1211931 - Add-on install support (esp. for devices)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1737581

(DevTools :: about:debugging, defect, P2)

Description

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

It sounds like it's becoming more important to have some DevTools way to install add-ons, esp. for devices like Fennec.

See discussion surrounding bug 1201534 comment 7.

about:debugging might be a place to expose this.

Comment 1

[Jan Keromnes [:janx]]

Good idea! Thanks for filing this bug.

Comment 2

[Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]]

First, we would need to use actors to list and debug actors.

Comment 3

[Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]]

It should be quite easy.
We would need to add an "install" method on the addon actor living here:
  http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/devtools/server/actors/addon.js
And introduce a new install button, or may be just plug the existing "Load temporary add-on" to this new method.
One challenge will be to upload the addon via the protocol.
We can look at what has been done for Webapps to do the same:
  http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/devtools/server/actors/webapps.js#50

Comment 4

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

Let's consolidate under Bug 1737581. We will reuse load temporary addon for the UI part.
Link to the old webapps actor: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/76a10b1ae6abce425b0bca991be85662e5219a77/devtools/server/actors/webapps.js