// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 #pragma once #include /** * This file contains functions to start and run apps that were registered to the app manager. * It differs from execute.h which runs executables from a specific path. */ #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * Starts @a id, a manifest already registered via app_manager_add(), passing @a argc/@a argv to * the new instance's own main function (see app/loader.h's AppMainFn), modelled on a C program's * main(argc, argv). For regular (non-modal) navigations that need to pass data to the target app * (e.g. "show details for this app id") without expecting a result back. * @param[in] argv @a argc strings; app-module makes its own deep copy before returning, so * @a argv and the strings it points to may be freed/go out of scope immediately after this call * returns (e.g. safe to pass a stack-local array of a caller's own std::string::c_str()s). * @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered * @retval ERROR_NONE on success */ error_t app_start(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id); /** * Starts @a id as a child of @a parent_instance_id, for the purpose of receiving a result. * * When the child's task exits, an APP_EVENT_RESULT is delivered to @a parent_instance_id. * The result is whatever the child's AppMainFn/AppLoaderApi::run() returned, unless * @a parent_instance_id is 0, in which case no result is delivered (fire-and-forget, for * callers with no app_instance_id of their own). The parent is then responsible for calling * app_manager_stop() on the child's instance id to fully reap it. * * @param[in] argv @a argc strings; app-module makes its own deep copy before returning (same as * app_start()), so @a argv and the strings it points to may be * freed/go out of scope immediately after this call returns. * @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered * @retval ERROR_NONE on success */ error_t app_start_for_result(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id); /** * Same as app_start(), but installs @a bindings into the new instance's fd table before * its task begins executing (e.g. a child's stdio, piped through parent-owned AppStreams; see * app/stream.h). Writes the new instance's id into each bound stream's producer_id itself, since * the caller cannot know it in advance. * @param[in] bindings @a binding_count entries; each stream and buffer must stay alive (see * app_stream_subscribe()) until unsubscribed or the child exits. * @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered * @retval ERROR_OUT_OF_RANGE a binding's producer_fd is out of range * @retval ERROR_RESOURCE a binding's event_group has no free bits left to claim * @retval ERROR_NONE on success */ error_t app_start_with_streams(const char* id, const struct AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id); /** * Combines app_start_for_result() and app_start_with_streams(): starts @a id as * a modal child of @a parent_instance_id (see app_start_for_result()'s own doc for the * result-delivery contract) with @a bindings installed into its fd table before its task begins * executing (see app_start_with_streams()'s own doc for stream ownership). * For a child that needs to hand back more than an int32_t (e.g. a path) via its own stdout. * @param[in] argv see app_start_for_result(). * @param[in] bindings see app_start_with_streams(). * @retval ERROR_NOT_FOUND no manifest with this id is registered, or no AppLoaderApi is registered * @retval ERROR_OUT_OF_RANGE a binding's producer_fd is out of range * @retval ERROR_RESOURCE a binding's event_group has no free bits left to claim * @retval ERROR_NONE on success */ error_t app_start_for_result_with_streams(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], const struct AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif