1211697 - [Mozilla Marketplace Application] Download of Applications

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Art.Herkert]

>> Feature Request Summary:
 [Mozilla Marketplace Application] Download of Applications

>> Description of feature, or problem to be solved
o	Marketplace application downloads content from Marketplace and installs into device. User can be given an option to download apps to the SD card if it is technically feasible
o	Before the application is downloaded, it has to display to user about the information accessed on the device and ask for confirmation from the user
o	Error handling – content must be reliably installed on device, all errors handled and explained to user, with post-install status response sent to Firefox Marketplace.
o	Acquiring (DRM) content rights objects (applications) through Firefox Marketplace.

Comment 1

[Art.Herkert]

•	Animated downloading progress indicator
o	When an item is being downloaded, a graphical icon should indicate the download is in progress is placed accordingly in the application manager screen.
•	Resume Download
o	If the download is suspended for some reason (an incoming call for instance) the download will be resumed later. This is especially useful when downloading multiple applications.
•	Deletion
o	Marketplace application allows user to delete installed applications and content.

Comment 2

[David Almström]

(In reply to Art.Herkert from comment #0)

> o	Marketplace application downloads content from Marketplace and installs
> into device. User can be given an option to download apps to the SD card if
> it is technically feasible

Need to defer to the system to offer an option of where to store the downloaded application. Marketplace do not support this use case for now

> o	Before the application is downloaded, it has to display to user about the
> information accessed on the device and ask for confirmation from the user

Not sure if this is done at the point of download or when opening

> o	Error handling – content must be reliably installed on device, all errors
> handled and explained to user, with post-install status response sent to
> Firefox Marketplace.

Defer this to the device

> o	Acquiring (DRM) content rights objects (applications) through Firefox
> Marketplace.

Applications can be supported but content types such as movies and music is not. For such experience, a dedicated application should be developers

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on