1003648 - [Tarako] Support install application to sdcard

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: GonkIntegration, defect)

Description

[Zhou Lianxiang]

Our device storage is too small to install too many application. So we need install them to sdcard.

Comment 1

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

That has been discussed in the past: see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/mozilla.dev.b2g/sdcard|sort:date|spell:true/mozilla.dev.b2g/aVUq6Kck1D4

There's no chance to do that for 1.3t

Comment 2

[James Zhang (Spreadtrum)]

Get it.

Comment 3

[James Zhang (Spreadtrum)]

Jesse, please try this new feature.

Comment 4

[Joe Cheng [:jcheng] (please needinfo)]

triage: let's add this to backlog

Comment 5

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

See comment 1. We won't do that anytime soon. What we will have is import/export of apps to the sdcard (bug 982874), but not installing them and running them from the sdcard.

Comment 6

[Joe Cheng [:jcheng] (please needinfo)]

triage: base on comment 5, its not going to happen. to backlog

Comment 7

[James Zhang (Spreadtrum)]

Jesse, please uplift you patch and let owner review.
We need land it on v1.3t.

Comment 8

[Jesse]

Attachment: move_apps_to_sdcard.patch

Fabrice, could you help review my patch? 

Known issues:

1. Could not open UMS if apps in sdcard have been opened.
2. Security issue of sdcard webapps. Need to protect .b2gapps/webapps directory in sdcard.

Comment 9

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

Comment on attachment 8422288 [details] [diff] [review]
move_apps_to_sdcard.patch

Review of attachment 8422288 [details] [diff] [review]:
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Instead of trying to automatically install to the sdcard I'd really prefer to let the user actually move the app to the sdcard.
With your patch we will end up with unlaunchable apps if the user changes or removes the sdcard, but we won't have cleaned up the app data that is still stored under /data/local/storage for instance.

Comment 10

[Jesse]

(In reply to Fabrice Desré [:fabrice] from comment #9)
> Comment on attachment 8422288 [details] [diff] [review]
> move_apps_to_sdcard.patch
> 
> Review of attachment 8422288 [details] [diff] [review]:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Instead of trying to automatically install to the sdcard I'd really prefer
> to let the user actually move the app to the sdcard.
> With your patch we will end up with unlaunchable apps if the user changes or
> removes the sdcard, but we won't have cleaned up the app data that is still
> stored under /data/local/storage for instance.

Since your team is working on this on master, we won't add any webapi on navigator.mozApps, so automatically installing to sdcard is the best choice on Tarako. 

If you insist on handing over installing choices to users, you need to persuade marketplace owner to make changes for Tarako only.

Comment 11

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

Jesse, no one is working on that on master, because it's a large feature we haven't planned to do so far. See the link in comment 1 for details on the (large) scope. What we are working on is something simpler to import and export apps to the sdcard in bug 982874.

In any case there would be no marketplace change needed. We would have a "move to/from sdcard" option in the settings app instead, or an option in the install dialog that is managed by the system app.

Comment 12

[Joe Cheng [:jcheng] (please needinfo)]

triage: this is a big feature, lets put this to backlog
ni? Steven

Comment 13

[Steven Yang [:styang]]

(In reply to Joe Cheng [:jcheng] from comment #12)
> triage: this is a big feature, lets put this to backlog
> ni? Steven

This feature is not committed. leave it as POVB if partners still want it.

Comment 14

[Kai-Zhen Li [:seinlin][:kli]]

As per offline discussion with , if ODM/OEM need this feature, they can pick patch from this bug.

Comment 15

[[:fabrice] Fabrice Desré]

(In reply to Kai-Zhen Li from comment #14)
> As per offline discussion with , if ODM/OEM need this feature, they can pick
> patch from this bug.

Discussion with who?
Of course they can do that, but this patch is missing a lot of important pieces.

Comment 16

[Kai-Zhen Li [:seinlin][:kli]]

(In reply to Fabrice Desré [:fabrice] from comment #15)
> 
> Discussion with who?
> Of course they can do that, but this patch is missing a lot of important
> pieces.

Sorry for the mistake, I am not aware that the name is deleted accidentally.
I discussed with James.Zhang.

Comment 17

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on