moving the storage of settings from frontend to the backend

android/tinySSB/app/src/main/assets/web/board_ui.js

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function load_board_list() {
             var board = tremola.board[bid]
             var date = new Date(bidTimestamp[i][1])
             date = date.toDateString() + ' ' + date.toTimeString().substring(0, 5);
-            if (board.forgotten && tremola.settings.hide_forgotten_boards)
+            if (board.forgotten && tremola.settings.hide_forgotten_kanbans)
                 continue
             var cl, mem, item, bg, row, badge, badgeId, cnt;
             cl = document.getElementById('lst:kanban');

android/tinySSB/app/src/main/assets/web/tremola.html

@@ -433,15 +433,15 @@
     <div class="settings">
       <div class="settingsText">Connect to Peers via BLE</div>
       <div style="float: right;"><label class="switch">
-        <input id="ble" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
+        <input id="ble_enabled" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
         <span class="slider round"></span></label></div>
     </div>
     <hr>
 
     <div class="settings">
       <div class="settingsText">Connect to Peers via UDP Multicast</div>
       <div><label class="switch">
-        <input id="udp_multicast" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
+        <input id="udp_multicast_enabled" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
         <span class="slider round"></span>
       </label></div>
     </div>
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
     <div class="settings">
       <div class="settingsText">Connect to Pub via Websocket</div>
       <div style="float: right;"><label class="switch">
-        <input id="websocket" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
+        <input id="websocket_enabled" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
         <span class="slider round"></span></label></div>
     </div>
     <div id="container:settings_ws_url" class="websocket_url_settings" style="display:none;">
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
     <div class="settings">
       <div class="settingsText">Preview before sending</div>
       <div style="float: right;"><label class="switch">
-        <input id="enable_preview" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
+        <input id="show_chat_preview" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
         <span class="slider round"></span></label></div>
     </div>
     <hr>
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
     <div class="settings">
       <div class="settingsText">Hide forgotten Kanban Boards</div>
       <div style="float: right;"><label class="switch">
-        <input id="hide_forgotten_boards" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
+        <input id="hide_forgotten_kanbans" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
         <span class="slider round"></span></label></div>
     </div>
     <hr>
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     <div class="settings">
       <div class="settingsText">Background map</div>
       <div style="float: right;"><label class="switch">
-        <input id="background_map" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
+        <input id="show_background_map" type="checkbox" onchange="toggle_changed(this);">
         <span class="slider round"></span></label></div>
     </div>
     <hr>

android/tinySSB/app/src/main/assets/web/tremola.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var colors = ["#d9ceb2", "#99b2b7", "#e6cba5", "#ede3b4", "#8b9e9b", "#bd7578",
 var curr_img_candidate = null;
 var pubs = []
 var wants = {}
+var loaded_settings = {} // the settings provided bz the backend, will overwrite tremola.settings after initialization
 
 var restream = false // whether the backend is currently restreaming all posts
 
@@ -877,7 +878,7 @@ function resetTremola() { // wipes browser-side content
         "contacts": {},
         "profile": {},
         "id": myId,
-        "settings": get_default_settings(),
+        "settings": {},
         "board": {}
     }
     var n = recps2nm([myId])
@@ -942,63 +943,6 @@ function b2f_ble_disabled() {
     //ble_status = "disabled"
 }
 
-/*
-var want = {} // all received want vectors, id: [[want vector], timestamp], want vectors older than 90 seconds are discarded
-var max_want = [] // current max vector
-var old_curr = [] // own want vector at the time when the maximum want vector was last updated
-
-function b2f_want_update(identifier, wantVector) {
-
-    console.log("b2f received want:", wantVector, "from: ", identifier)
-
-    // remove old want vectors
-    var deleted = false;
-    for (var id in want) {
-        var ts = want[id][1]
-        if(Date.now() - ts > 90000) {
-            console.log("removed want of", id)
-            delete want[id]
-            deleted = true
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    // if the want vector didn't change, no further updates are required
-    if(identifier in want) {
-        if( equalArrays(want[identifier][0], wantVector)) {
-            console.log("update only")
-            want[identifier][1] = Date.now()
-            if(!deleted)  //if a want vector was previously removed, the max_want needs to be recalculated otherwise it is just an update without an effect
-                return
-        }
-    }
-
-    want[identifier] = [wantVector, Date.now()]
-
-    // calculate new max want vector
-    var all_vectors = Object.values(want).map(val => val[0])
-    var new_max_want = all_vectors.reduce((accumulator, curr) => accumulator.len >= curr.len ? accumulator : curr) //return want vector with most entries
-
-    for (var vec of all_vectors) {
-        for(var i in vec) {
-            if (vec[i] > new_max_want[i])
-                new_max_want[i] = vec[i]
-        }
-    }
-
-    // update
-    if (!equalArrays(max_want,new_max_want)) {
-        old_curr = want['me'][0]
-        max_want = new_max_want
-        console.log("new max")
-    }
-
-    refresh_connection_progressbar()
-
-    console.log("max:", max_want)
-}
-*/
-
 function b2f_local_peer_remaining_updates(identifier, remaining) {
     //TODO
 }
@@ -1253,7 +1197,7 @@ function b2f_new_image_blob(ref) {
     overlayIsActive = true;
 }
 
-function b2f_initialize(id) {
+function b2f_initialize(id, settings) {
     myId = id
     if (window.localStorage.tremola) {
         tremola = JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem('tremola'));
@@ -1265,11 +1209,13 @@ function b2f_initialize(id) {
     if (tremola == null) {
         resetTremola();
         console.log("reset tremola")
+        if (typeof Android == 'undefined')
+            tremola.settings = BrowserOnlySettings // browser-only testing
     }
     if (typeof Android == 'undefined')
         console.log("loaded ", JSON.stringify(tremola))
-    if (!('settings' in tremola))
-        tremola.settings = {}
+    else
+        tremola.settings = JSON.parse(settings)
     var nm, ref;
     for (nm in tremola.settings)
         setSetting(nm, tremola.settings[nm])
@@ -1282,4 +1228,7 @@ function b2f_initialize(id) {
     // load_chat("ALL");
 }
 
+
+
+
 // --- eof

android/tinySSB/app/src/main/assets/web/tremola_settings.js

@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
-function get_default_settings() {
-    return {
-        'enable_preview': false,
-        'background_map': true,
-        'websocket': true,
-        'show_shortnames': true,
-        'hide_forgotten_conv': true,
-        'hide_forgotten_contacts': true,
-        'udp_multicast': true,
-        'ble': true,
-        'websocket_url': "ws://meet.dmi.unibas.ch:8989"
-    }
+
+// These default settings are only used for browser-only testing
+// Normally, these settings below WILL BE IGNORED and loaded via the provided backend.
+const BrowserOnlySettings = {
+    'show_chat_preview': false,
+    'show_background_map': true,
+    'websocket_enabled': true,
+    'show_shortnames': true,
+    'hide_forgotten_conv': true,
+    'hide_forgotten_contacts': true,
+    'hide_forgotten_kanbans': true,
+    'udp_multicast_enabled': true,
+    'ble_enabled': true,
+    'websocket_url': "ws://meet.dmi.unibas.ch:8989"
 }
 
+// button/toggle handler for boolean settings; settingID is determined by the id of the html object that emitted the event (e.id)
 function toggle_changed(e) {
     // console.log("toggle ", e.id);
     tremola.settings[e.id] = e.checked;
@@ -24,12 +27,14 @@ function toggle_changed(e) {
     applySetting(e.id, e.checked);
 }
 
-function getSetting(nm) {
-    return document.getElementById(nm).checked
+// getter
+function getSetting(settingID) {
+    return tremola.settings[settingID]
 }
 
+// frontend handler when settings have changed
 function applySetting(nm, val) {
-    if (nm == 'background_map') {
+    if (nm == 'show_background_map') {
         if (val)
             document.body.style.backgroundImage = "url('img/splash-as-background.jpg')";
         else
@@ -38,16 +43,17 @@ function applySetting(nm, val) {
         load_chat_list();
     } else if (nm == 'hide_forgotten_contacts') {
         load_contact_list();
-    } else if (nm == 'websocket') {
+    } else if (nm == 'websocket_enabled') {
         if (val)
             document.getElementById("container:settings_ws_url").style.display = 'flex'
         else
             document.getElementById("container:settings_ws_url").style.display = 'none'
     }
 }
 
+// setter, this will also save the given settingID and its value in the backend
 function setSetting(nm, val) {
-    // console.log("setting", nm, val)
+    console.log("setting", nm, val)
     if (nm == "websocket_url") {
       document.getElementById("settings_urlInput").value = val
       return
@@ -56,20 +62,13 @@ function setSetting(nm, val) {
     document.getElementById(nm).checked = val;
 }
 
-/* async */
+// calls the backend to wipe everything, including the ID
 function settings_wipe() {
     closeOverlay();
-    backend("wipe"); // will not return
-    /*
-    window.localStorage.setItem("tremola", "null");
-    backend("ready"); // will call initialize()
-    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
-    // resetTremola();
-    menu_redraw();
-    setScenario('chats');
-    */
+    backend("wipe"); // will not return, because of app restart
 }
 
+// button handler for websocket url textfield
 function btn_setWebsocketUrl() {
    var new_url = document.getElementById("settings_urlInput").value
 

android/tinySSB/app/src/main/assets/web/tremola_ui.js

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ function closeOverlay() {
 function showPreview() {
     var draft = escapeHTML(document.getElementById('draft').value);
     if (draft.length == 0) return;
-    if (!getSetting("enable_preview")) {
+    if (!getSetting("show_chat_preview")) {
         new_text_post(draft);
         return;
     }