ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02.08.2016 15:36, Jim Hodapp wrote:
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> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Rodney Dawes <rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     The downloads do happen via download manager. They just don't appear in
>     the transfers indicator. I'm not entirely sure why.
> 
>     However, the updates page must be opened for the update to be
>     installed, as the installation there is done in the app itself, after
>     the download manager finishes the download and signals the app it is
>     done. If the app is closed, nothing is listening for the signal, and
>     sow the install won't happen.
> 
>     I agree the installs should happen in the background even with the app
>     closed. I'm not sure if there is a bug reported or not, but it should
>     be if not.
> 
> 
> +1 to that - for many people this would be quite a surprise for app
> updates to not occur if they navigate away from ubuntu system settings.

Fun fact: Given our app lifecycle situation my girlfriend was actually
really surprised that the download continued even though the display
turned off in there :D

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> 
>     On Tue, 2016-08-02 at 01:37 +0100, Daniel McGuire wrote:
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > when updating applications on Unity 8 the downloads aren't passed to
>     > the download manager like how contacts sync or Podbird (beta)
>     > downloads new podcasts. Wouldn't it make sense for the downloads to
>     > be passed there? Or is this intentional?
>     >
>     > I personally think they should as you can have more control over the
>     > downloads and (I think) they should continue to download even if the
>     > settings app is closed.
>     >
>     > Thoughts?
>     >
>     > Daniel McGuire
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