KaiOS DevTool

A lightweight UI to install/uninstall & list apps.

Requirements

1. Ubuntu (tested with 18.04).
2. Python (tested with 2.7).
3. Firefox (tested with Firefox 84 for KaiOS v3.0).

Usage

1. If you are a KaiOS employee, you can download the latest artifact from https://git.kaiostech.com/KaiOS/kaios-devtool-extension/pipelines then unzip it. If not, follow these steps:

   • Clone this repo then execute npm install && npm run build.
   • For MacOS/Windows, please replace executabe dist\app\appscmd with the correct one under dist\app\target.zip\<environment>\appscmd(.exe)

2. Open a terminal and execute the following shell command to install native messaging app:

   cd dist
   bash app\install_native_app.sh

   For Windows please make sure that python is installed already then execute following steps:

   • Rename message_host_win.json to replace message_host.json
   • replace %~dp0 inside install_native_app.bat and message_host.bat to valid path
   • execute install_native_app.bat

3. Make sure the KaiOS device is connected with adb root.

4. Open Firefox matching your KaiOS release (eg. Firefox 84 for KaiOS 3.0) & open about:debugging.

5. Click This Firefox on top left.

6. Title Temporary Extensions, click Load Temporary Add-on, choose manifest.json.

7. Click terminal icon on toolbar.

Snapshot

For now the UI is really simple...

Appendix

[1] Native Messaging https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_messaging

[2] Native Manifest https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_manifests

Project setup

Requirement

• node.js v12.20.0
• npm 6.14.8

Install dependency

npm install

Compiles and minifies for production

npm run build

Lints and fixes files

npm run lint

Customize configuration

See Configuration Reference.