Method and device for upgrading application program based on Firefox operation system

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a device for upgrading an application program based on a Firefox operation system. The method for upgrading the application program comprises the following steps of obtaining the upgrading information of the application program, wherein the upgrading information of the application program comprises the downloading address of an application program upgrade package; downloading the application program upgrade package from the designated location of the downloading address, and storing the application program upgrade package into a user catalogue of the Firefox operation system; calling a new application program programming interface function for file copying in Gecko, and copying the application program upgrade package from the user catalogue into a system catalogue of the upgraded target application program, wherein the new application program programming interface function for file copying has a root authority; restarting the target application program, so as to complete the upgrading of the target application program. By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantage that the flow traffic and time required by upgrading can be effectively reduced.

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technical field [0001] 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 [0002] 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). [0003] 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 a...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] 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 the user experience will be greatly reduced

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