diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/background/common/GlobalConstants.java.in
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+#filter substitution
+/* 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/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.background.common;
+
+/**
+ * Preprocessed class for storing preprocessed values common to all
+ * Android services.
+ */
+public class GlobalConstants {
+  public static final String ANDROID_CPU_ARCH = "@ANDROID_CPU_ARCH@";
+
+  // One of 'beta', 'aurora', 'nightly', 'default'.
+  // If this is an official build, 'default' means 'release'.
+  // Otherwise, it means 'dev'.
+  public static final String MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL = "@MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL@";
+#ifdef MOZ_OFFICIAL_BRANDING
+  public static final boolean MOZ_OFFICIAL_BRANDING = true;
+#else
+  public static final boolean MOZ_OFFICIAL_BRANDING = false;
+#endif
+
+  public static final long BUILD_TIMESTAMP_SECONDS = @MOZ_BUILD_TIMESTAMP@L;
+  public static final long BUILD_TIMESTAMP_MSEC = 1000L * @MOZ_BUILD_TIMESTAMP@L;
+
+  public static final String MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME = "@MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME@";
+  public static final String MOZ_APP_VERSION = "@MOZ_APP_VERSION@";
+  public static final String BROWSER_INTENT_PACKAGE = "@ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME@";
+  public static final String BROWSER_INTENT_CLASS = BROWSER_INTENT_PACKAGE + ".App";
+
+  /**
+   * Bug 800244: this signing-level permission protects broadcast intents that
+   * should be received only by the Firefox versions with the given Android
+   * package name.
+   */
+  public static final String PER_ANDROID_PACKAGE_PERMISSION = "@ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME@.permission.PER_ANDROID_PACKAGE";
+
+  public static final int SHARED_PREFERENCES_MODE = 0;
+
+  // These are used to ask Fennec (via reflection) to send
+  // us a pref notification. This avoids us having to guess
+  // Fennec's prefs branch and pref name.
+  // Eventually Fennec might listen to startup notifications and
+  // do this automatically, but this will do for now. See Bug 800244.
+  public static String GECKO_PREFERENCES_CLASS = "org.mozilla.gecko.preferences.GeckoPreferences";
+  public static String GECKO_BROADCAST_ANNOUNCEMENTS_PREF_METHOD  = "broadcastAnnouncementsPref";
+  public static String GECKO_BROADCAST_HEALTHREPORT_UPLOAD_PREF_METHOD  = "broadcastHealthReportUploadPref";
+  public static String GECKO_BROADCAST_HEALTHREPORT_PRUNE_METHOD = "broadcastHealthReportPrune";
+
+  // Common time values.
+  public static final long MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  public static final long MILLISECONDS_PER_SIX_MONTHS = 180 * MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY;
+}