Application


Purpose

Represents an independent application object, managed by the ApplicationManager.

Properties

Name Description Type Use
url The URL address of the application. string required
localUrl The application's initial location, used when installing it for the first time in the preloaded OTA web application mode. string optional
id The application's unique identifier. string optional
name The application's name. string required
icon Data URI containing a Base64-encoded image in the PNG format. string required
version The version of the application. string optional
displayVersion The version of the application shown to its users. string optional
description The description of the application. string required
copyright The copyright disclaimer. string optional
state The application's current state. The state parameter can take one of the values presented in the table below. string optional
notCached The application's caching status. If the value is "true", the application failed to populate the client's cache when it was downloaded. boolean optional

On Android and iOS, if the id and version parameters are set, the web application descriptor file can be omitted when installing a web application. Example:

launchbox.ApplicationManager.installApplications([{ url: applicationURL, version: "1.0.0", id:  "webapplication-id" }]);

Note

The client may refer to the Application object quoting the following parameters only: url, name. The profile service needs to provide the following parameters: url, name, description and icon.

The object can be in one of the following states:

State Description
installing The application is in the process of installing.
ready The application has been installed.
updating The application is in the process of updating.
starting The application is in the process of starting.
started The application has been started.
failed Thrown when the installation or update fails.

Related topics

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