On 09/28/2015 02:36 PM, Thomas Voß wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Michael Terry > <michael.te...@canonical.com> wrote: >> For the pocket desktop feature, we want to be able to distinguish between >> native Touch apps and non-Touch apps, in order to be able to apply different >> lifecycle policies to them. >> >> For example, LibreOffice does not automatically save its state when it loses >> focus, as a good Touch app would. So we'd like to warn the user when >> exiting pocket desktop mode that they should go save their work. >> >> Now, whether an app was built for Touch is kind of hard to detect in theory. >> Whether it talks the Mir protocol isn't sufficient (could be a GTK app with >> the Mir backend). Whether it is a click package isn't sufficient (some >> Touch apps like System Settings are debs). At least if it is an Xmir app >> instance, we know (those are all non-Touch). >> >> Ideally, we'd have a metadata flag that indicates whether the app is >> designed for Touch and thus opts-into Touch lifecycle handling (or opts-out, >> depending on the default). >> > > One remark: We have to make sure that apps cannot easily use the flag > (at least not without a manual reveiw). Otherwise, we would > open the door for apps escaping our strict lifecycle. > As an option, the review tools can be adjusted for this if necessary. Please file a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/click-reviewers-tools/+filebug if the review tools need to be updated (and how).
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