Converge HUD 2.0
This blueprint outlines the work items to land a converged HUD service (the backend) for 13.10 and providing a QML API for applications to target. It is expected that the HUD will be a part of the phone, tablet and desktop builds.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Thomas Strehl
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Ted Gould
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for raring
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-13.04-month-6
- Started by
- Ted Gould
- Completed by
- Ted Gould
Whiteboard
== Goals of this blueprint ==
* Get HUD merged into trunk for desktop/
* Provide a well documented QML API for using HUD
== Note on libhud (-qt, -qml) ==
* Work items for May might need adjustment depending on how Unity Actions API is going to relate to libhud.
Work Items
Work items for ubuntu-
[ted] Architecture documentation (2d): DONE
[ted] Context Support for application descriptions (libhud) (3d): DONE
[ted] Support for switching contexts from application (libhud) (3d): DONE
[ted] Fix action description types to have direct actions (1d): DONE
[ted] Create way to notify HUD of action usage outside of HUD (service, libhud) (2d): INPROGRESS
[ted] Allow application publisher to have application wide actions without a window ID (2d): DONE
[ted] Start context support for application descriptions (service) (10d): DONE
[pete-woods] Support base classes to contain parameterized names (libhud-client) (4d): POSTPONED
[pete-woods] Expand service test coverage (3d): POSTPONED
[pete-woods] Finish test suite (libhud) (3d): DONE
[pete-woods] merge cmake branch (1d): DONE
[pete-woods] merge test-coverage branches (1d): DONE
Work items for ubuntu-13.05:
[ted] Finish context support for application descriptions (service) (2d): DONE
[ted] Support for additional base toolbar items (service) (2d): INPROGRESS
[ted] Base toolbar completion (libhud-client) (3d): INPROGRESS
[ted] Mark highlighting of entries based on search (4d): INPROGRESS
[kaijanmaki] Context Support for application descriptions (libhud-qt) (3d): INPROGRESS
[kaijanmaki] Support for additional base toolbar items (libhud-qt) (3d): INPROGRESS
[kaijanmaki] Review API with the SDK team, adjust (5d): POSTPONED
[kaijanmaki] Add support for pinging usage on action use (3d): TODO
[kaijanmaki] Document API appropriately (5d): POSTPONED
[kaijanmaki] Integrate documentation into SDK documentation (5d): BLOCKED
[kaijanmaki] Support for additional parameterized widgets (10d): POSTPONED
[kaijanmaki] Integrate quit action into standard application object (1d): BLOCKED
[kaijanmaki] libhud-qt-dev package (1d): TODO
[ted] Remove quit toolbar item: INPROGRESS
Work items for ubuntu-13.06:
[ted] Highlight tests (1 day): INPROGRESS
Work items for ubuntu-13.07:
[ted] Port to Unity application focus API (3d): BLOCKED
[ted] Port to Unity applciation lifecycle API (3d): BLOCKED
[ted] Use App Lifecycel to manage our own lifecycle (2d): BLOCKED
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
