Re: Sysapp Runtime: Hosted App

Based on my current understanding…   

On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 at 17:23, SUWIRYA Darmawan wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> We would like to request for clarification regarding Hosted App type.
>  
> Use case example.  
>  
> Part #1 :
>  
> 1. My-App is a hosted app, hosted at www.my-app.com (http://www.my-app.com).
> 2. It hosts the manifest.webapp under www.my-app.com/manifest.webapp (http://www.my-app.com/manifest..webapp).
> 3. In its manifest, it asks for permission to access Contact API.
> 4. User opens Firefox BROWSER, go to www.my-app.com (http://www.my-app.com) for the very first time.  
> 5. What should happen here ?  
> A. Will it parse and check the manifest.webapp - and :
> A.1. offer user choice to install ?
>  

Yes.   
> A.2. or, offer user choice to grant a ONE TIME permission to access Contact API ( valid for this session only ) – without install ?
>  

No.   
> A.3. or, offer user both choices above ?
>  

No.
>  
> A.4. or, will it force to automatically trigger install ?
>  

No.  
> B. Or will it ignore existence of manifest.webapp there, and will just run it as traditional web app – and :
> B.1. simply failed on the page where the Contact API is used ?
>  

Yes.
> B.2. or will it popup for permission request on the page where the Contact API is used ?
>  

No.   
>  
>  
> Part #2 :
>  
> 1. This time, let’s say that user has already had My-App installed.
> 2. User opens Firefox BROWSER, go to www.my-app.com (http://www.my-app.com).
> 3. What should happen now ?
> A. Will it launch the already installed My-App out-of-browser as standalone app ?
>  

No.   
> B. Will it continue running www.my-app.com (http://www.my-app.com) in the browser ?
>  

Yes.   
> B.1. and automatically inherit the permission to access Contact API that’s already granted for the previously installed My-App ?
>  

No.   
>  
>  
> We think it would be best if we could expect to have A.3 and B.1. mentioned above as the behavior.  
>  
> Can we expect to have this kind of clarification to be explicitly mentioned somewhere in the runtime spec as well ?
>  

I'm not sure… are hosted apps still in scope for the runtime spec, or just packaged apps?

Received on Sunday, 7 July 2013 00:19:02 UTC