diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/home/PanelRefreshLayout.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/home/PanelRefreshLayout.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+ * 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.home;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoEvent;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.PanelLayout.DatasetBacked;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.PanelLayout.FilterManager;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.GeckoSwipeRefreshLayout;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.GeckoSwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener;
+
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.View;
+
+/**
+ * Used to wrap a {@code DatasetBacked} ListView or GridView to give the child view swipe-to-refresh
+ * capabilities.
+ *
+ * This view acts as a decorator to forward the {@code DatasetBacked} methods to the child view
+ * while providing the refresh gesture support on top of it.
+ */
+class PanelRefreshLayout extends GeckoSwipeRefreshLayout implements DatasetBacked {
+    private static final String LOGTAG = "GeckoPanelRefreshLayout";
+
+    private static final String JSON_KEY_PANEL_ID = "panelId";
+    private static final String JSON_KEY_VIEW_INDEX = "viewIndex";
+
+    private final String panelId;
+    private final int viewIndex;
+    private final DatasetBacked datasetBacked;
+
+    /**
+     * @param context Android context.
+     * @param childView ListView or GridView. Must implement {@code DatasetBacked}.
+     * @param panelId The ID from the {@code PanelConfig}.
+     * @param viewIndex The index from the {@code ViewConfig}.
+     */
+    public PanelRefreshLayout(Context context, View childView, String panelId, int viewIndex) {
+        super(context);
+
+        if (!(childView instanceof DatasetBacked)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("View must implement DatasetBacked to be refreshed");
+        }
+
+        this.panelId = panelId;
+        this.viewIndex = viewIndex;
+        this.datasetBacked = (DatasetBacked) childView;
+
+        setOnRefreshListener(new RefreshListener());
+        addView(childView);
+
+        // Must be called after the child view has been added.
+        setColorScheme(R.color.swipe_refresh_orange, R.color.swipe_refresh_white,
+                       R.color.swipe_refresh_orange, R.color.swipe_refresh_white);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDataset(Cursor cursor) {
+        datasetBacked.setDataset(cursor);
+        setRefreshing(false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFilterManager(FilterManager manager) {
+        datasetBacked.setFilterManager(manager);
+    }
+
+    private class RefreshListener implements OnRefreshListener {
+        @Override
+        public void onRefresh() {
+            final JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
+            try {
+                response.put(JSON_KEY_PANEL_ID, panelId);
+                response.put(JSON_KEY_VIEW_INDEX, viewIndex);
+            } catch (JSONException e) {
+                Log.e(LOGTAG, "Could not create refresh message", e);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            final GeckoEvent event =
+                GeckoEvent.createBroadcastEvent("HomePanels:RefreshView", response.toString());
+            GeckoAppShell.sendEventToGecko(event);
+        }
+    }
+}