TideSDK vs B2G API Feature Comparison - LemontechSA/TideSDK GitHub Wiki
| API | Description | TideSDK | B2G |
| Web Telephony | Allow placing and answering phone calls as well as build in-call UI. | X | |
| Vibration API | Control device vibration for things like haptic feedback in games. Not intended to solve things like vibration for notification. | X | |
| WebSMS | Send/receive SMS messages as well as manage messages stored on device. | X | |
| Idle API | Get notifications when user is idle. | X | |
| Screen Orientation | Get notification when screen orientation changes as well as control which screen orientation a page/app wants. | X | |
| Settings API | Set system-wide configurations that are saved permanently on the device. | X | |
| Power Management API | Turn on/off screen, cpu, device power, etc. Listen and inspect resource lock events. | X | |
| Mobile Connection API | Expose signal strength, operator, etc for GSM and other mobile connections. This does not cover WiFi. | X | |
| TCP Socket API | Low-level TCP socket API. Will also include SSL support. | X | |
| Geolocation API | Same API since Firefox 3.5 | X | |
| Sensor API | Access to device sensors such as accelerometer, magnetic field (compass), proximity, ambient light etc. | X | |
| WiFi Information API | Privileged API to get a list of available WiFi networks. Also get signal strength and name of currently connected network, etc. | X | |
| Device Storage API | Add/Read/Modify files stored on a central location on the device. For example the "pictures" folder on modern desktop platforms or the photo storage in mobile devices. | X | |
| Contacts API | Add/Read/Modify the device contacts address book. | X | |
| Mouse Lock API | Lock access to mouse and get access to movement deltas rather than coordinates. | X | |
| Open WebApps | nstall web apps and manage installed webapps. Also allows an installed webapp to get payment information. Everything needed to build a Opeb WebApps app store. | X | |
| WebBluetooth | Low level access to Bluetooth hardware. | X | |
| Network Information API | Get basic information about current network connectivity. Example: "How fast of a connection do I have?". | X | |
| Battery Status API | Information about battery charge level and if device is plugged in. | X | |
| Alarm API | Schedule a notification, or for an application to be started, at a specific time. | X | |
| Browser API | Enables implementing a browser completely in web technologies. | X | |
| Time/Clock API | Set current time. Timezone will go in the Settings API. | X | |
| Web Activities | Delegate an activity to another application. | X | |
| Push Notifications API | Allow the platform to send notification messages to specific applications. | X | |
| Permissions API | Allow Settings app to manage all app permissions in a centralized location | X | |
| FM Radio API | For FM radio feature. | X | |
| FileHandle API | Writable files with locking. | X | |
| Network Stats API | Monitor data usage and expose data to privileged apps. | X |
| API | Description | TideSDK | B2G |
| Resource lock API | Prevent resources from being turned off, for example screen dimming, WiFi turning off, CPU going into sleep mode etc. | ||
| UDP Datagram Socket API | Low-level UDP API. | ||
| USB file-reading API | When enabled, allows mounting of device storage as a USB filesystem on the tethered computer. | ||
| Camera API | This is part of the larger WebRTC effort. This is a big piece of work so see the link. | ||
| Peer to Peer API | This is part of the larger WebRTC effort. This is a big piece of work so see the link. | ||
| WebNFC | Low level access to NFC hardware. So far focusing on NDEF support. | ||
| WebUSB | Low level access to USB hardware. | ||
| HTTP-cache API | Query what's stored in the browsers http-cache. Add/remove entries. Update expiration time. Get data directly from cache. | ||
| Calendar API | Add/Read/Modify to the device calendar. | ||
| Spellcheck API | Enable webpages to check if a piece of text is correctly spelled as well as get suggestions for corrections. | ||
| Background services | Enable a web application to run in the background and perform tasks like syncing or respond to incoming messages. | ||
| LogAPI | Allows to register the user activity on the phone. |
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- Copyright © 2012 David Pratt (for TideSDK). All rights reserved.
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- David Pratt
- Francisco Zarate