[b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
Hi all, The title says it all. Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as Marketplace is another app? Rough notes will do - I can turn them into neat prose. This info is required for MWC, so I’d really appreciate a quick turnaround. Many thanks, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
On 10 Feb 2014, at 17:37, Julien Wajsberg wrote: > Le 10/02/2014 18:27, Chris Mills a écrit : >> Hi all, >> >> The title says it all. >> >> Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are >> included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as >> required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as >> Marketplace is another app? >> >> Rough notes will do - I can turn them into neat prose. >> >> > > I'd say: delete from apps/ and external-apps what you don't want :) Wow, was that it? cheers Julien ;-) ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
Le 10/02/2014 18:27, Chris Mills a écrit : > Hi all, > > The title says it all. > > Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are > included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as > required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as > Marketplace is another app? > > Rough notes will do - I can turn them into neat prose. > > I'd say: delete from apps/ and external-apps what you don't want :) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:27:27PM +, Chris Mills wrote: > > Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are > included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as > required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as > Marketplace is another app? Editing gaia/build/config/apps-*.list might work -- this is how I put CrystalSkull and Cubevid back into my eng builds after bug 917144 landed. --Jed ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
Thanks for your help, both. I’ve added a section to the Gaia Hacking article to hopefully cover this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps Does this sound ok? The one thing I don’t get understand is - which apps-*.list file do you have to edit, and when? I’m assuming you can make use of different ones in different circumstances, but how? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 10 Feb 2014, at 20:25, Jed Davis wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:27:27PM +, Chris Mills wrote: >> >> Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are >> included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as >> required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as >> Marketplace is another app? > > Editing gaia/build/config/apps-*.list might work -- this is how I put > CrystalSkull and Cubevid back into my eng builds after bug 917144 landed. > > --Jed > ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
I wrote a guide to hack Gaia, and understanding Gaia apps. I am not sure if this would help or not, but if you are just starting working on Gaia, then this should help. http://prateekjadhwani.com/wp/?p=690 But if you want anything specific, please let me know, i will try to help you out. *Prateek Jadhwani* www.prateekjadhwani.com On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Chris Mills wrote: > Thanks for your help, both. I've added a section to the Gaia Hacking > article to hopefully cover this: > > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps > > Does this sound ok? > > The one thing I don't get understand is - which apps-*.list file do you > have to edit, and when? I'm assuming you can make use of different ones in > different circumstances, but how? > > Chris Mills >Senior tech writer || Mozilla > developer.mozilla.org || MDN >cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > > > > On 10 Feb 2014, at 20:25, Jed Davis wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:27:27PM +, Chris Mills wrote: > >> > >> Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are > included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as > required. I'm assuming the latter item is really just the same, as > Marketplace is another app? > > > > Editing gaia/build/config/apps-*.list might work -- this is how I put > > CrystalSkull and Cubevid back into my eng builds after bug 917144 landed. > > > > --Jed > > > > ___ > dev-b2g mailing list > dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
Hi Chris, - Original Message - > From: "Chris Mills" > To: "Jed Davis" , "Julien Wajsberg" > Cc: "dev-gaia" , dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:43:27 PM > Subject: Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included > in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the > marketplace app > > Thanks for your help, both. I’ve added a section to the Gaia Hacking article > to hopefully cover this: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps > > Does this sound ok? > > The one thing I don’t get understand is - which apps-*.list file do you have > to edit, and when? I’m assuming you can make use of different ones in > different circumstances, but how? gaia/Makefile has this: GAIA_APP_TARGET?=engineering ... ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS), demo) GAIA_DOMAIN=thisdomaindoesnotexist.org GAIA_APP_TARGET=demo else ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS), dogfood) DOGFOOD=1 else ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS), production) PRODUCTION=1 endif ... ifeq ($(PRODUCTION), 1) GAIA_OPTIMIZE=1 GAIA_APP_TARGET=production endif ifeq ($(DOGFOOD), 1) GAIA_APP_TARGET=dogfood endif ... ifndef GAIA_APP_CONFIG GAIA_APP_CONFIG=build$(SEP)config$(SEP)apps-$(GAIA_APP_TARGET).list endif So, a build from source will use app-engineering.list If you specifically build the target called demo, then it will use apps-demo.list. If you specifically build with PRODUCTION=1 then it will use apps-production.list If you specifically build with DOGFOOD=1 then it will use apps-dogfood.list You can completely override the decision by using GAIA_APP_CONFIG and providing your own .list file. Finally, gaia/Android.mk, has these lines: ifneq ($(filter user userdebug, $(TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT)),) GAIA_MAKE_FLAGS += PRODUCTION=1 B2G_SYSTEM_APPS := 1 endif which means that builds which set VARIANT=user or VARIANT=userdebug (these wind up getting reflected in the TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT variable) set PRODUCTION=1 when buildin gaia. Hopefully that helps. Dave Hylands ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
If you want a more maintainable customization without forking the core gaia, you could use Customizations (which several vendors already did) https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/MarketCustomizations for example, the basic firefox tablet customized app list is defined in `apps.list` under distribution_tablet folder https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/distribution_tablet Those customization could be applied in build time. With the command: $ GAIA_DISTRIBUTION_DIR=distribution_tablet make -- Fred regards -- Fred - 原始郵件 - 寄件人: "Chris Mills" 收件人: "Jed Davis" , "Julien Wajsberg" 副本: "dev-gaia" , dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org 寄件箱: 2014年2 月11日, 星期二 上午 5:43:27 標題: Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app Thanks for your help, both. I’ve added a section to the Gaia Hacking article to hopefully cover this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps Does this sound ok? The one thing I don’t get understand is - which apps-*.list file do you have to edit, and when? I’m assuming you can make use of different ones in different circumstances, but how? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 10 Feb 2014, at 20:25, Jed Davis wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:27:27PM +, Chris Mills wrote: >> >> Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are >> included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as >> required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as >> Marketplace is another app? > > Editing gaia/build/config/apps-*.list might work -- this is how I put > CrystalSkull and Cubevid back into my eng builds after bug 917144 landed. > > --Jed > ___ dev-gaia mailing list dev-g...@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
Thanks so much for your guidance, Dave and Fred. I have taken your words and put them into my guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps Can you let me know if it sounds correct? all the best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 11 Feb 2014, at 02:03, Fred Lin wrote: > If you want a more maintainable customization without forking the core gaia, > you could use Customizations (which several vendors already did) > https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/MarketCustomizations > > for example, the basic firefox tablet customized app list is defined in > `apps.list` under distribution_tablet folder > https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/distribution_tablet > > Those customization could be applied in build time. With the command: > >$ GAIA_DISTRIBUTION_DIR=distribution_tablet make > > > -- > Fred > > > regards > -- > Fred > > > - 原始郵件 - > 寄件人: "Chris Mills" > 收件人: "Jed Davis" , "Julien Wajsberg" > 副本: "dev-gaia" , dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org > 寄件箱: 2014年2 月11日, 星期二 上午 5:43:27 > 標題: Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in > a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app > > Thanks for your help, both. I’ve added a section to the Gaia Hacking article > to hopefully cover this: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps > > Does this sound ok? > > The one thing I don’t get understand is - which apps-*.list file do you have > to edit, and when? I’m assuming you can make use of different ones in > different circumstances, but how? > > Chris Mills > Senior tech writer || Mozilla > developer.mozilla.org || MDN > cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > > > > On 10 Feb 2014, at 20:25, Jed Davis wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:27:27PM +, Chris Mills wrote: >>> >>> Can someone give me a quick guide on how to specify which Gaia apps are >>> included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app as >>> required. I’m assuming the latter item is really just the same, as >>> Marketplace is another app? >> >> Editing gaia/build/config/apps-*.list might work -- this is how I put >> CrystalSkull and Cubevid back into my eng builds after bug 917144 landed. >> >> --Jed >> > > ___ > dev-gaia mailing list > dev-g...@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the marketplace app
Hi Chris, - Original Message - > From: "Chris Mills" > To: "Fred Lin" , "Dave Hylands" > Cc: dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:01:42 AM > Subject: Re: [b2g] Info needed: how to specify which Gaia apps are included > in a Gaia build, and how to show/hide the > marketplace app > > Thanks so much for your guidance, Dave and Fred. > > I have taken your words and put them into my guide: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking#Customizing_the_build-time_apps > > Can you let me know if it sounds correct?The demo stuff seems to have been > transcribed slightly incorrectly. For whatever reason, the way the Makefile > is setup, you don't do DEMO=1 make, but rather make demo. The VARIANT stuff is normally set in .userconfig. I looked at the .userconfig page and I don't see anything there, so its probably worth adding a section. You might want to skip even mentioning the demo/dogfooding stuff and just mention that apps-engineering.list is used for eng builds, and apps-production.list is used for user and user-debug, and that you can override using GAIA_APP_CONFIG I only included the Makefile snippets to provide the logic used in making the decision. Dave Hylands ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
