948312 - [User Story] Rocketbar: Local App Search

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::System, defect)

Description

[Peter Dolanjski [:pdol]]

User Story:
As a user, when apps that match my search term are installed on my device, I want those apps presented in the search results so that I can easily find and launch them.

Acceptance Criteria:
1. I can enter a string and installed apps with names containing that string are displayed.
2. Selecting an app launches it.

Comment 1

[Ben Francis [:benfrancis]]

There's a possibility that this might be a duplicate of bug 948310

The "Places" DataStore will track visits to all URLs, whether they are part of an app, bookmark or in fact any web site.

My current proposal is that we display local app results from the places database rather than have to query the Apps API directly.

Some caveats:
* We may need to keep this bug if UX specifies a different presentation of installed apps vs. any other local result
* The Places database only includes URLs you have visited. If we want apps which are installed but have not been opened in this search we may need to add the launch URL of an app to the Places database when the app is installed (and on first run for pre-installed apps).
* If we want to use app icons and app names specified in an app manifest rather than document titles and favicons for these results then we need to save those in the Places DataStore too.

Comment 2

[Kevin Grandon :kgrandon]

Based on the original acceptance criteria in the description, I think we should mark this as a duplicate to reduce confusion. If we need to change the implementation, or add new features - let's certainly open new bugs.

Comment 3

[Peter Dolanjski [:pdol]]

I don't think this is a dupe of bug 948310, but it certainly looks like the current implementation satisfies this user story.