powered by Mozilla's Gecko engine. The presentation discusses what Firefox OS is, its goals of supplying an alternative to feature phones and lowering the barrier to app development. It provides screenshots of the home screen and app grid. The presenter notes that developers can sell apps in several countries currently and will receive 70% of revenue. Requirements for building apps are simply knowing web technologies. Current and upcoming features of Firefox OS are highlighted, including push notifications and NFC support. Resources for learning more are also listed.
Firefox OS Landscape and Development Introduction - Google Developer Group (GDG) Dublin Devfest November 2013
- 1. Landscape and Development Introduction GDG Dublin 2013 - Gianfranco P. @gianpaj - Nov 2nd 2013
- 2. What is this talk about? ● What’s Firefox OS ● Why should I care ● How do I try building an app ● Resources
- 3. Firefox OS, a Browser or a Phone? Neither, it’s an open-source mobile OS based on Linux and powered by Mozilla’s Gecko* *Layout engine used by Firefox browser, Thunderbird, etc
- 4. Why? ● Supply something better to next 2 billion coming online ● Replacing feature phones ● Smaller stack for developers
- 5. Cool, so how does it look? 1.3 Lock Screen 1.1 Home Screen 1.2 App Grid
- 6. tm Marketplace (aka App Store ) marketplace.mozilla.com
- 7. Ok but, can I make a living? ● TL;DR -> soon ● Developers receive 70% of the pre-VAT and fee amount ○ eg. from a 0.89€ app (pre VAT 0.74€) you get 0.59€ ● Paid apps, freemium apps, and in-app payments ● No signup developers fee ● Ability to charge the user directly to their mobile phone account
- 8. Where can I sell today? ● ● ● ● ● Brazil Colombia Poland Spain Venezuela
- 9. How did it get here? ● First demoded in Feb 2012 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ● April 2013 GeeksPhone Keon (dev preview) ● July 2013 First commercial based phone ZTE Open ● Nov 2013 GeeksPhone Peak+
- 10. Why now? ● Emerging economies. ● Lower entry to Dev ● Telefónica is doing a big push (Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia) ● More phones are being launched ○ LG ○ ZTE ○ Geekphone
- 12. Where are we now? ● 1.1.0 released ● 1.2.0 feature complete in Sept - fixing bugs ○ Code freeze Dec 9th ● 1.3.0 feature complete in Dec 9th ○ Code freeze March 3rd The current plan is to continue with FxOS releases every 12 weeks
- 13. Ok but what the real deal? ● 1.1 ○ Push notifications! (iOS and Android since 2009) ○ MMS support (iOS and Android since 2009) ● 1.2 ○ ○ ○ ○ Bluetooth contacts sharing Email notifications Email support for audio & video attachments Music player status on homescreen
- 14. Ok but what the real deal? ● 1.3 ○ POP3 support ○ Access to music controls in notifications tray and when screen is locked ○ Add flash capability to camera ○ Add WebRTC support to B2G ○ NFC Pairing, Payments and API ○ Reading from NFC tags
- 16. But WebAPI is not ready? False! arewemobileyet.com
- 17. Skills required? read the docs :) Can you write Web apps? Then you’re sorted.
- 20. Summary ● Firefox OS, if successful, will change the way we use the Web. ● We are used to visit websites but Firefox OS will bring an era where we will be using Web apps more than Websites. Ubuntu for Phones will also support Firefox OS to help bring in this change.
- 21. Resources ● Dev ○ ○ ○ ○ github.com/robnyman/Firefox-OS-Boilerplate-App groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla.dev.webapps leanpub.com/quickguidefirefoxosdevelopment shafiul.github.io/slides/kickstart_fxos.html ● General Info ○ ○ ○ hacks.mozilla.org/category/firefox-os reddit.com/r/FireFoxOS/ people.mozilla.org/~bking/presentations/oylg2013/firefoxos.html
- 22. Thanks Link to slides: goo.gl/y3aVsD @gianpaj