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<li>Get the bundle_id for the Activity by running:
<li>Get the bundle_id for the Activity by running:


zipgrep bundle_id activityname.xo
<code>zipgrep bundle_id activityname.xo</code>


That command will return something like:
That command will return something like:


JAMediaTube.activity/activity/activity.info:bundle_id = org.laptop.JAMediaTube
<code>JAMediaTube.activity/activity/activity.info:bundle_id = org.laptop.JAMediaTube</code>


The bundle_id is the section after the = sign.
The bundle_id is the section after the = sign.
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<li>Create a section for each activity in the activities.info file which contains:
<li>Create a section for each activity in the activities.info file which contains:

[bundle_id]
<code>[bundle_id]
description = text description
description = text description</code>


For example:
For example:


[org.laptop.JAMediaTube]
<code>[org.laptop.JAMediaTube]
description = Watch YouTube! It's really fun!
description = Watch YouTube! It's really fun!


[org.laptop.FakeActivity]
[org.laptop.FakeActivity]
description = This is a placeholder for documentation purposes
description = This is a placeholder for documentation purposes</code>
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Revision as of 23:28, 11 July 2013

You've got your .xo files, set up your activities.info file, it's all on a USB drive in a dir named xs-activity-server, and now that you've got all the ingredients, the last order of business is to create a manifest for the XSCE to read.

Creating the activity updater

Copying activities

  1. Insert your USB drive into your computer (I used my regular FAT32 formatted drive that I also use for flashing XOs)
  2. Create a directory named xs-activity-server
  3. Navigate into the xs-activity-server dir.
  4. Download some activities.

Create Activity Descriptions

Activity Descriptions are shown in http://schoolserver/activities

  1. Get the bundle_id for the Activity by running: zipgrep bundle_id activityname.xo That command will return something like: JAMediaTube.activity/activity/activity.info:bundle_id = org.laptop.JAMediaTube The bundle_id is the section after the = sign.
  2. Create file named activities.info in the xs-activity-server dir.
  3. Create a section for each activity in the activities.info file which contains: [bundle_id] description = text description For example: [org.laptop.JAMediaTube] description = Watch YouTube! It's really fun! [org.laptop.FakeActivity] description = This is a placeholder for documentation purposes

Create manifest

  1. run this command: sha1sum *.xo *.info > manifest.sha1
  2. Eject the USB drive and plug it into the XSCE.

Update a School Server

The activities you put on the USB drive in the xs-activity-server dir will be installed. they will appear at http://schoolserver/activities.

  1. Plug the USB drive into the XSCE.
  2. Remove the USB drive

I don't know how the USB drive gets ejected by novice users from the XSCE. Which could be a concern?

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