Click packaging should also support Cordova HTML apps

[Pat McGowan]

Currently the support is restricted to QML apps. We also need click packaging for cordova apps.

[Zoltan Balogh (bzoltan)]

Raising importance, as we do want to enable cordova apps in the contest.

[Zoltan Balogh (bzoltan)]

The 2.7.1-0ubuntu5~[saucy/raring/quantal/precise]1~test7 version of the QtCreator in the SDK Staging PPA (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/+archive/staging) has the fix.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

I tried 2.7.1-0ubuntu7~saucy1~test3 from the staging ppa, and I see the following:
Searching for desktop file..
 /!\ no desktop file found /!\
  You will have to create one.

[08:12:04] ls: cannot access *.desktop: No such file or directory
[08:12:04] ls: cannot access *.desktop: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access *.qmlproject: No such file or directory

It looks like cordova projects use *.cordovaproject instead of *.qmlproject.

Once I created the desktop file, the click packaging worked. It would be nice to create a desktop file. Here is an example:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=test-cordova
Comment=Description of test-cordova
Exec=cordova-ubuntu-2.8 .
Icon=...
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true

Note that for now the Exec line must be cordova-ubuntu-2.8, but this could conceivably change in the future (see bug #1216066).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package qtcreator - 2.7.1-0ubuntu7

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qtcreator (2.7.1-0ubuntu7) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu.patch:
    - Support manifest format which is compatible with click hooks
      (LP: #1214623)
    - The title is filled with the application name in the manifest
      (LP: #1214626)
    - The description field is added to the manifest file (LP: #1214612)
    - Some initial work on #1215133: Replace "_" with "-" in the name of the
      security manifest file
    - Enable Click packaging for Cordova projects (LP: #1216046)
 -- Timo Jyrinki <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:48:45 +0300

[Zoltan Balogh (bzoltan)]

The .desktop is added to the template

[Zoltan Balogh (bzoltan)]

The 0.1bzr15 version of the qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu in the SDK PPA will hold the fix

[Zoltan Balogh (bzoltan)]

The 0.1-0ubuntu3 version of the qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu-cordova-common, qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu-common packages in the archive fix this issue.