Re: Impress Remote Firefox OS / B2G

Another example is here:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/01/introducing-the-firefox-os-boilerplate-app/

See the packed app section.

KAMI

2013/4/12 KAMI911 KAMI911 <kami911@gmail.com>

> Hi all,
>
> Great job! I really love this :o)
>
> 2013/4/12 Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@suse.com>
>
> > Hi Andrzej,
> >
> > On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 18:46 +0100, Andrzej J. R. Hunt wrote:
> > > I've started working on a Firefox OS version of the Impress Remote app.
> > > Currently only TCP will be supported, hardcoded to use localhost (I'll
> > > start working on Bluetooth once I obtain some suitable hardware,
> > > hopefully by the end of the month).
> >
> >         That's cool :-) I CC Kami who would no doubt love to help out /
> > mentor
> > you for a GSOC project around this over the summer. Kami (CC'd) is on
> > the FirefoxOS team and also an old-time LibreOffice contributor.
> >
> >         I -believe- the plan is for FirefoxOS-next to implement Bluetooth
> > APIs
> > in Javascript [ or somesuch magic ] which is being worked on, possibly
> > Kami can help get you some pointers there (?).
>
> WebBluetooth is currently under implementing. Here comes more info:
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebBluetooth
>
> > > At the moment the app only allows connecting to Impress and moving
> > > forward by one slide. For now I'm concentrating on implementing  a full
> > > backend (i.e. keeping track of presentation state and storage of slide
> > > previews / notes), a prettier / more usable UI will come later.
> >
> >         Nice. Arguably repeating the experience of the physics in the
> > coverflow
> > widget would not be so great for switching slides ;-) I'd love to see
> > that changed to need a scroll + tap to switch slide on Android even...
> >
> > > For testing it is easiest to use the Firefox OS Simulator, which is a
> > > Firefox (browser) plugin -- this needs to pointed at the sources in
> > > firefoxos/sdremote. (Note: you need to restart the simulator before
> > > updating the app for any changes to take effect.)
> >
> >         No idea how that stuff is packaged, but if we can add a Makefile
> > that
> > creates a package of some kind, then I guess ( since this can be built
> > on any platform) we could encourage the Android tinderbox to up-load
> > that :-)
>
> Apps file are a zip file with manifest file. It is relative easy to pack
> it.
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Apps/Manifest
>
> Probably this demo provides all information to make an installable,
> self-containing apps.
>  http://comoyo.github.io/blog/2013/03/12/build-first-ffos-app/
>
> > > Screenshot of app in Simulator + Console  attached.
> >
> >         Looks lovely :-)
> >
> >         ATB,
> >
> >                 Michael.
> > --
> > michael.meeks@suse.com  <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot
> Thank you,
> KAMI