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Write the activity.info file, to describe your bundle in the activity sub-directory ( |
Write the activity.info file, to describe your bundle in the activity sub-directory (e.g. HelloWorldActivity.activity/activity/activity.info). The [[Activity Bundles]] specification explain in detail the meaning of each field. |
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[Activity] |
[Activity] |
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show_launcher = yes |
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Design an icon for your activity, according to the [[Sugar_Icon_Format|icon format]] and place it in the activity sub-directory. The file name should match the |
Design an icon for your activity, according to the [[Sugar_Icon_Format|icon format]] and place it in the activity sub-directory. The file name should match the icon file name specified in the info file (e.g. activity-helloworld.svg). |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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</svg> |
</svg> |
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Write the setup.py script in the top level directory ( |
Write the setup.py script in the top level directory (e.g. HelloWorldActivity.activity/setup.py), which in most cases will look like this: |
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#!/usr/bin/env python |
#!/usr/bin/env python |
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print "AT END OF THE CLASS" |
print "AT END OF THE CLASS" |
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Create a MANIFEST, containing the list of the files to include in the package. (Note: Be sure '''not''' to leave blank lines at the end of the file.) |
Create a MANIFEST (e.g. HelloWorldActivity.activity/MANIFEST), containing the list of the files to include in the package. (Note: Be sure '''not''' to leave blank lines at the end of the file.) |
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HelloWorldActivity.py |
HelloWorldActivity.py |
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== Distribution == |
== Distribution == |
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Create a xo package to distribute your bundle. (An xo file is essentially a zip file built from the MANIFEST with some extra metadata, like a JAR file. It also has some localization ability, and in the future we expect to be able to sign these too.) |
Create a xo package to distribute your bundle. (An xo file is essentially a zip file built from the MANIFEST with some extra metadata, like a JAR file. It also has some localization ability, and in the future we expect to be able to sign these too.) The bundle name is automatically generated from the 'name' and 'activity_version' values found in the activity.info file, separated by a dash, with a .xo extension. |
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./setup.py dist |
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sugar-install-bundle HelloWorld-1.xo |
sugar-install-bundle HelloWorld-1.xo |
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XXX Explain what the -1 suffix means. |
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[[Category:Sugar]] |
[[Category:Sugar]] |
Revision as of 05:38, 17 July 2007
The tutorial explains step by step how to create the Hello World activity bundle.
Create the bundle directory structure:
mkdir HelloWorldActivity.activity mkdir HelloWorldActivity.activity/activity
Write the activity.info file, to describe your bundle in the activity sub-directory (e.g. HelloWorldActivity.activity/activity/activity.info). The Activity Bundles specification explain in detail the meaning of each field.
[Activity] name = HelloWorld service_name = org.laptop.HelloWorldActivity class = HelloWorldActivity.HelloWorldActivity icon = activity-helloworld activity_version = 1 show_launcher = yes
Design an icon for your activity, according to the icon format and place it in the activity sub-directory. The file name should match the icon file name specified in the info file (e.g. activity-helloworld.svg).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" [ <!ENTITY fill_color "#FFFFFF"> <!ENTITY stroke_color "#000000"> ]> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="50" height="50"> <rect x="1" y="1" width="48" height="48" style="fill:&fill_color;;stroke:&stroke_color;;stroke-width:2"/> </svg>
Write the setup.py script in the top level directory (e.g. HelloWorldActivity.activity/setup.py), which in most cases will look like this:
#!/usr/bin/env python from sugar.activity import bundlebuilder if __name__ == "__main__": bundlebuilder.start("MyActivityName")
Code your activity. The name you specified in the .info file as "class" is the name of the class which runs your code. For the activity.info file above, we specify a top-level module named HelloWorldActivity.HelloWorldActivity (please note that the use of uppercase names in module names is considered poor Python style, feel free to use an activity name with more standard style names).
from sugar.activity import activity import logging import sys, os import gtk class HelloWorldActivity(activity.Activity): def hello(self, widget, data=None): logging.info('Hello World') def __init__(self, handle): print "running activity init", handle activity.Activity.__init__(self, handle) print "activity running" self.set_title('Hello World') # Creates the Toolbox. It contains the Activity Toolbar, which is the # bar that appears on every Sugar window and contains essential # functionalities, such as the 'Collaborate' and 'Close' buttons. toolbox = activity.ActivityToolbox(self) self.set_toolbox(toolbox) toolbox.show() # Creates a new button with the label "Hello World". self.button = gtk.Button("Hello World") # When the button receives the "clicked" signal, it will call the # function hello() passing it None as its argument. The hello() # function is defined above. self.button.connect("clicked", self.hello, None) # Set the button to be our canvas. The canvas is the main section of # every Sugar Window. It fills all the area below the toolbox. self.set_canvas(self.button) # The final step is to display this newly created widget. self.button.show() print "AT END OF THE CLASS"
Create a MANIFEST (e.g. HelloWorldActivity.activity/MANIFEST), containing the list of the files to include in the package. (Note: Be sure not to leave blank lines at the end of the file.)
HelloWorldActivity.py
Your directory structure should now look like this:
HelloWorldActivity.activity/ HelloWorldActivity.activity/setup.py HelloWorldActivity.activity/activity HelloWorldActivity.activity/activity/activity.info HelloWorldActivity.activity/activity/activity-helloworld.svg HelloWorldActivity.activity/HelloWorldActivity.py HelloWorldActivity.activity/MANIFEST
Setup your bundle for development
./setup.py dev
(It appears this just creates a symlink in ~/Activities .)
Running
If you now run sugar the activity icon should be visible on the frame. (You have to restart sugar to get it to pick up the change if you just installed it. Hit ctrl-alt-erase.)
You can also edit the code in your bundle directory directly. Note that the first time your Activity is launched, it leaves a process around even if you close the window, so you must kill the sugar-activity-factory to get it to reload when you click again.
Distribution
Create a xo package to distribute your bundle. (An xo file is essentially a zip file built from the MANIFEST with some extra metadata, like a JAR file. It also has some localization ability, and in the future we expect to be able to sign these too.) The bundle name is automatically generated from the 'name' and 'activity_version' values found in the activity.info file, separated by a dash, with a .xo extension.
./setup.py dist
To install the xo on a laptop you can use the installer script.
sugar-install-bundle HelloWorld-1.xo