Navigator.deviceMemory is missing

[miquelbeltran]

Hello team,

I am working on the migration of device_info_plus to web package, and noticed that one of the properties we access to is missing.

In this case, is the deviceMemory from the Navigator in lib/src/dom/html.dart.

This property existed in dart:html.

References:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/deviceMemory
• https://api.dart.dev/stable/3.3.0/dart-html/Navigator/deviceMemory.html
• [Request]: (device_info_plus): migrate to pkg:web from dart:html fluttercommunity/plus_plugins#2601
• feat(device_info_plus)!: migrate to package:web fluttercommunity/plus_plugins#2624

[srujzs]

This was removed as part of 3f1285e. We proactively removed a number of APIs that are not fully supported (here, deviceMemory is unavailable on Firefox) to reduce the potential for breaking changes as we update IDL version.

However, this was on the more conservative side. We're working on instead requiring that APIs not be experimental and be on the standards track, which deviceMemory qualifies: https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/74d447919cd975e16b7f2108d995549dd567d50c/api/Navigator.json#L899. So, it should be added back in a future release soon.

That being said, it's easy to workaround missing APIs by declaring your own member in the meantime e.g.

extension on Navigator {
  external double get deviceMemory;
}

[miquelbeltran]

Thanks a lot for the response! Meanwhile, I'll try the extension method.

[srujzs]

This hasn't been added yet, but deduping as part of #209.

Duplicate of #209.