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Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Hello all,

Some of the original quickactions required an argument to determine which part of the software you were wanting to access. The files were .conf files but are now .json files, the data is almost the same but the syntax is a little different.

I've lost count of the numerous ways I've tried to add my data, but clearly I'm doing something wrong, as my 'shortcut' to "Create a contact" only opens the app but not on the page where we add our new contact.....so what data/code is required?

Here is my original data when we were using quickactions; (note: arguments required)

Code:

    

    priority=0

    icon=icon-m-file-vcard

    title=contacts-me-add_contact

    translation-catalog=contacts

    remote-service="com.jolla.contacts.ui"

    remote-path="/com/jolla/contacts/ui"

    remote-interface="com.jolla.contacts.ui"

    remote-method="createContact"

    remote-arguments/size=1

    remote-arguments/1/argument="createContact"

And here is the data for the new 'Top menu shortcuts', the last 2 lines are the problem I believe;

Code:

{

    "translation_catalog": "lipstick-jolla-home",

    "entries": [

        {

            "path": "system_settings/look_and_feel/topmenu/actions/add_a_contact",

            "title": "Create a contact",

            "translation_id": "settings_quickaction-la-add_a_contact",

            "title_short": "Contact",

            "translation_id_short": "settings_quickaction-la-add_a_contact",

            "type": "action",

            "icon": "image://theme/icon-m-file-vcard",

            "order": 55,

            "params": {

                "type": "grid",

                "remote-service": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-path": "/com/jolla/contacts/ui",

                "remote-interface": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-method": "createContact",



                "remote-arguments/size": 1,

                "remote-arguments/1/argument": "createContact"

            }

        }

    ]

I have tried many different variations to make this work, too many to list. Does anyone have any idea of the code required to make this work?, currently, it opens the app but not on the required page; 'add a contact'

Thanks,

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Where are the config files for shortcuts located?

Edit: ok, just found them. For example

Code:

/usr/share/jolla-settings/entries/com.jolla.notes.json

is the shortcut for creating new note.

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

If you take a look at

Code:

/usr/share/jolla-settings/entries/com.jolla.internet.json

it uses

Code:

...

"remote-arguments": ["wifi"]

...

so maybe

Code:

            "params": {

                "type": "grid",

                "remote-service": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-path": "/com/jolla/contacts/ui",

                "remote-interface": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-method": "createContact",

                "remote-arguments": ["createContact"]

            }

works for you

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Fiddling with

Code:

            "params": {

                "type": "grid",

                "requires-package": "jolla-contacts",

                "remote-service": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-path": "/",

                "remote-interface": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-method": "createContact"

            }

I found out when using a non-existent "remote-method" in one of the other shortcut entries

com.jolla.notes.json
com.jolla.clock.json
com.jolla.camera.json

the apps won't launch at all. But doing this in

com.jolla.contacts.json

the people app will always launch with its start screen.

So maybe there's something broken and the remote-method is not recognized by the people app.

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Some progress:

Code:

dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=com.jolla.contacts.ui /com/jolla/contacts/ui com.jolla.contacts.ui.createContact string:""

This shows the "add contact" page when the people app is already open.

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Yippie!

Code:

{

    "translation_catalog": "lipstick-jolla-home",

    "entries": [

        {

            "path": "system_settings/look_and_feel/topmenu/actions/add_a_contact",

            "title": "Create a contact",

            "translation_id": "settings_quickaction-la-add_a_contact",

            "title_short": "Contact",

            "translation_id_short": "settings_quickaction-la-add_a_contact_short",

            "type": "action",

            "icon": "image://theme/icon-m-file-vcard",

            "order": 58,

            "params": {

                "type": "grid",

                "requires-package": "jolla-contacts",

                "remote-service": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-path": "/com/jolla/contacts/ui",

                "remote-interface": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-method": "createContact",

                "remote-arguments": ["string:''"]

            }

        }

    ]

}

But I prefer a different icon: icon-m-people

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Quote:

Originally Posted by fooxl (Post 1550164)

If you take a look at

Code:

/usr/share/jolla-settings/entries/com.jolla.internet.json

it uses

Code:

...

"remote-arguments": ["wifi"]

...

so maybe

Code:

            "params": {

                "type": "grid",

                "remote-service": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-path": "/com/jolla/contacts/ui",

                "remote-interface": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-method": "createContact",

                "remote-arguments": ["createContact"]

            }

works for you

Thanks @fooxl - you're final code is correct and is indeed working. It seems I managed to work it out anyway, but had forgotten that I had actually posted asking for help.

Thanks @rasmarc for your efforts :)

Regards

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Ha, the solution was already there :o

But note that the remote-argument can be anything, even "".

Code:

            "params": {

                "type": "grid",

                "requires-package": "jolla-contacts",

                "remote-service": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-path": "/com/jolla/contacts/ui",

                "remote-interface": "com.jolla.contacts.ui",

                "remote-method": "createContact",

                "remote-arguments": [""]

            }

Re: Quickactions now called Shortcuts

Markkyboy, will you upload the patch again?