I proudly present the result of our latest development project for Toon: an app store for Toon called ToonStore.
With this app you can download and install / update and remove applications on Toon itself.
No need for manual downloading, file transfers to Toon and manual editing of files anymore (except one time for the installation of this app).
You can select multiple installations/upgrades/removals in one run.
All will be processed with just one automated gui restart to make all changes active.
Please note that after hitting "Toon Bijwerken" the GUI will restart as part of the installation process. This is not a bug, it's a feature.
ToonStore has two configuration items:
- show/hide tray icon for ToonStore. ToonStore is always accessible from the menu as well.
- enable/disable automatic updates at a selected time of the day.
with this option Toon checks the ToonStore repository daily and automatically installs updates. In case updates were installed the gui will restart of course.
Each action will be reflected in a message in your inbox, just like regular firmware updates.
When set for automatic updates you can see in your inbox what has been updated when.
This is a beta version which might contain bugs but we feel confident enough to go public.
In case of app installation issues we might ask your for the log file from the /mnt/data/update folder.
Of course the ToonStore will be actively developed further and new updates will become available via ToonStore.
Also more apps will be added to the repository.
It is just the beginning of a journey.
This is a co-production with Marcelr (all background processing) and Toonz (ToonStore app).
We hope you like it and welcome all improvement suggestions and bug reports.
Installation instruction:
- unzip the attachment and transfer the ipk file to your Toon
- install with
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opkg install toonstore_0.8.4-r0_qb2.ipk
Ideally remove earlier versions of applications you are going to install via ToonStore to prevent any possible interference (our installer doesn't know about earlier manual installations).
N.B. by installing the ToonStore you will not receive official firmware updates anymore from Eneco for the moment.
For now, this can be reversed by removing toonstore from your Toon
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opkg remove toonstore
Let us now if you want to distribute your app on ToonStore as well.
Regardz,
Toonz / marcelr
(attached zip file remove, please find a newer version near the end of this thread)