CN106293790B - Application program upgrading method and device based on Firefox operating system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an application program upgrading method and device based on the Firefox operating system, wherein the above application program upgrading method includes obtaining application program update information, and the application program update information includes: the download address of the application program upgrade package; Download the application program upgrade package at the location specified by the address, and store the application program upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system; call the newly added API function for copying files in Gecko to update the application program package Copy from the user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade, wherein the newly added application programming interface function for copying files has root authority; restart the target application program to complete the target application program Program upgrades. The technical solution provided by the invention can effectively reduce the flow and time loss required for upgrading.

Description

Application program upgrading method and device based on Firefox operating system

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of upgrading, in particular to an application program upgrading method and device based on the Firefox operating system.

Background technique

The Firefox operating system (OS, Operating System) is an open source mobile operating system developed by Mozilla. It uses the Linux core and is applied to smartphones. It uses the Gecko browser engine as the core. The system architecture is divided into three parts: Gonk, Gecko and Gaia. Layer, the application program is developed using the fifth major modification of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, Hypertext Markup Language) (ie, HTML5).

Firefox OS applications (App, Application) can be divided into two types according to the storage method of resource files: Package App and Hosted App. All resource files of the former are placed in a directory, and all resource files are stored on the device after installation. ;All resources of the Hosted App are stored on the web server (that is, Web Server), and the resource files will be loaded according to the manifest.webapp of the application after installation.

Since the resource files of the Hosted App are stored on the Web Server, when updating, it only needs to update the corresponding resource files on the Web Server, and then the device can be refreshed.

The non-webpage APP in Package App can only be implemented through Gonk module upgrade or Gecko module upgrade of Firefox OS. This upgrade method has the disadvantages of time-consuming and traffic-consuming due to the need to upgrade all or part of the modules of the operating system, and If the application program is updated frequently, the entire operating system or some modules of the operating system need to be upgraded each time to update an application program, and user experience will be greatly reduced.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides an application program upgrading method and device based on the Firefox operating system, which are used for reducing the flow and time consumption required for upgrading.

The first aspect of the present invention provides an application program upgrade method based on the Firefox operating system, comprising: obtaining application program update information, the application program update information including: a download address of the application program upgrade package;

Download the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address, and store the application upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system;

Call the newly added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of the Firefox operating system, and copy the application upgrade package from the user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade, wherein , the newly added application programming interface function for copying files has root authority;

Restarting the target application program to complete the upgrade of the target application program.

The second aspect of the present invention provides an application upgrade device based on the Firefox operating system, including: an acquisition unit for acquiring application update information, the application update information including: the download address of the application update package; The storage unit is used to download the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address, and store the application upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system; the copy unit is used to call the Firefox operating system The newly added application programming interface function for copying files in Gecko copies the application program upgrade package from the user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade, wherein the newly added The application programming interface function for copying files has root authority; the restart unit is used for restarting the target application program to complete the upgrade of the target application program.

As can be seen from the above, in the present invention, an API function for copying files and having root authority is newly added in Gecko of the Firefox operating system. In the application program upgrade process, by calling the API function, the storage will be stored in The application upgrade package in the user directory is copied into the system directory of the application, and then the application is restarted to complete the upgrade of the application. By the scheme of the present invention, the upgrade of any non-webpage application in the Firefox operating system can be performed independently. There is no need to upgrade the entire operating system or some modules of the operating system, which effectively improves the efficiency of application program upgrades, reduces the traffic and time consumption required for the upgrade, and improves user experience.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of an application program upgrading method based on the Firefox operating system provided by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of an application program upgrading method based on the Firefox operating system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application upgrade system architecture in an application scenario provided by the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an application program upgrading device based on the Firefox operating system provided by the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described The embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for upgrading an application program based on the Firefox operating system, comprising: acquiring application program update information, the application program update information including: the download address of the application program upgrade package; downloading from the location specified by the download address Described application program upgrade package, and described application program upgrade package is stored in the user directory of Firefox operating system; Call the newly-added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of described Firefox operating system, and all The application program upgrade package is copied from the user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade, wherein the newly added application programming interface function for copying files has root authority; restart the target application program to complete the upgrade of the target application. The embodiment of the present invention also provides a corresponding application program upgrading device, which will be described in detail below.

A kind of application program upgrade method based on Firefox operating system provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described below, please refer to Fig. 1, the application program upgrade method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

101. Obtain application update information, wherein the above application update information includes: the download address of the application update package;

Optionally, when the server finds that there is an application upgrade package of a new version of a certain application, it pushes the above-mentioned application update information to the application upgrade device that manages the application; The above-mentioned application program update information is obtained, and the specific implementation manner of obtaining the application program update information is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

102. Download the above-mentioned application program upgrade package from the location specified by the above-mentioned download address, and store the above-mentioned application program upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the execution of step 102 is triggered when the application program upgrading device acquires the above application program update information.

Optionally, the above-mentioned application program update information further includes: a version information description file of the application program upgrade package. When the application program update device acquires the above-mentioned application program update information, the application program update device will Detect whether the application upgrade package is a new version of the application upgrade package, and only trigger the execution of step 102 when it is determined that the application upgrade package is a new version of the application upgrade package, otherwise, do not trigger the execution of step 102 and subsequent steps .

Optionally, when the application program upgrade device acquires the above application program update information, it reminds the user whether to trigger the upgrade process. When the user chooses to upgrade, the execution of step 102 is triggered; otherwise, the execution of step 102 and subsequent steps is not triggered.

103. Call the newly added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of the above-mentioned Firefox operating system, and copy the above-mentioned application program upgrade package from the above-mentioned user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade;

Wherein, the above-mentioned newly added application programming interface function for copying files has root authority. In the embodiment of the present invention, an application programming interface function (API, Application Programming Interface) for copying files is newly added in Gecko of the above-mentioned Firefox operating system in advance. Optionally, this newly-added API is added in the Gecko layer of the above-mentioned Firefox operating system according to the web interface definition language mode (IDL, Interface Definition Language), and the specific file copy function is realized in the dynamic link library file, because this API is in Gecko It is implemented through web IDL and belongs to the system API, so the API has root authority and can directly operate the operating system directory. Specifically, the above-mentioned dynamic link library file is implemented in C language, and can be placed in the /external directory of the Firefox operating system, using the Android compilation and installation method, and the finally generated dynamic link library file is copied to the /data/local directory of the Firefox operating system middle.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application program upgrade device calls the newly added API, and copies the application program upgrade package stored in the user directory in step 102 to the system directory of the target application program to be upgraded this time. Specifically, the application program upgrade device can call the above-mentioned newly-added API with root authority through the system App, and the above-mentioned newly-added API uses the dlopen function to call the file copy function in the above-mentioned dynamic link library file, and stores step 102 in the above-mentioned user directory. The application upgrade package is copied to the system directory of the target application for this upgrade.

Optionally, the application program upgrade device establishes a connection with the system APP, calls the above-mentioned API newly added in Gecko through the system APP, and copies the application program upgrade package stored in the user directory in step 102 to the target application program of this upgrade. in the system directory.

104. Restart the above-mentioned target application program to complete the upgrade of the above-mentioned target application program;

After the copying work in step 103 is completed, the application program upgrading device restarts the above-mentioned target application program, so as to complete the upgrade of the above-mentioned target application program.

It should be noted that the application upgrade method in the embodiment of the present invention is mainly applied to the upgrade of PackageApp. Of course, the application upgrade method can also be applied to the upgrade of other types of APP, which is not limited here.

It should be noted that the application program upgrading device in the embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in a mobile terminal, a smart TV or other devices loaded with the Firefox operating system, or it can also be independent of the above-mentioned devices loaded with the Firefox operating system, and can A device that communicates with the above-mentioned equipment through wired or wireless means is not limited here.

As can be seen from the above, in the present invention, an API function for copying files and having root authority is newly added in Gecko of the Firefox operating system. In the application program upgrade process, by calling the API function, the storage will be stored in The application upgrade package in the user directory is copied into the system directory of the application, and then the application is restarted to complete the upgrade of the application. By the scheme of the present invention, the upgrade of any non-webpage application in the Firefox operating system can be performed independently. There is no need to upgrade the entire operating system or some modules of the operating system, which effectively improves the efficiency of application program upgrades, reduces the traffic and time consumption required for the upgrade, and improves user experience.

A method for upgrading an application program based on the Firefox operating system provided in the embodiment of the present invention is described below with another embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, the method for upgrading an application program in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

201. Obtain application update information, wherein the above application update information includes: the download address of the application update package and the version information description file of the application update package;

Optionally, when the server finds that there is an application upgrade package of a new version of a certain application, it pushes the above-mentioned application update information to the application upgrade device that manages the application; The above-mentioned application program update information is obtained, and the specific implementation manner of obtaining the application program update information is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

202. According to the version information description file of the application upgrade package, determine whether the application upgrade package is a new version of the application upgrade package;

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the application program upgrade device acquires the above application program update information, the application program upgrade device detects whether the application program upgrade package is a new version of the application program upgrade package according to the version information description file of the above application program upgrade package, When it is determined that the application upgrade package is a new version of the application upgrade package, step 203 is performed; otherwise, step 206 is performed.

203. Download the above-mentioned application program upgrade package from the location specified by the above-mentioned download address, and store the above-mentioned application program upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system;

204. Call the newly added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of the above-mentioned Firefox operating system, and copy the above-mentioned application program upgrade package from the above-mentioned user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade;

Wherein, the above-mentioned newly added application programming interface function for copying files has root authority. In the embodiment of the present invention, an API for copying files is newly added in Gecko of the above-mentioned Firefox operating system in advance. Optionally, the newly added API is added in the Gecko layer of the above-mentioned Firefox operating system according to the web IDL, and the specific file copy function is implemented in the dynamic link library file. Since the API is implemented by the web IDL in Gecko, it belongs to the system API. Therefore, the API has root authority and can directly operate the operating system directory. Specifically, the above-mentioned dynamic link library file is implemented in C language, and can be placed in the /external directory of the Firefox operating system, using the Android compilation and installation method, and the finally generated dynamic link library file is copied to the /data/local directory of the Firefox operating system middle.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application program upgrade device calls the newly added API, and copies the application program upgrade package stored in the user directory in step 203 to the system directory of the target application program to be upgraded this time. Specifically, the application program upgrade device can call the above-mentioned newly-added API with root authority through the system App, and the above-mentioned newly-added API uses the dlopen function to call the file copy function from the above-mentioned dynamic link library file, and stores step 203 in the above-mentioned user directory. The application upgrade package is copied to the system directory of the target application for this upgrade.

Optionally, the application program upgrade device establishes a connection with the system APP, calls the above-mentioned API newly added in Gecko through the system APP, and copies the application program upgrade package stored in the user directory in step 203 to the target application program of this upgrade. in the system directory.

205. Restart the above-mentioned target application program to complete the upgrade of the above-mentioned target application program;

After the copying work in step 204 is completed, the application program upgrading device restarts the above-mentioned target application program, so as to complete the upgrade of the above-mentioned target application program.

206. End this process.

It should be noted that the application program upgrading apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in a mobile terminal, a smart TV or other devices loaded with the Firefox operating system, which is not limited here.

It should be noted that the application upgrade method in the embodiment of the present invention is mainly applied to the upgrade of PackageApp. Of course, the application upgrade method can also be applied to the upgrade of other types of APP, which is not limited here.

As can be seen from the above, in the present invention, an API function for copying files and having root authority is newly added in Gecko of the Firefox operating system. In the application program upgrade process, by calling the API function, the storage will be stored in The application upgrade package in the user directory is copied into the system directory of the application, and then the application is restarted to complete the upgrade of the application. By the scheme of the present invention, the upgrade of any non-webpage application in the Firefox operating system can be performed independently. There is no need to upgrade the entire operating system or some modules of the operating system, which effectively improves the efficiency of application program upgrades, reduces the traffic and time consumption required for the upgrade, and improves user experience.

The application program upgrading method in the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with a specific application scenario, eg. As shown in Figure 3, the application program upgrade system in the embodiment of the present invention includes server and client two parts on hardware, and above-mentioned server is used for storing application program upgrade package and the version information description document of application program upgrade package, and above-mentioned client Based on Firefox OS, it includes three parts: System App, Upgrade Management App and Package App.

The above-mentioned Gecko layer of Firefox OS adds an API for copying files. The addition of this API uses the method of WebIDL. The specific copying work is implemented in C language and compiled into a dynamic link library. Gecko uses the dlopen method to call the dynamic link library to achieve file copy;

The above-mentioned System App is the first App started after Firefox OS is started. It has root authority and can call the above-mentioned API to copy files in the system directory;

The above-mentioned Package Apps are Web Apps, Privilige Apps, and Certified Apps whose resource files are stored locally. Their resource files are located in the system directory, and the resource files of Certified Apps require root authority to operate;

The above upgrade management software is used to implement the upgrade function of Package App. When receiving the application update information pushed by the server, the upgradeable application upgrade is determined according to the version information description document of the application upgrade package in the application update information. Whether the version of the package is higher than the version of the client's local target application program (this target application program is the application program corresponding to the application program upgrade package that can be upgraded this time), if so, then determine that the application program upgrade package is a new version of the application program Upgrade the package and execute the update action.

The upgrade of the above-mentioned Package App includes a version comparison module, an upgrade package download, a save module and an upgrade module. The above-mentioned version comparison module compares the version information of the local target application program with the version information of the local target application program after the upgrade management App receives the application program update information pushed by the server, to determine whether to update;

The above-mentioned upgrade package downloading and saving module is an upgrade management App that obtains the download address of the application program upgrade package from the application program update information pushed by the server, downloads and saves the application program upgrade package to the local user directory of the client;

The above upgrade module applies for the upgrade management App to establish connections with the System App, calls the above API in the Gecko layer through the SystemApp, copies the application upgrade package to the corresponding system directory of the target application, and then restarts the above target application to complete the above goal Application upgrades.

The following uses another embodiment to describe a Firefox operating system-based application upgrade device provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the application upgrade device 400 in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

An acquiring unit 401, configured to acquire application update information, the application update information including: a download address of an application upgrade package;

A download storage unit 402, configured to download the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address, and store the application upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system;

The copying unit 403 is used to call the newly-added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of the Firefox operating system, and copy the application program upgrade package from the user directory to the target application program for this upgrade In the system directory of , wherein, the newly added application programming interface function for copying files has root authority;

The restart unit 404 is configured to restart the target application program to complete the upgrade of the target application program.

Optionally, the newly added application programming interface function for copying files is added in the dynamic link library file of the Firefox operating system according to the web interface definition language; the copying unit 403 is specifically used for: using the dlopen function from The newly added application programming interface function for copying files is called in the dynamic link library file.

Optionally, the application program update information further includes: a version information description file of the application program upgrade package; the application program upgrade device in the embodiment of the present invention further includes: a determining unit, configured to The information description file determines that the application program upgrade package is a new version of the application program upgrade package.

Optionally, the application program upgrading apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention further includes: a receiving unit, configured to: receive an upgrade instruction for the application program update information.

Optionally, the obtaining unit 401 is specifically configured to: receive application update information pushed by the server.

It should be noted that the application upgrade device in the embodiment of the present invention is mainly applied to the upgrade of PackageApp. Of course, the application upgrade device can also be applied to the upgrade of other types of APP, which is not limited here.

It should be noted that the application program upgrading device in the embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in a mobile terminal, a smart TV or other devices loaded with the Firefox operating system, or it can also be independent of the above-mentioned devices loaded with the Firefox operating system, and can A device that communicates with the above-mentioned equipment through wired or wireless means is not limited here.

It should be understood that the application program upgrading device in the embodiment of the present invention can be like the application program upgrading device mentioned in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and can be used to realize all the technical solutions in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and the functions of each functional module can be based on The methods in the above method embodiments are specifically implemented, and the specific implementation process may refer to relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

As can be seen from the above, in the present invention, an API function for copying files and having root authority is newly added in Gecko of the Firefox operating system. In the application program upgrade process, by calling the API function, the storage will be stored in The application upgrade package in the user directory is copied into the system directory of the application, and then the application is restarted to complete the upgrade of the application. By the scheme of the present invention, the upgrade of any non-webpage application in the Firefox operating system can be performed independently. There is no need to upgrade the entire operating system or some modules of the operating system, which effectively improves the efficiency of application program upgrades, reduces the traffic and time consumption required for the upgrade, and improves user experience.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the above units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or can be Integrate into another system, or some features may be ignored, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units.

If the integrated unit is realized in the form of a software function unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium , including several instructions to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), magnetic disk or optical disk, and other media that can store program codes.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simplicity of description, the aforementioned method embodiments are expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present invention is not limited by the described action sequence. Because of the present invention, certain steps may be performed in other orders or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases, and for parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

The above is a description of an application program upgrade method and device based on the Firefox operating system provided by the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the ideas of the embodiments of the present invention, there will be specific implementation methods and application scopes. Changes, in summary, the contents of this specification should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A method for upgrading an application program based on Firefox operating system, characterized in that, comprising: Acquiring application program update information, the application program update information includes: the download address of the application program upgrade package; Download the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address, and store the application upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system; Call the newly added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of the Firefox operating system, so that the application programming interface function uses the dlopen function to call the file copy function in the dynamic link library file, and the application program The upgrade package is copied from the user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade, wherein the newly added application programming interface function for copying files is implemented in Gecko through webIDL, which is a system application programming Interface function, with root authority; Restarting the target application program to complete the upgrade of the target application program. 2. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described newly-increased application programming interface function for copying file is added in the Gecko layer of described Firefox operating system according to web interface definition language mode, and file copy Functions are implemented in dynamic link library files. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The application program update information also includes: a version information description file of the application program upgrade package; The downloading of the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address previously includes: According to the version information description file of the application program upgrade package, it is determined that the application program upgrade package is a new version of the application program upgrade package. 4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein downloading the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address includes: An upgrade instruction for updating information of the application program is received. 5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the obtaining application update information is specifically: Receive application update information pushed by the server. 6. A device for upgrading application programs based on the Firefox operating system, characterized in that it comprises: An acquisition unit, configured to acquire application update information, where the application update information includes: a download address of an application upgrade package; A download storage unit, configured to download the application upgrade package from the location specified by the download address, and store the application upgrade package in the user directory of the Firefox operating system; The copy unit is used to call the newly added application programming interface function for copying files in the Gecko of the Firefox operating system, so that the application programming interface function uses the dlopen function to call the file copy function in the dynamic link library file, Copy the application program upgrade package from the user directory to the system directory of the target application program for this upgrade, wherein the newly added application programming interface function for copying files is implemented in Gecko by webIDL, It is a system application programming interface function with root authority; A restart unit, configured to restart the target application program to complete the upgrade of the target application program. 7. The application program upgrading device according to claim 6, wherein the newly added API function for copying files is added in the Gecko layer of the Firefox operating system according to the web interface definition language mode , the file copy function is implemented in the dynamic link library file. 8. The application program upgrading device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the application program update information further comprises: a version information description file of the application program upgrade package; The application program upgrading device also includes: The determining unit is configured to determine, according to the version information description file of the application program upgrade package, that the application program upgrade package is a new version of the application program upgrade package. 9. The application program upgrading device according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, The application program upgrading device also includes: The receiving unit is configured to: receive an upgrade instruction for the application update information. 10. The application program upgrading device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the acquiring unit is specifically configured to: receive application program update information pushed by the server.