Kevin Dangoor schrieb:
I've been taking a look at what it's like to be an app developer, specifically
when it comes time to test using physical devices. Hosted apps are fairly
straightforward (though I have found some pain around appcache).
I'm trying to figure out what an iterative development flow looks like for
packaged apps. How does a developer install a packaged app onto a device (B2G
or Android) without submitting the app to a Marketplace? Once the app is
installed, can the developer use the same mechanism to update it?
Beyond that, has anyone thought about how app developers will test privileged
apps?
I have not had success finding any documentation about installing
packaged/privileged apps outside of the Marketplace (for development purposes,
not for broader distribution). I'd appreciate any thoughts or pointers people
have.
From what I heard so far, the "Developer Mode" option hidden in the B2G
Settings app is the current solution for this: It allows *any* hosted
app to just specify being a privileged or certified app and state
permissions it needs in the manifest and it will be treated as such.
Unfortunately, this option right now is way too broad, as it applies to
everything on the phone, and it has no good docs or any warnings.
Because of that, there's discussions about removing it completely, see
bug 813797.
Robert Kaiser
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