README.md

Mojo
====

Mojo is an effort to extract a common platform out of Chrome's renderer and
plugin processes that can support multiple types of sandboxed content, such as
HTML, Pepper, or NaCl.

## Set up your environment

The instructions below only need to be done once. Note that a simple "git clone"
command is not sufficient to build the source code because this repo uses the
gclient command from depot_tools to manage most third party dependencies.

1. [Download
   depot_tools](http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools)
   and make sure it is in your path.
2. [Googlers only] Install Goma in ~/goma.
3. Create a directory somewhere for your checkout (preferably on an SSD), cd
   into it, and run the following commands:


```
$ fetch mojo # append --target_os=android to include Android build support.
$ cd src

# Or install-build-deps-android.sh if you plan to build for Android.
$ ./build/install-build-deps.sh

$ mojo/tools/mojob.py gn
```

The "fetch mojo" command does the following:
- creates a directory called 'src' under your checkout directory
- clones the repository using git clone
- clones dependencies with gclient sync

`install-build-deps.sh` installs any packages needed to build, then
`mojo/tools/mojob.py gn` runs `gn args` and configures the build directory,
out/Debug.

If the fetch command fails, you will need to delete the src directory and start
over.

## <a name="buildmojo"></a>Build Mojo

Build Mojo for Linux by running:

```
$ ninja -C out/Debug -j 10
```

(If you are a Googler, see the section at the end of this document for faster
builds.)

You can also use the mojob.py script for building. This script automatically
calls ninja and sets -j to an appropriate value based on whether Goma is
present. You cannot specify a target name with this script.
```
mojo/tools/mojob.py build
```

Run a demo:
```
out/Debug//mojo_shell mojo:spinning_cube
```

Run the tests:
```
mojo/tools/mojob.py test
```

Create a release build:
```
mojo/tools/mojob.py gn --release
mojo/tools/mojob.py build --release
mojo/tools/mojob.py test --release
```

## Update your repo

You can update your repo like this. The order is important. You must do the `git
pull` first because `gclient sync` is dependent on the current revision.
```
# Fetch changes from upstream and rebase the current branch on top
$ git pull --rebase
# Update all modules as directed by the DEPS file
$ gclient sync
```

You do not need to rerun `gn gen out/Debug` or `mojo/tools/mojob.py gn`. Ninja
will do so automatically as needed.

## Contribute

With git you should make all your changes in a local branch. Once your change is
committed, you can delete this branch.

Create a local branch named "mywork" and make changes to it.
```
  cd src
  git new-branch mywork
  vi ...
```
Commit your change locally. (this doesn't commit your change to the SVN or Git
server)

```
  git commit -a
```

Fix your source code formatting.

```
$ git cl format
```

Upload your change for review.

```
$ git cl upload
```

Respond to review comments.

See [Contributing code](http://www.chromium.org/developers/contributing-code)
for more detailed git instructions, including how to update your CL when you get
review comments. There's a short tutorial that might be helpful to try before
making your first change: [C++ in Chromium
101](http://dev.chromium.org/developers/cpp-in-chromium-101-codelab).

To land a change after receiving LGTM:
```
$ git cl land
```

Don't break the build! Waterfall is here:
http://build.chromium.org/p/client.mojo/waterfall

## Android Builds

To build for Android, first make sure you've downloaded build support for
Android, which you would have done by adding `--target_os=android` when you ran
`fetch mojo`. If you didn't do that, there's an easy fix. Edit the file .gclient
in your root Mojo directory (the parent directory to src.) Add this line at the
end of the file:

```
target_os = [u'android']
```

Bring in android specific build dependencies:
```
$ build/install-build-deps-android.sh 
```

Pull down all of the packages with this command:

```
$ gclient sync
```

Prepare the build directory for Android:

```
$ mojo/tools/mojob.py gn --android
```

Finally, perform the build. The result will be in out/android_Debug:

```
$ mojo/tools/mojob.py build --android
```

If you see javac compile errors, make sure you have an up-to-date JDK:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/AndroidBuildInstructions#Install_Java_JDK

## Dart Code

Because the dart analyzer is a bit slow, we don't run it unless the user
specifically asks for it. To run the dart analyzer against the list of dart
targets in the toplevel BUILD.gn file, run:

```
$ mojo/tools/mojob.py dartcheck
```

## Googlers

If you're a Googler, you can use Goma, a distributed compiler service for
open-source projects such as Chrome and Android. The instructions below assume
that Goma is installed in the default location (~/goma).

To enable Goma, update your "args.gn" file. Open the file in your editor with
this command:
```
$ gn args out/Debug
```

Add this line to the end of the file:
```
use_goma = true
```

After you close the editor, the `gn args` command will automatically run `gn gen
out/Debug`` again.

Now you can dramatically increase the number of parallel tasks:
```
$ ninja -C out/Debug -j 1000
```

## Run Mojo Shell

### On Android

0. Prerequisites:

* Before you start, you'll need a device with an unlocked bootloader,
  otherwise you won't be able to run adb root (or any of the commands that
  require root). For Googlers, [follow this
  link](http://go/mojo-internal-build-instructions) and follow the
  instructions before returning to this page.
* Ensure your device is running Lollipop and has an userdebug build.
* Set up environment for building on Android. This sets up the adb path,
  etc. You may need to remove /usr/bin/adb.

```
source build/android/envsetup.sh
```

1. Build changed files:

```
mojo/tools/mojob.py build --android
```

2. Run Mojo Shell on the device (this will also push the built apk to the
   device):

```
mojo/tools/mojo_shell.py --android mojo:spinning_cube
```

If this fails and prints:

```
error: closed
error: closed
```

... then you may not have a new enough build of Android on your device. You need
L (Lollipop) or later.

3. If you get a crash you won't see symbols. Use
   tools/android_stack_parser/stack to map back to symbols, e.g.:

```
adb logcat | ./tools/android_stack_parser/stack
```

### On Linux

1. Build the mojo target as described under [link](#buildmojo).

2. Run Mojo Shell:

```
./out/Debug/mojo_shell mojo:spinning_cube
```

3. Optional: Run Mojo Shell with an HTTP server

```
cd out/Debug
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 4444 &
./mojo_shell --origin=http://127.0.0.1:4444 --disable-cache mojo:spinning_cube
```