diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 69c22d638..6f0c6feed 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -10,9 +10,69 @@ Please see our [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). You will need to complete a Contribution License Agreement before any pull request can be accepted. Complete the CLA at https://cla.dotnetfoundation.org/. -## Contributing Code - -Check out [A Beginner's Guide for Contributing to Xamarin.Essentials](https://github.com/xamarin/Essentials/wiki/A-Beginner's-Guide-for-Contributing-to-Xamarin.Essentials). +## Contributing Code - Best Practices + +### Enums +* Always use `Unknown` at index 0 for return types that may have a value that is not known +* Always use `Default` at index 0 for option types that can use the system default option +* Follow naming guidelines for tense... `SensorSpeed` not `SensorSpeeds` +* Assign values (0,1,2,3) for all enums + +### Property Names +* Include units only if one of the platforms includes it in their implementation. For instance HeadingMagneticNorth implies degrees on all platforms, but PressureInHectopascals is needed since platforms don't provide a consistent API for this. + +### Units +* Use the standard units and most well accepted units when possible. For instance Hectopascals are used on UWP/Android and iOS uses Kilopascals so we have chosen Hectopascals. + +### Style +* Prefer using `==` when checking for null instead of `is` + +### Exceptions + +We currently have different ways of indicating that nothing can be done: + + - do nothing + - throw `FeatureNotSupportedException` + - throw `PlatformNotSupportedException` + - throw `FeatureNotEnabledException` + +One case where we do nothing is in Android's energy saver API: if we are not Lollipop, then we just fall through: +https://github.com/xamarin/Essentials/blob/1.0.0/Xamarin.Essentials/Battery/Battery.android.cs#L12-L48 + +One case where we throw `FeatureNotSupportedException` is with the sensors: if there is no sensor X, then we throw. + +One case (and the only case so far) where we throw `PlatformNotSupportedException` is in Android's text-to-speech API: if we try and speak, but we couldn't initialize, then we throw. + +So far, I was able to determine that we throw `FeatureNotSupportedException` for: + - the sensors on all platforms if we aren't able to access the hardware + - we throw in the start and the stop (this one may be overkill, we can probably first check to see if it is started, and if not then just do nothing) + - the Android external browser if there was no browser installed + - the email API + - Android: if there is no `message/rfc822` intent handler + - iOS: (if the mail VC can't send, or if the `mailto:` doesn't have an app, or if trying to send HTML over the `mailto:` protocol + - UWP: if the `EmailManager` is not available, or if trying to send HTML + - the flashlight API on all platforms if there is no camera flash hardware + - the phone dialler + - Android / iOS: if the OS can't handle the `tel:` protocol + - UWP: the `PhoneCallManager` is missing + - the sms API + - Android: if there is no `smsto:` intent handler + - iOS: (if the message VC can't send + - UWP: if the `ChatMessageManager` is not available + - the vibration API on UWP if the `VibrationDevice` is not available or if no hardware was found + +We throw a `PlatformNotSupportedException` for: + - Android when we aren't able to initialize the text-to-speech engine + +We throw a `FeatureNotEnabledException` for: + - Geolocation if no providers are found + +We do "nothing": + - the Vibration API on iOS and android never actually checks, it just starts it + - the Map API on Android and UWP just starts the URI, assuming that something will be there + - the Geolocation API always assumes that there is a GPS and throws a `FeatureNotEnabledException` if there was no way to get the hardware + - the KeepScreenOn feature just assumes the window flag will be honoured (probably is, but is there an api level/hardware limit?) + - the energy saver API on android pre-Lollipop ## Documentation - mdoc diff --git a/Samples/Samples/View/AccelerometerPage.xaml b/Samples/Samples/View/AccelerometerPage.xaml index 917c7a35e..290bd1331 100644 --- a/Samples/Samples/View/AccelerometerPage.xaml +++ b/Samples/Samples/View/AccelerometerPage.xaml @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ -