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--- a/doc/ApplicationGuide.md
+++ b/doc/ApplicationGuide.md
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
23rd/Oct/2017
* * *
-## **Table of content
**
+
+
+Table of content
+============
- [Introduction](#Introduction)
- [Intended audience](#Intended\ audience)
- [Scope of this Document](#Scope\ of\ this\ Document)
@@ -33,19 +36,25 @@
- [Sample](#Sample)
-Introduction
+
+
+Introduction
============
This WindowManager implements simple layout switching of applications on
multiple layers and with different layer layouts.
-Intended audience
+
+
+Intended audience
-----------------
This documentation is intended for developers and system integrators who
need to know, how the window manager works and how it is to be used.
-Scope of this Document
+
+
+Scope of this Document
----------------------
This document covers the window manager that was implemented for TMC and
@@ -64,7 +73,9 @@ It does not include
It is highly recommended to have a good understanding of these documents
and projects before using the window manager.
-Known Issues
+
+
+Known Issues
------------
Currently there is a one known issues:
@@ -73,28 +84,33 @@ Currently there is a one known issues:
libwindowmanager library. This is a limitation of how Qt creates surface
IDs for the ivi-application interface.
-External libraries
+
+
+External libraries
------------------
This project includes a copy of version 2.1.1 the excellent [C++11 JSON
library by Niels Lohmann](https://github.com/nlohmann/json).
-Client Library
+
+
+Client Library
--------------
A client library implementation that internally uses the *libafbwsc*, is
-provided in the subdirectory `libwindowmanager/` with its own documentation
-directory.
+provided in the `libwindowmanager`.
-The client library is built together with the window manager itself.
+
-Concepts
+Concepts
========
The window manager implements a couple of concepts in order to allow
efficient implementation.
-Layers
+
+
+Layers
------
Layers are entities that are stacked on top of each other. Each layer
@@ -112,7 +128,9 @@ currently used layer.
It is possible to deactivate these surfaces on lower layers explicitly
using the `DeactivateSurface` API call.
-Surfaces
+
+
+Surfaces
--------
Surfaces are *placed* on layers according to their name. The surface
@@ -120,19 +138,21 @@ will then be resized to dimensions, according to the layer's layout
configuration.
-Configuration
+
+
+Configuration
=============
The window manager is configured with the *layers.json* configuration
-file, by default it is searched in `/etc/layers.json` but through the
-use of the environment variable `LAYERS_JSON` the WM can be instructed
-to use different file. Note, that the WM will not run unless this
-configuration is found and valid.
+file, by default it is searched in `${AFM_APP_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/layers.json`.
+Note, that the WM will not run unless this configuration is found and valid.
A sample configuration is provided with the window manager
-implementation, this sample is installed to /etc/layers.json.
+implementation, this sample is installed to ${AFM_APP_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/layers.json.
+
+
-Configuration Items
+Configuration Items
-------------------
This section describes configuration items available through
@@ -166,7 +186,7 @@ This configuration item is a list of surface-name to layer mappings.
"name": "HomeScreen",
"layer_id": 1000,
"area": { "type": "full" },
- "comment": "Single layer map for the HomeScreen, XXX: type is redundant, could also check existence of id/first_id+last_id"
+ "comment": "Single layer map for the HomeScreen"
},
{
"role": "MediaPlayer|Radio|Phone|Navigation|HVAC|Settings|Dashboard|POI|Mixer",
@@ -197,7 +217,7 @@ Each mapping defines the following items to map corresponding surfaces
to a layer.
- `role` defines a regular expression that application drawing names
- are matched against. If applications match tis regular expression,
+ are matched against. If applications match this regular expression,
the surface will be visible on this layer.
- `name` is just a name definition for this layer, it has no
@@ -278,16 +298,20 @@ A split layout object has the following attributes:
surface of this layout.
In the above example only the surface with drawing name
-`App MPlayer Main` will be used as the *main* surface, but all surfaces
-that begin with `App MPlayer Sub` can be used as a *sub* surface for
+`Navigation` will be used as the *main* surface, and the surfaces
+with drawing name `HVAC` or `MediaPlayer` can be used as a *sub* surface for
this layout.
-The names must still match the layerâs role match!
+The names must still match the layer's role match!
+
+
-Building and Running
+Building and Running
====================
-Dependencies
+
+
+Dependencies
------------
This project is intended to be build with the 4.0 release of AGL.
@@ -302,52 +326,58 @@ Build dependencies are as follows:
- cmake >= 3.6.1
-Build Configuration
+
+
+Supported environment
+-------------------
+
+| Item | Description |
+|:------------|:----------------------------------|
+| AGL version | Electric Eel |
+| Hardware | Renesas R-Car Starter Kit Pro(M3) |
+
+
+
+
+Build Configuration
-------------------
**Download recipe**
If repo is already done, please start with git clone
+
```
$ mkdir WORK
$ cd WORK
-$ repo init -b dab -m dab_4.0.0_xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
+$ repo init -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
$ repo sync
-$ git clone https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/staging/meta-hmi-framework
```
Then you can get the following recipe.
-* `meta-hmi-framework/windowmanager`
+* `meta-agl-devel/meta-hmi-framework/recipes-graphics/agl-service-windowmanager-2017`
+
+* `meta-agl-devel/meta-hmi-framework/recipes-graphics/libwindowmanager`
**Bitbake**
+
```
$ source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -m m3ulcb agl-demo agl-devel agl-appfw-smack agl-hmi-framework
-$ bitbake agl-service-windowmanager-2017
+$ bitbake agl-demo-platform
```
+
-A couple of build options to configure the build are available:
-
-- `ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT:BOOL` Compiles including very verbose debug
- output from the window manager, use --verbose three times on an
- afb-daemon instance to see the debug messages.
-
-- `ENABLE_SCOPE_TRACING:BOOL` Enables a simple scope tracing mechanism
- used for a rather small portion of the window manager code. However,
- it is used quite extensively in the libwindowmanager implementation.
-
-By default these options will be disabled.
-
-
-Implementation Notes
+Implementation Notes
====================
The window manager is implemented as a app-framework-binder binding.
That means, the build produces one shared object that exports a binding
interface.
-Binding code generation
+
+
+Binding code generation
-----------------------
The binding API is rather simple; functions receive a json object
@@ -384,7 +414,9 @@ exception is thrown and not handled inside the afb\_binding\_call, that
internal state of the window manager might be broken at this time (hence
the talkative error log).
-Structure
+
+
+Structure
---------
The implementation is loosely split across the following source files:
@@ -437,20 +469,26 @@ The implementation is loosely split across the following source files:
libwayland-client wrapper. It is instanced in `main.cpp` and handles
all our wayland needs.
-Sequence
+
+
+Sequence
===============
To understand the sequence between application and window manager, refer to the [spec documentation](https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/windowmanager).
-Binding API
+
+
+Binding API
===============
Each function returns a reply containing at least a failed or successful
result of the call, additionally, when calls return something, it is
noted.
-LibWindowmanager
+
+
+LibWindowmanager
------
This is the public interface of the class `LibWindowmanager`.
@@ -484,7 +522,9 @@ This is the public interface of the class `LibWindowmanager`.
};
-Methods
+
+
+Methods
-------
### init(int port, char const *token)
@@ -492,7 +532,7 @@ This is the public interface of the class `LibWindowmanager`.
Initialize the Binding communication.
The `token` parameter is a string consisting of only alphanumeric characters.
-If these conditions are not met, the LibWindowmanager instance will not initialize,
+If these conditions are not met, the LibWindowmanager instance will not initialize,
i.e. this call will return `-EINVAL`.
The `port` parameter is the port the afb daemon is listening on, an
@@ -500,15 +540,15 @@ invalid port will lead to a failure of the call and return `-EINVAL`.
### requestSurface(json_object *object)
-**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }`**
-This method requests a surface with the label given from the *Window
-Manager*. It will return `0` for a successful surface request, and
+**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }`**
+This method requests a surface with the label given from the *Window Manager*.
+It will return `surface id` a client application can use, and
`-errno` on failure. Additionally, on the standard error, messages are
logged to help debgging the issue.
### activateSurface(json_object *object)
-**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name', 'kKeyDrawingArea': 'layout' }`**
+**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name', 'kKeyDrawingArea': 'layout' }`**
This method is mainly intended for *manager* applications that control
other applications (think an application manager or the *HomeScreen*).
It instructs the window manager to activate the surface with the given
@@ -519,7 +559,7 @@ created by the application.
### deactivateSurface(json_object *object)
-**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }`**
+**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }`**
This method is mainly intended for *manager* applications that control
other applications. It instructs the window manager to deactivate the
surface associated with the given label. Note, that deactivating a
@@ -531,7 +571,7 @@ created by the application.
### endDraw(json_object *object)
-**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }`**
+**args: `{ 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }`**
This function is called from a client application when it is done
drawing its surface content.
@@ -553,7 +593,9 @@ event is targeted at.
See Section [Events](#_events) for mor detailed information about event
delivery to client applications.
-Errors
+
+
+Errors
------
Methods returning an `int` signal successful operation when returning
@@ -563,7 +605,9 @@ value. E.g. `-EINVAL` to signal that some input value was invalid.
Additionally, logging of error messages is done on the standard error
file descriptor to help debugging the issue.
-Usage
+
+
+Usage
-----
### Initialization of LibWindowmanager
@@ -581,7 +625,8 @@ be created.
This is also true for *QML* applications, where only after the
`requestSurface()` should the load of the resource be done. The method
-returns `0` after the surface was requested successfully.
+returns `surface id` a client application can use
+after the surface was requested successfully.
#### Workings of requestSurface()
@@ -598,7 +643,9 @@ increment this numeric ID internally - which then will lead to IDs that
cannot be known by the window manager as there is no direct
communication from *Qt* to the WM.
-Events
+
+
+Events
------
Events are a way for the *Window Manager* to propagate information to
@@ -618,13 +665,13 @@ These events signal an application that it was activated or deactivated
respectively. Usually this means it was switched visible - which means
the surface will now be on the screen and therefor continue to render.
-- `Active(json_object *object)`
- args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
+- `Active(json_object *object)`
+ args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
Signal that the surface with the name
`kKeyDrawingName` is now active.
-- `Inactive(json_object *object)`
- args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
+- `Inactive(json_object *object)`
+ args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
Signal that the surface with the
name `kKeyDrawingName` is now inactive. This usually means, the layout
got changed, and the surface is now considered inactive
@@ -637,13 +684,13 @@ invisible respectively. These events also are handled implicitly through
the wayland protocol by means of `wl_surface::enter` and
`wl_surface::leave` events to the client.
-- `Visible(json_object *object)`
- args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
+- `Visible(json_object *object)`
+ args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
Signal applications, that the
surface with name `kKeyDrawingName` is now visible.
-- `Invisible(json_object *object)`
- args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
+- `Invisible(json_object *object)`
+ args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
Signal applications that the
surface with name `kKeyDrawingName` is now invisible.
@@ -657,20 +704,23 @@ contents - again, this is handled implicitly by the wayland protocol.
`FlushDraw` is sent to the application when it should swap its buffers,
that is *signal* the compositor that its surface contains new content.
-- `SyncDraw(json_object *object)`
- args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name', 'kKeyDrawingArea': 'layout' }
+- `SyncDraw(json_object *object)`
+ args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name', 'kKeyDrawingArea': 'layout' }
Signal applications, that the
- surface with name `kKeyDrawingArea` needs to redraw its content - this
+ surface with name `kKeyDrawingArea` needs to redraw its content
+ in the layout with name `kKeyDrawingArea` - this
usually is sent when the surface geometry changed.
-- `FlushDraw(json_object *object)`
- args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
+- `FlushDraw(json_object *object)`
+ args: { 'kKeyDrawingName': 'application name' }
Signal applications, that the
surface with name `kKeyDrawingArea` can now be swapped to its newly
drawn content as the window manager is ready to activate a new
layout (i.e. a new surface geometry).
-Sample
+
+
+Sample
============
In order to enable application to use the `WM` surface registration
@@ -679,6 +729,6 @@ function the above described steps need to be implemented.
As a minimal example the usage and initialization can look like the
following.
-Repo: `apps/agl-service-homescreen-2017`
-Path: `sample/template/main.c`
+Repo: `apps/agl-service-homescreen-2017`
+Path: `sample/template/main.c`