Can't launch apps without --desktop_file_hints=

[Loïc Minier]

Hi,

I've switched my phone to Mir, but this breaks many things in the media playback experience:
* activation of music-app and mediaplayer-app from music and video scopes don't work anymore; the attached branch fixes this, but is probably wrong
* volume up/down doens't work anymore (works with SF)
* music-app is whitelisted to keep playing when put in the background, but that too breaks when switching to Mir

The attached branch readds the --desktop_file_hints args in application-legacy.conf (ignoring the SF test), and makes activation work again.

platform-api still seems to require this in both cases (SF and Mir), but I guess work is pending to fix this?

Thanks,

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

So the launching apps part is actually an unity-mir bug (confirmed by Gerry) and the other bugs are unrelated.

[kevin gunn (kgunn72)]

first
https://code.launchpad.net/~gerboland/unity-mir/use-upstart-app-launch2/+merge/187769
should fix launching from scopes

and https://code.launchpad.net/~gerboland/unity-mir/add-fail-and-resume-focus-support
is the branch to enable url-dispatcher "bring app to front" (in progress)

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

The attached unity-mir branch fixes this problem:
* activation of music-app and mediaplayer-app from music and video scopes don't work anymore; the attached branch fixes this, but is probably wrong

[Gerry Boland (gerboland)]

Second whitelisting branch fixes:
* music-app is whitelisted to keep playing when put in the background, but that too breaks when switching to Mir

[PS Jenkins bot (ps-jenkins)]

Fix committed into lp:unity-mir at revision 95, scheduled for release in unity-mir, milestone phone-v1-freeze

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-mir - 0.1+13.10.20131001-0ubuntu1

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unity-mir (0.1+13.10.20131001-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  [ Gerry Boland ]
  * Use upstart-app-launch for app start/stop. (LP: #1231125)
  * AppMan: add whitelisting of apps to exempt from lifecycle
    management. (LP: #1233243, #1232588)

  [ Ubuntu daily release ]
  * Automatic snapshot from revision 95
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:50:43 +0000