[moVirt] Questions for freeaSPICE

Mon Feb 5 07:38:14 UTC 2018

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:57 PM, i iordanov <iiordanov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There is one thing that I wanted to report to you and ask you how we
> can approach.
>
> aSPICE is a derivative project of bVNC, and because of that, for a
> time in its AndroidManifest.xml file, the mimeType remained
> application/vnd.vnc:
>
> <intent-filter>
>     <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
>     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
>     <data android:mimeType="application/vnd.vnc" />
> </intent-filter>
>
> whereas to avoid it cropping up in the list of applications when a VNC
> console is being connected to, its mimeType should have been
> application/vnd.spice, like so:
>
> <intent-filter>
>     <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
>     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
>     <data android:mimeType="application/vnd.spice" />
> </intent-filter>
>
> I noticed this recently when I wrote my own integration with bVNC via
> an intent and used it on a device where aSPICE and bVNC are both
> present. Instead of seeing just bVNC, I saw both bVNC and aSPICE as
> clients to connect to VNC.
>
> So what I've done now is I've put both the above intent filters in
> aSPICE's AndroidManifest.xml in order to not break moVirt, but I'd
> like for you to change moVirt to create an intent with vnd.spice set
> as the mimeType when opening SPICE consoles rather than vnd.vnc as it
> does now. Since the fix is already out in aSPICE, you are at liberty
> to make the change on your side at any time.
>
> I've created a Pull Request against your project with the fix.
>
> https://github.com/oVirt/moVirt/pull/295

wow, great, thank you!

@Filip, can you please have a look at the PR?

>
>
> Sincerely,
> iordan
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 5:35 PM, i iordanov <iiordanov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Thomas,
> >
> > You're welcome! As you can tell, I am very busy these days.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > iordan
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "i iordanov" <iiordanov at gmail.com>
> >>> To: "Tomas Jelinek" <tjelinek at redhat.com>
> >>> Cc: movirt at ovirt.org
> >>> Sent: Monday, July 6, 2015 1:44:45 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [moVirt] Questions for freeaSPICE
> >>>
> >>> Hey,
> >>>
> >>> I just released an updated v3.7.7 with the parameters added.
> >>>
> >>> I've also updated the ticket you opened.
> >>>
> >>> Please find an updated version here:
> >>> https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/
> releases/download/v3.7.7/freeaSPICE-3.7.7-final.apk
> >>>
> >>> I've also released the version above in Google Play.
> >>
> >> Tested by both Yixin and me and works like a charm. We have updated the
> movirt page saying to install the version from the play store.
> >> Thank you for the fast response!
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers!
> >>> iordan
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 5:30 AM, Tomas Jelinek <tjelinek at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> >> From: "Tomas Jelinek" <tjelinek at redhat.com>
> >>> >> To: "i iordanov" <iiordanov at gmail.com>
> >>> >> Cc: movirt at ovirt.org
> >>> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 4:34:48 PM
> >>> >> Subject: Re: [moVirt] Questions for freeaSPICE
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> >> > From: "i iordanov" <iiordanov at gmail.com>
> >>> >> > To: "Tomas Jelinek" <tjelinek at redhat.com>
> >>> >> > Cc: "Yixin Zhang" <yixin_1992_cia at 126.com>, movirt at ovirt.org
> >>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 4:13:06 PM
> >>> >> > Subject: Re: Questions for freeaSPICE
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Thank you, I hope to look at it this weekend.
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi, any progress?
> >>> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >> That would be awesome, thank you!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Cheers!
> >>> >> > iordan
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Tomas Jelinek <
> tjelinek at redhat.com>
> >>> >> > wrote:
> >>> >> > > I have opened an issue on github for this:
> >>> >> > > https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues/49
> if that
> >>> >> > > is
> >>> >> > > a
> >>> >> > > more suitable place to discuss it.
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> >> > >> From: "Yixin Zhang" <yixin_1992_cia at 126.com>
> >>> >> > >> To: iiordanov at gmail.com
> >>> >> > >> Cc: tjelinek at redhat.com, movirt at ovirt.org
> >>> >> > >> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:28:14 PM
> >>> >> > >> Subject: Questions for freeaSPICE
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Dear Sir or Madam,
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Sorry can I have your name? freeaSPICE is a very nice APP, it
> could
> >>> >> > >> be
> >>> >> > >> used
> >>> >> > >> to connect the virtual machine directly.
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> There are some problems confused me, can I ask for you
> suggestions?
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> I'm Yixin Zhang,and now doing an internship for Outreachy
> Project,and
> >>> >> > >> now
> >>> >> > >> I'm
> >>> >> > >> in the project movirt. I'm thinking of calling freeaSPICE in
> movirt
> >>> >> > >> to
> >>> >> > >> connect VM, the calling code as followed:
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> .setType("application/vnd.vnc")
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> .setData(data);
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> startActivity(intent);
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> And the data form as
> >>> >> > >> followed：spice://192.168.1.100:5900?SpicePassword=...&
> TlsPort=5901&CaCertPath=...&CertSubject=....
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> However while I checked for you source
> >>> >> > >> code：https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients , I
> found it
> >>> >> > >> can
> >>> >> > >> not pass the parameters TlsPort, CaCertPath, CertSubject using
> this
> >>> >> > >> method,
> >>> >> > >> is there any other ways to pass the parameters, if there is,
> could u
> >>> >> > >> give
> >>> >> > >> me
> >>> >> > >> some suggestions? Thank you so much.
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> In order to pass these three parameter TlsPort, CaCertPath,
> >>> >> > >> CertSubjectin,I
> >>> >> > >> fork your remote-desktop-clients code （fork
> >>> >> > >> address:https://github.com/zyx0225/remote-desktop-
> clients/tree/aSPICE),
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Also, as you compile instruction I compiled aSPICE(But I have
> no idea
> >>> >> > >> how
> >>> >> > >> to
> >>> >> > >> compile libspice.so and libgstreamer_android.so, so I copy lib
> >>> >> > >> document
> >>> >> > >> of
> >>> >> > >> freeaSPICE-3.7.7-final.apk),I add the parser code for these
> three
> >>> >> > >> parameters
> >>> >> > >> TlsPort, CaCertPath, CertSubject (The main logical code:
> >>> >> > >> ：https://github.com/zyx0225/remote-desktop-clients/commit/
> 5233d9bb5f6434bba97237fd8ea014cf19b14c88),
> >>> >> > >> and invoke aSPICE in movirt to connect VM successfully.
> However, it
> >>> >> > >> just
> >>> >> > >> want to prove some my own guess and I have no idea whether
> there are
> >>> >> > >> some
> >>> >> > >> problem to code in such way.
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> We really really hope that we could invoke freeaSPICE in
> movirt to
> >>> >> > >> realize
> >>> >> > >> such functions, and I like freeaSPICE this APP so much, with
> great
> >>> >> > >> appreciate that you developed such a great APP. If we could
> realize
> >>> >> > >> our
> >>> >> > >> ideas mentioned above using your freeaSPICE, it would be such
> an
> >>> >> > >> exciting
> >>> >> > >> thing.
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Could you add parser for these three parameters TlsPort,
> CaCertPath,
> >>> >> > >> CertSubject in next version of freeaSPICE, or other ways that
> we
> >>> >> > >> could
> >>> >> > >> invoke freeaSPICE in movirt to connect VM?
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Thank you so much for your time, looking forward to your reply
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>  Best Regards,
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Yixin Zhang
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > --
> >>> >> > The conscious mind has only one thread of execution.
> >>> >> >
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