Need testers Home Screen for Ubuntu Touch

domubpkm

@pavelprosto As it is, tel://xxxxxx... opens the dialer with this programmed number, but you have to press the 'phone' key to dial this number. The goal would be to remove this last step and have an automatic dialing.

trwidick

@domubpkm what about a switch so you can have an option -a for automatic dial

Opino

With a little bit reverse engineering I found a way how to add more applications on the uHome desktop:

Note: The preinstalled applications are stored in /usr/share/click/preinstalled and "after" installed applications are in /opt/click.ubuntu.com
As someone mentioned here, using a command lomiri-url-dispatcher-dump you can check applications with existing links.

You need to choose one of those applications (e.g. Weather) and go to its installations directory (/usr/share/click/preinstalled/weather.ubports/6.0.2). Now find the file named lomiri-weather-app.url-dispatcher
So in other words the goal is to find some existing *.url-dispatcher file as an example. I found a second option used by uHome application itself and that is a json file instead.

Now do a copy of this file into your home directory. Rename according your new application, (e.g. level.luksus42.url-dispatcher). Edit this file and rewrite the url to desired word. For example rename "weather" to "level".

After this you need to make the root filesystem writable (sudo mount -o remount,rw / and copy the file to corresponding directory for the new application (e.g. /opt/click.ubuntu.com/level.luksus42/0.5/level.luksus42.url-dispatcher

Next step is to edit the manifest file of the new application (e.g. /opt/click.ubuntu.com/level.luksus42/0.5/.click/info/level.luksus42.manifest). Find the section "Hooks" and add a line refering to your "url-dispatcher" file.
Example:

    "hooks": {
        "level.luksus42": {
            "apparmor": "level.luksus42.apparmor",
            "desktop": "level.luksus42.desktop",
            "urls": "level.luksus42.url-dispatcher"
        }
    },

Be carefull about the commas at the end of lines. Note, that each line has comma at the end but the last line doesn't.

Now reboot your device and check if the new link was added lomiri-url-dispatcher-dump. If you see it there you almost won. Now you need just to add a link onto uHome desktop, use the chosen url and search the app directory for corresponding icon.

I will be happy if this guide helps someone except me. And I wish, that the uHome app will be migrated to the current and future systems. I also would appreciate if you add an option to group Links in folders like it is in android/iOs systems.

Thank you @pavelprosto for this app.

Keneda

@Opino said in Need testers Home Screen for Ubuntu Touch:

Thank you @pavelprosto for this app.

Yes he did good work.
Sadly we don't have any news about him for a long time now.
As he is russian i wish he is in a safe place.

domubpkm

@Opino If you have the skill to fork and update this great app, many would be happy.

DJac

Hi
Realy good job !! I dream to have it as daily start screen
Many good ideas in this app.
I install it recently, so i will make suggetion later (after more experiments). Is it already possible ? (i don't have the skills to do it myself...).