[UIFE] Dash - The icon animation that is triggered when the user installs an application from the Dash App Preview is incorrect

[John Lea]

Currently when the user installs an app from a Dash App Previews, an animation is triggered whereby the icon travels downwards from the BFB (Dash launcher icon) to it's new location in the Launcher. This is incorrect.

The animation should start at the app icon *inside the preview* (the icon to the top right side of the preview image), and show the icon travelling from this location to it's new position in the launcher (the end position in the current animation is correct).

So when the user clicks 'install', two things should happen simultaneously:
1) The Dash closes
2) The app icon travels from the location it was a moment ago inside the app preview across the screen to it's new location in the Launcher

[Paweł Stołowski (stolowski)]

@John: this won't look good... The problem is there may be a password popup between 1 & 2, unless you're already authorized.

[Nick Dedekind (nick-dedekind)]

Confirmed. doesn't look great. Icon now just flys from middle of no-where.

Seeing as installation is a async function I don't really think the animation from the preview is valid, otherwise we will need to wait until the signal that the installation is in progress comes in before closing the dash.

[Paweł Stołowski (stolowski)]

@Nick: re: "(...) otherwise we will need to wait until the signal that the installation is in progress comes in before closing the dash".

I'm afraid it's not really doable with current framework; there is a su password popup after clicking 'Free download' and Dash needs to hide for it to show; on a side note, password popup is a system-wide solution triggered by apt and we've no control over it.

[Nick Dedekind (nick-dedekind)]

I've added another branch which removes USC icon animation from invalid screen co-ords (<= 0).
It also pops up tool-tip for 1.5 seconds after installation completes. (requested by design team).

lp:~nick-dedekind/unity/lp1052582.usc-icon-animation