Why apps need HUD code in apps? As far as I understand, we will (or done it already) drop HUD from UT. Can you say about HUD dev status?
16.09.2014, 10:26, "Zsombor Egri" <[email protected]>: > Hello All, > > In a previous mail we announced that we will remove hard dependency towards > Unity Actions from the Toolkit. This means that if you app uses > MainView.actionsManager to publish ActionContexts or Unity Actions, that will > no longer work. However the API will be transferred from Unity to the > toolkit, and we will have the possibility to plug in HUD integration under > the hood later if needed. > > I did a quick grep for the apps importing Ubuntu.Unity.Actions and I found > the following ones: > 1. WebBrowser - uses standalone Unity Actions, no direct integration with > toolkit components > 2. MediaPlayer - uses standalone Unity Actions > 3. Camera - uses standalone Unity Actions > 4. Sudoku - imports only, maybe should remove the import from it... > 5. Gallery - uses MainView.actiosManager to expose a local context (!) > 6. FileManager - imports only, maybe it should be removed > 7. NotesApp - uses MainView.actions to publish HUD actions > > So, as first step we will make Toolkit Actions to accept any type of object > added to the lists, but only register the Actions and ActionContexts > originated from the toolkit, and we are going to keep the package dependency > towards Unity Actions. As next step we will change the apps to use toolkit > action and add the dependencies to unity actions on those apps which wish to > keep HUD integration, and finally, when we stabilise all dependencies, we > will turn on the acceptance of toolkit actions and contexts and remove > dependency to unity actions. > > This will happen in a long shot, and we are targeting to stabilise it for 1.2 > release of the toolkit (which is going to happen in 15.04 timeframe). The > first step will be seamless to you. > > However if you see that your app doesn't really need HUD integration, or the > HUD integration is not really done (i.e Camera app, Sudoku, FileManager > doesn't really use HUD actions), then you can remove it yourself. > > If you need, and you are not dependent on Unity Actions package (MediaPlayer) > then please add the dependency towards it in your control file. > > Thanks guys! > > Cheers, > Zsombor > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Best regards, Roman Zonov. VK: http://vk.com/zonov_roman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roman2861 Twitter: https://twitter.com/zonov_roman -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
