Alternatively, you can just open up a debugging session to the System app
and call navigator.mozApps.installPackage('
https://example.com/update.webapp');Or do what Fabrice did with his example conversions ( https://people.mozilla.org/~fdesre/extensions/) and add a button to your addon's webpage that runs the above command. :) <3, -Dan PS: Sorry for taking a few days to get a patch in the queue for WebIDE. If it lands, it will be my first real contribution to mozilla-central. Turns out there's a bit of a learning curve associated with that. :) On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Michael Henretty <mhenre...@mozilla.com> wrote: > As many of you have pointed out to me, you cannot use WebIDE to install > the new format add-ons. I filed this just now: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1198433 > > In the meantime, to install and test the new add-ons you can use the > Hackerplace! > > Here's what you do: > > Install the latest Firefox OS on your device. > Add your app metadata to the v2 app list [1]. > Set the DEBUG flag to true here [2]. > run `npm install && gulp build` > Install the Hackerplace app using WebIDE or sole's excellent > install-to-adb [3]. > You should see your add-on in the list there, and be able to install it. > > Let me know if you have any questions! > > 1.) > https://github.com/fxos/directory/blob/1b05c8d5b24127fc6b8d20001ec460215677e0d0/app/apps-v2.json > 2.) > https://github.com/fxos/directory/blob/1b05c8d5b24127fc6b8d20001ec460215677e0d0/app/js/model/list_model.js#L3 > 3.) https://github.com/sole/install-to-adb > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Michael Henretty <mhenre...@mozilla.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Earlier, Fabrice sent out a nice how-to guide for migrating your add-ons >> to the new format [1]. Now I would like to tell you how to put these new >> add-ons on the Hackerplace. >> >> First, you will obviously need to update your code as specified in the >> guide. I recommend hosting both the new add-on format and the old one in >> the same repo on github pages. This means you will have two packages (zip >> files) hosted there simultaneously. Here is a commit I did for my add-on >> that does the trick [2]. >> >> Then you will need to submit the new package to the Hackerplace. For the >> old Hackerplace, you would put your add-on on the list in apps.json [3]. >> Now, you simply add the new add-on to apps-v2.json [4], but specify the >> update.manifest in the manifestURL field. >> >> That's it! Let me know if you have any questions. >> >> Thanks, >> Michael >> >> 1.) https://etherpad.mozilla.org/converting-fxos-addons >> 2.) >> https://github.com/mikehenrty/fxos-shb-plus/commit/c38fbfb52b2ebf3b4c66cdf053d759c60e510481 >> 3.) https://github.com/fxos/directory/blob/master/app/apps.json >> 4.) https://github.com/fxos/directory/blob/master/app/apps-v2.json >> > >
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