On Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Anant Narayanan wrote:
> > > getInstalled
> > > Retrives application records for all applications that have been
> > > installed so far. This call is available to privileged callers only.
> >
> >
> >
> > What's a privileged caller? Also, if this is a getter, then it should be an
> > attribute. Only use getXXX() for async getters.
>
> A privileged caller is an origin which has been authorized by the user
> to manage applications on their behalf. Privileged callers have the
> capability to enumerate all apps the user has installed, launch them,
> and uninstall them.
Ok, this was not really clear in the spec.
> The goal is to provide a uniform interface for app dashboards across
> run-times, and to let people write their own, instead of locking
> everyone to a UA specific app management interface.
>
> This is an asynchronous getter:
>
> let op = navigator.apps.mgmt.getInstalled();
> op.onsuccess = function() { console.log(JSON.stringify(op.result)); }
>
> > > getSelf
> > > Retrieves the application record for the origin from which the call is
> > > made.
> >
> >
> >
> > As above. This should just be an attribute called "self". Still not sure
> > what this is though? or what it is used for?
>
> This is also an asynchronous call, and will be used by apps to retrieve
> their own AppObject. This is useful when an app wants to retrieve the
> receipt for their app (that was set by the app store when install() was
> called), and verify, for example, that the current user has paid for
> their app.
I'm still not sure why these are asynchronous? Is what apps are installed
retrieved from a remote server or something? If you are just checking a small
list of installed things on the user's device, then I don't see why you would
not just have an "installed" attribute?
Like:
myApps = navigator.apps.installed;
Otherwise, it seems like a lot of work just to get a list of things that are
already installed on my system?
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Marcos Caceres
