711137 - Rework apps extension as an XPCOM service

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Web Apps :: Extension, defect)

Description

[Michael Hanson]

The DOMApplicationRegistry service provides a clean way to register behavior related to applications.

The App Runtime extension should be modified to use this registration scheme.

This will entail removing all the injector-related code, creating facades to the new, native app persistence logic, and modifying value-added features (e.g. native app synthesis, popup panel) to hook into the control flow through this API.

[1] http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/interfaces/apps/nsIDOMApplicationRegistry.idl

Comment 1

[Anant Narayanan [:anant]]

Bug #600460 means we cannot remove the mozApps object injected by the code in mozilla-central. Until that bug is fixed, Fabrice suggested that we turn off the m-c mozApps implementation for Firefox, so the add-on can continue to function without changes.

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

A Pivotal Tracker story has been created for this Bug: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/24808751

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Not sure if this applies to the mozilla-central implementation of native app installation. Anant, do you know if it would apply to the mozilla-central implementation of native app installation?

Comment 4

[Bill Walker [:bwalker] [@wfwalker]]

The WebRT implementation strategy has evolved considerably since this bug was filed, so that this tracker is no longer helpful. Marking resolved / invalid.