Hatchery support

Add app directories to the path and change menu to use the provided metadata.

ELF apps are listed, but people can also include them with apps. I think they should be published in the hatchery together with an init.py containing something like:

import os
os.exec("/apps/myapp/mybinary.elf")

It lists all ELF files found in /elf

preload/menu.py

@@ -9,17 +9,26 @@ import buttons
 import color
 import display
 import os
-
+import ujson
+import sys
+
+def read_metadata(app_folder):
+    try:
+        info_file = "/apps/%s/metadata.json" % (app_folder)
+        with open(info_file) as f:
+            information = f.read()
+        return ujson.loads(information)
+    except BaseException as e:
+        sys.print_exception(e)
+        return {'author':'', 'name':app_folder, 'description':'', 'category':'', 'revision': 0}
 
 def list_apps():
-    """Create a list of available apps."""
-    apps = sorted(os.listdir("."))
-
-    # Filter for apps
-    apps = [app for app in apps if app.endswith(".elf") or app.endswith(".py")]
-
-    if "menu.py" in apps:
-        apps.remove("menu.py")
+    """Create a list of available apps."""    
+    appFolders = sorted(os.listdir("/apps"))
+    
+    apps = []
+    for appFolder in appFolders:
+        apps.append([appFolder, read_metadata(appFolder)])
 
     return apps
 
@@ -56,7 +65,7 @@ def draw_menu(disp, applist, idx, offset):
     # Wrap around the app-list and draw entries from idx - 3 to idx + 4
     for y, i in enumerate(range(len(applist) + idx - 3, len(applist) + idx + 4)):
         disp.print(
-            " " + applist[i % len(applist)] + "      ",
+            " " + applist[i % len(applist)][1]['name'] + "      ",
             posy=offset + y * 20 - 40,
             bg=COLOR1 if i % 2 == 0 else COLOR2,
         )
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ def main():
             disp.clear().update()
             disp.close()
             try:
-                os.exec(applist[current])
+                os.exec("/apps/%s/__init__.py" % applist[current][0])
             except OSError as e:
                 print("Loading failed: ", e)
                 os.exit(1)

[rahix]

I would still like scripts in the root directory to show up as well. For hacking some quick scripts this is way more comfortable.

[rahix]

Please add all files in the root directory ending in .py or .elf (except menu.py).