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Application Class
The Application API provides ways to manage and interact with applications on the platform, including retrieving information about installed apps, for example: getting ApplicationVersion::CurrentCode, launching other apps and managing app downloads and updates.
Static Member Functions
static Request< Models.AppDownloadResult > CancelAppDownload ( )
Cancel an app download that is in progress. It will return a result when the download is cancelled.
static Request< Models.AppDownloadProgressResult > CheckAppDownloadProgress ( )
Track download progress for an app.
static Request< Models.ApplicationVersion > GetVersion ( )
Requests version information, including the ApplicationVersion::CurrentCode and ApplicationVersion::CurrentName of the currently installed app and ApplicationVersion::LatestCode, ApplicationVersion::LatestName, ApplicationVersion::Size and ApplicationVersion::ReleaseDate of the latest app update.
static Request< Models.AppDownloadResult > InstallAppUpdateAndRelaunch
( ApplicationOptions deeplink_options )
Installs the app update that was previously downloaded. Once the install begins the application will exit automatically. After the installation process is complete, the app will be relaunched based on the options passed in.
Parameters
deeplink_options
Additional configuration for this relaunch, which is optional. It contains 5 fields ApplicationOptions.SetDeeplinkMessage(), ApplicationOptions.SetDestinationApiName(), ApplicationOptions.SetLobbySessionId(), ApplicationOptions.SetMatchSessionId() and ApplicationOptions.SetRoomId().
static Request< string > LaunchOtherApp
( UInt64 appID,
ApplicationOptions deeplink_options )
Launches a different application in the user's library. If the user does not have that application installed, they will be taken to that app's page in the Oculus Store
Parameters
appID
The unique ID of the app to be launched.
deeplink_options
Additional configuration for this request, which is optional. It contains 5 fields ApplicationOptions.SetDeeplinkMessage(), ApplicationOptions.SetDestinationApiName(), ApplicationOptions.SetLobbySessionId(), ApplicationOptions.SetMatchSessionId() and ApplicationOptions.SetRoomId().
static Request< Models.AppDownloadResult > StartAppDownload ( )
Starts an app download. It will return a result when the download is finished. Download progress can be monitored using the Application.CheckAppDownloadProgress().
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