Re: [SailfishDevel] Read device info

2017-08-19 Thread Dylan Van Assche via Devel
Hi, Thanks for the comments :) I will take a look at those files... Cheers, Dylan > Original Message > Subject: Re: [SailfishDevel] Read device info > Local Time: 18 August 2017 1:59 PM > UTC Time: 18 August 2017 11:59 > From: penkr...@gmail.com > To

Re: [SailfishDevel] Read device info

2017-08-18 Thread Andrew Penkrat
All software updates are distributed with OTAs and each OTA should increment Sailfish version number, so knowing this number should be enough. And it's easier to obtain. Do apps even have any access to PackageKit? Cheers, Andrew Penkrat On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 at 14:47 Adam Pigg wrote: > Would it n

Re: [SailfishDevel] Read device info

2017-08-18 Thread Adam Pigg
Would it not be better to query the version of required packages? On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 at 12:46 Andrew Penkrat wrote: > Hi Dylan, > > You can read SFOS version from VERSION_ID line of /etc/os-release and > device name from NAME line of /etc/hw-release. Though it claims my Jolla C > is actually an

Re: [SailfishDevel] Read device info

2017-08-18 Thread Andrew Penkrat
Hi Dylan, You can read SFOS version from VERSION_ID line of /etc/os-release and device name from NAME line of /etc/hw-release. Though it claims my Jolla C is actually an Intex Aqua Fish :) Cheers, Andrew Penkrat On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 at 13:44 Dylan Van Assche via Devel < devel@lists.sailfishos.org

[SailfishDevel] Read device info

2017-08-18 Thread Dylan Van Assche via Devel
Hi devs, Does somebody has a way to read the information displayed on the About Page in Settings? I would like to retrieve the SFOS version, Device name, ... not for spying/collecting data (totally against that) but to check if some new features of SFOS are available for my apps. Kind regards,