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=== Launching an App Directly === | === Launching an App Directly === | ||
A "--runapp" option has been added to the b2g-desktop command-line. | A "--runapp" option has been added to the b2g-desktop command-line to automatically start an application. The system app is loaded and everything happens like normal; this is not like the old trick where we loaded your app instead of the system app. | ||
"--runapp" takes an argument that it normalizes by lower-casing and removing dashes and spaces, and then checks the argument against the similarly normalized app names from app manifests. For example, the name of the e-mail app is currently "E-Mail", but "--runapp email" will run it. Partial matching is not supported right now, but you can enhance b2g/chrome/content/runapp.js if your app name is unwieldy. | |||
If you invoke "--runapp" without an argument (or an empty argument), the command will print out a list of all the apps it knows about as well as a brief usage message. | If you invoke "--runapp" without an argument (or an empty argument), the command will print out a list of all the apps it knows about as well as a brief usage message. | ||
In summary: | One important note is that this command disables the lock-screen as part of its magic and does not re-enable it. The assumption is that you won't use this command on a profile where you are testing the lock screen, or will turn it back on manually. Feel free to enhance the command to behave better if this is a problem for you. | ||
'''In summary:''' | |||
./b2g --runapp email | ./b2g --runapp email | ||