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In eg-app-fw meeting 2021-09-08 we demoed using Flatpak to run apps inside AGL demo platform.

Here is how to recreate the demo:

1. Set up AGL build environment following usual instructions. Use qemux86-64 target.

2. Follow Flatpak in AGL guide to modify local.conf and bblayers.conf.

3. Build the QEMU image containing flatpak:

  bitbake agl-demo-platform
  # Output in tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/

4. Build the Flatpak SDK and runtime:

  bitbake agl-demo-platform-flatpak-runtime
  bitbake agl-demo-platform-flatpak-sdk
  # Output in ./agl-demo-platform-flatpak-runtime.flatpak/ and ./agl-demo-platform-flatpak-sdk.flatpak/

5. Build the Flatpak app using flatpak-builder

  TBD

6. Run local web server to share runtime and SDK (using caddy in this example):

  caddy file-server --listen :8000 --browse .
  

7. Boot the AGL demo image in qemu and install the Flatpak app. Replace $HOSTNAME with the machine running the web server:

  flatpak remote-add agl-runtime http://$HOSTNAME:8000/agl-demo-platform-flatpak-runtime.repo/ --no-gpg-verify
  flatpak remote-add agl-app http://$HOSTNAME:8000/ondemandnavi.repo --no-gpg-verify
  flatpak install org.automotivelinux.apps.Navigation
  flatpak run --command=navigation org.automotivelinux.apps.Navigation