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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-15 03:34:42 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-15 03:34:42 +0000 |
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diff --git a/mobile/android/android-components/components/concept/awesomebar/README.md b/mobile/android/android-components/components/concept/awesomebar/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..73b39c7b51 --- /dev/null +++ b/mobile/android/android-components/components/concept/awesomebar/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# [Android Components](../../../README.md) > Concept > Awesomebar + +An abstract definition of an awesome bar component. + +## Usage + +### Setting up the dependency + +Use Gradle to download the library from [maven.mozilla.org](https://maven.mozilla.org/) ([Setup repository](../../../README.md)): + +```Groovy +implementation "org.mozilla.components:concept-awesomebar:{latest-version}" +``` + +### Implementing an Awesome Bar + +An Awesome Bar can be any [Android View](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html) that implements the `AwesomeBar` interface. + +An `AwesomeBar` implementation needs to react to the following events: + +* `onInputStarted()`: The user starts interacting with the awesome bar by entering text in the [toolbar](../toolbar/README.md). This callback is a good place to initialize code that will be required once the user starts typing. +* `onInputChanged(text: String)`: The user changed the text in the [toolbar](../toolbar/README.md). The awesome bar implementation should update its suggestions based on the text entered now. +* `onInputCancelled()`: The user has cancelled their interaction with the awesome bar. This callback is a good place to free resources that are no longer needed. + +The suggestions an awesome bar displays are provided by an `SuggestionProvider`. Those providers are passed by the app (or another component) to the awesome bar by calling `addProviders()`. Once the text changes the awesome bar queries the `SuggestionProvider` instances and receives a list of `Suggestion` objects. + +Once the user selects a suggestion and the awesome bar wants to stop the interaction it can invoke the callback provided via the `setOnStopListener()` method. This is required as the awesome bar implementation is unaware of how it gets displayed and how interaction with it should be stopped (e.g. leaving the [toolbar's](../toolbar/README.md) editing mode). + +### Suggestions + +A `Suggestion` object contains the data required to be displayed and callbacks for when a suggestion was selected by the user. + +It is up to the suggestion or its provider to define the behavior that should happen in that situation (e.g. loading a URL, performing a search, switching tabs..). + +All data in the `Suggestion` object is optional. It is up to the awesome bar implementation to handle missing data (e.g. show the `description` instead of a missing `title`). + +Every `Suggestion` has an `id`. By default the `Suggestion` will generate a random ID. This ID can be used by the awesome bar to determine whether two suggestions are the same even though they are containing different/updated data. For example a `Suggestion` showing search suggestions from a search engine might use a constant ID when it is showing new search suggestions - to avoid the awesome bar implementation animating the previous suggestion leaving and a new suggestion appearing. + +### Implementing a Suggestion Provider + +For implementing a Suggestion Provider the `SuggestionProvider` interface needs to be implemented. The awesome bar forwards the events it receives to every provider: `onInputStarted()`, `onInputCancelled()`, `onInputChanged(text: String)`. A provider is required to return a list of `Suggestion` objects from `onInputChanged()`. This implementation can be synchronous. The awesome bar implementation takes care of performing the requests from worker threads. + +## License + + This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/ |