Non-standard
This feature is not on a current W3C standards track, but it is supported on the Firefox OS platform. Although implementations may change in the future and it is not supported widely across browsers, it is suitable for use in code dedicated to Firefox OS apps.
This API is available on Firefox or Firefox OS for installed or higher privileged applications.
Summary
The MozActivityRequestHandler interface allows apps that handle activities to access and interact with the request made by a third party app that tries to delegate an activity.
To handle activities, an application has to register a handler to the system message activity using navigator.mozSetMessageHandler(). The callback that is passed to navigator.mozSetMessageHandler() will be called with a MozActivityHandler object in parameter when the system message is of the type activity.
Interface overview
interface MozActivityRequestHandler
{
readonly attribute MozActivityOptions source;
void postResult(object result);
void postError(DOMString error);
};
Properties
MozActivityRequestHandler.sourceRead only- A
MozActivityOptionsobject containing all the information about the current activity request.
Methods
MozActivityRequestHandler.postResult()- Allows to send back a success response to the app that initiated the activity.
MozActivityRequestHandler.postError()- Allows to send back an error response to the app that initiated the activity.
Specification
Web Activities is not part of any specification. However, it has some overlap with the proposed Web Intents specification. Mozilla actually proposed Web Activities as a counter proposal to Web Intents. For more information about this, see discussion on the Web Intents Task Force ML.