ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Bill Filler <bill.filler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/21/2014 03:09 AM, Tomas Öqvist wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Ubuntu Touch is making great progress. I am using it as a daily driver
> on my Nexus 4 now, but there are a few areas where I haven't been able
> to find the current status and/or plans:
> 1) MMS is not working. I am able to send a picture through the
> messaging app and all looks fine on the phone, but it never reaches
> its recipient.
We are waiting for support from the Phonedations team to land upload
support to nuntium and ubuntu-download-manager. This is needed for MMS
send to work, and I believe it should land this week sometime.

It's a valid bug that we are not correctly reporting failures on sent
MMS messages. Bug tracked here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/messaging-app/+bug/1337597

> 2) Bluetooth support. I can connect to some bluetooth devices, but not
> all. When I am able to connect I can stream music, but when can we
> expect bluetooth support in the dialer app?
Bluetooth support in general is being actively worked on. Support in the
dialer-app should land sometime in the next few weeks or so once all the
backend support is finalized.

> 3) There are 6 apps in the launcher residing above "My apps". Is there
> any way to change which apps are on the top?
Good question, I was wondering the same. Shell team/design, any feedback
on this.

> 4) Camera is really good in bright lighting, but whenever I use the
> flash pictures turn black or almost black.
This is a known outstanding bug that seems to be hardware/timing
related, but still needs more investigation. It works fine on some
devices (mine) but not others.

Bug is tracked here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/camera-app/+bug/1322121

Fix hopefully to come in next month.


> 5) Video recording is nice, but I don't get any sound on the videos I
> record.

This is a known issue being worked on by media-hub guys, as well as the
issue that recorded videos are in the wrong orientation. Bug tracked here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/media-hub/+bug/1346301

> 6) Location indicators stay on, but GPS seems not to be working and
> location through GSM is very hit and miss (in e.g. the weather app).
> Google maps is not able to determine the location even though both
> location detection and GPS indicators are checked.
I'm told AGPS support should help this and is planning on landing soon,
but I'll let the teams working on that comment.

> 7) Document viewer, is it WIP or planned for later releases?

It is not planned work for my team currently.

>
> Thanks,
> Tomas
>
> 2014-07-17 21:18, Bill Filler skrev:
>> *
>>
>>
>>     Apps Team - Status July 17, 2014
>>
>>
>> Summary:
>>
>> Working on ux freeze goals
>>
>>
>> Telephony/Messaging:
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     Work in progress on dual-sim UI support in dialer and
>>     messaging-app, per design spec. Phase 1 to land this week with
>>     support to manually switch between sims for calls and messages.
>>     Phase 2 to following with integration with system settings supported.
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     dialer: new design implemented for Recent call view - supports
>>     new swipe left actions reveal for opening contact card and
>>     messaging actions
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     messaging: new search UI implemented per design in Compose screen
>>     - shows all results in flat list with ability to directly choose
>>     the appropriate number for a contact in single click
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     dialer/messaging: improved journey between dialer, messaging, and
>>     address book per design spec
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     fixes for phone number formatting based on locale
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     work in progress on vibration support for calls and messages,
>>     integration with system-settings in progress
>>
>>
>> Address Book:
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     improved navigation between address book and telephony apps
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     more visual tweaks per design
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     bug fixes on the address book service
>>
>>
>> Camera App:
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     Landed HDR support
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     WIP for geolocation tagging of photos, should land this week
>>
>>
>> Browser:
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     Work in progress on new design elements, great progress made: url
>>     bar moved to top, new history page, new tabs page. Goal is to
>>     push working prototype to phablet-team/ppa by end of week for
>>     first round of testing
>>
>>
>> OSK:
>>
>>  *
>>
>>     Working on usability issues
>>
>>      o
>>
>>         language menu to display option to launch settings
>>
>>      o
>>
>>         extended key menu to support swiping to activate rather than
>>         multiple presses
>>
>>      o
>>
>>         preparing for design sprint next week
>>
>> *
>>
>>
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