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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Peter Hultqvist <phq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 2014-07-07 16:14, Olivier Tilloy wrote:
>
> phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ webapp-container --enable-back-forward
>> --webappUrlPatterns=https?://miiverse.nintendo.net/*
>> https://miiverse.nintendo.net/
>> webapp-container: unrecognized option '--enable-back-forward'
>> webapp-container: unrecognized option '--webappUrlPatterns=https?://
>> miiverse.nintendo.net/*'
>> QUbuntu: Could not create application instance
>> Aborted (core dumped)
>>
>> On my desktop running 14.04 LTS, oxide launches and displays the page.
>>
>
>  As I said in another response in this thread, the "unrecognized option"
> error messages are misleading and can be safely ignored.
>
>  The abort you’re getting is because apps are not meant to be launched
> this way on Ubuntu Touch. If you really want to launch it from the command
> line (you should probably use the SDK that allows you to launch the app on
> a connected device with one click), try adding a --desktop_file_hint=
> parameter to your command line, e.g.:
>
>  webapp-container
> --desktop_file_hint=/usr/share/applications/webbrowser-app.desktop
> --enable-back-forward --webappUrlPatterns=https?://miiverse.nintendo.net/*
> https://miiverse.nintendo.net/
>
>  Beware, do not add that to the exec command in your desktop file though,
> this is unnecessary and will confuse unity8 into thinking that the browser
> app is running.
>
>  This guide implies that you can launch it from the command line, perhaps
> it need to be updated.
> http://developer.ubuntu.com/web/guides/ubuntu-webapps-guide/
>

AFAICT, this guide is not touch-specific, it also applies to the desktop,
where the --desktop_file_hint parameter is not needed.

A note to mention the extra parameters on touch might be useful indeed.