Hi Sam, would you be able to look into this if nobody is already working on it? Francis said in bug 1001861 that he updated the task manager spec to include this.

yeah I can get this

Ben, do you know if the the short_name get localized? We may need need to use the same ManifestHelper to look up the display value? I'm also not sure if we need can just populate a shortName property on the AppWindow instance in reConfig, or if we'll need a corollary to updateName. Alive, do you have any opinions on this? I'm thinking we put a shortName on the AppWindow, and use that in Card.js to prefer a shorter label for the card if one is available.

As "name" can be overridden by a locales map, I guess we should assume that "short_name" can be too. The approach you suggest sounds sensible, but I defer to Alive if he thinks differently.

I think we should modify ManifestHelper as well as AppWindow#_handle__localized, AppWindow#reConfig. Anyway yes AppWindow.shortName sounds sane.

Comment on attachment 8564308 [details] [gaia] sfoster:task-manager-short-name-bug-1124146 > mozilla-b2g:master Adds manifest short_name handling to AppWindow and TaskManager/Card, + unit tests and new marionette test

Comment on attachment 8564308 [details] [gaia] sfoster:task-manager-short-name-bug-1124146 > mozilla-b2g:master LGTM

Pull request has landed in master: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/commit/6943356112f7103602f578e8436dbc7b7a60de67

Could you uplift to v2.2?

Comment on attachment 8564308 [details] [gaia] sfoster:task-manager-short-name-bug-1124146 > mozilla-b2g:master [Approval Request Comment] [Bug caused by] (feature/regressing bug #): Manifest short name feature [User impact] if declined: Users may see a different label on apps on the homescreen vs. the task manager. [Testing completed]: On device, gaia-try. Unit and integration tests added [Risk to taking this patch] (and alternatives if risky): Low risk - minimal patch that just affects label/title display in the task manager cards [String changes made]: No string changes, but the change unlocks the ability for apps to show a localizable 'short_name' property from the manifest in the task manager

v2.2: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/commit/9d01f232bbd95440d595b281be42f74679add714

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