Focus-android: Change Google Search Code

[Sdaswani]

What / Requirements

We need to change our search code for Google. We can do this in a major or minor release.

Acceptance Criteria (how do I know when I’m done?)

New search code sent during searches

Can be done in a major or minor release.

[mkaply]

So we are going to make a simple switch for the search code. We'd also like to rename the engine to make it clear it's using the new code.

Change will be to add -m to the end of the codes:

firefox-b-1-m | firefox-b-m

For desktop, we are naming the engines the same as the code:

google-b-1-d.xml

[Sdaswani]

@ekager any chance we can get this in 8.0? 9.0 is fine too.

[boek]

@Sdaswani Since search is now in a-c I don't think we'll be able to get this in time for 8.0. But we will be shipping an 8.1 with a new homescreen tip that we can bundle this with

[vesta0]

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/issues/1563

[pocmo]

The new code will get released with 0.37.0. Removing the a-c label.

[sblatz]

The actual search code was updated (as Sebastian mentioned) here.

A follow-up issue has been created which is currently planned for 0.38.0. @vesta0 let's keep in mind that telemetry will not reflect these new search codes until this issue is closed 😄

[Sdaswani]

let's keep in mind that telemetry will not reflect these new search codes until this issue is closed

@mkaply do you care about this?

[mconnormoz]

We do care about fixing the telemetry, but it doesn't need to block a release if it's a huge pain.