On Friday 25 October 2013 09:02:09 Jamie Strandboge wrote: > On 10/25/2013 07:20 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote: > > On Friday 25 October 2013 08:13:20 Marc Deslauriers wrote: > >> On 13-10-25 06:43 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote: > >> <snip> > >> > >>>> In short, your use case falls into the category of 'backup software' > >>>> and > >>>> backup software is not supported by the appstore at this time. > >>> > >>> Just to add some more unsupported use cases: > >>> > >>> * A Music downloader > >> > >> That's supported with the "music_files" policy group. > > It is supported by this policy group, but also, an app can download music to > its own directory and provider a music content provider for the content-hub > for applications to select files from this app. Furthermore, the upcoming > media service should just automatically index these files so they are > available to media players without the media players needing direct access. > In this manner, you can have a music download app separately confined from > the music player app.
That sounds great. Thanks a lot for explaining. > >>> * An alternative Camera app that allows making funny pictures like the > >>> google hangout toolbox > >> > >> That's supported with the "picture_files" policy group. > > Ditto, but with the gallery app instead of the music player. > ... > > > Oh, nice. What is the problem then why Robert's use cases don't work? > > > > I understood Jamie's explanation as this is not supported (and won't be in > > the foreseeable future). > > There are policy groups for music, videos and pictures, but not arbitrary > files and folders. Keep in mind though that the policy groups for music, > videos and pictures are reserved and developers are discouraged from using > them since apps with networking could steal purchased music, videos, or > reveal sensitive information (Pictures). Apps that request these need to be > manually reviewed. Wouldn't it make sense to have such a policy group for the "Documents" folder? that would probably be just what Robert needs, no? Given that eBooks (which I think is Robert'main use case) are quite big (in terms of distribution) nowadays I could even imagine adding a ~/Books folder with appropriate capabilities could make sense. What do you think? > > Note that media players shouldn't be hindered by this because of the > upcoming media service. It can do the scanning, indexing, playing, etc > without the app having direct access to the data. Keep in mind, not > everything is implemented yet-- the media service is under development and > the gallery probably needs some work to find pictures. There is also how to > handle multiple content providers gracefully. (CC'ing Thomas for comment if > needed) Sure. I understand that not everything is ready yet. Thats fine. Thanks again, Michael -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
