On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Fabio Colella wrote on 23/06/14 10:32: >> >> 2014-06-23 9:12 GMT+02:00 Thomas Voß <[email protected] >> ... >>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Fabio Colella >>> <[email protected] >> ... >>>> Torrent apps(Transmission) >>> >>> The download service should be a good starting point here, with >>> background synchronization being somewhat an exception. > > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DownloadService/Download> does not say > anything about which protocols the download service implements. (FTP? > SFTP? HTTP with digest auth?) But since it asks for an "url", I doubt > it would be any help for a torrent client. > >> ... >> >> If we will have a service for GPS in background, like a Runtastic >> app, this will be something that could happen even on ubuntu. The >> only way for me is to prompt the user to have access to background >> services. > > It's not the only way. That could be handled by a geofence service: an > app could ask "wake me up for a moment when the device reaches {less, > more} than X meters from point Y". > > Runtastic would then set X to 20 meters or so, and Y to your current > location. When you ran 20 meters, it would wake up, record the time > and your location, set a new geofence 20 meters around your new > location, and go to sleep again. >
yup, geofencing is being worked on right now. >> ... >> >> My idea is that you would need to ask the permission for >> background services, like many android apps do to auth google+ >> connection. It could be a system prompt: "The app %s is asking >> access to use background services". Then if the user presses 'yes' >> the app will have the apparmor permission for backgound services, >> not before. >> >> ... > > One problem with this approach is that users wouldn't be able to make > an informed decision. What would be the harm of saying yes? Less > battery life, but how much less? Nobody would know. > > - -- > mpt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlOpNtoACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecr+QACguuluqLjThy07G9sR1wz9nfwk > ZG0An1XIB1yFVgJe50Y9c+AeFQnQSjWx > =jk/e > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
