FAPP(TM) support

applications/services/loader/loader.c

@@ -366,8 +366,15 @@ static LoaderStatus loader_do_start_by_name(
         {
             const FlipperInternalApplication* app = loader_find_application_by_name(name);
             if(app) {
-                loader_start_internal_app(loader, app, args);
-                status = loader_make_success_status(error_message);
+                if(app->app == NULL) {
+                    // FAPP support
+                    status = loader_start_external_app(
+                        loader, furi_record_open(RECORD_STORAGE), app->appid, args, error_message);
+                    furi_record_close(RECORD_STORAGE);
+                } else {
+                    loader_start_internal_app(loader, app, args);
+                    status = loader_make_success_status(error_message);
+                }
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -495,4 +502,4 @@ int32_t loader_srv(void* p) {
     }
 
     return 0;
-}
+}

scripts/fbt/appmanifest.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class FlipperAppType(Enum):
     SERVICE = "Service"
     SYSTEM = "System"
     APP = "App"
+    FAPP = "Fapp"
     DEBUG = "Debug"
     ARCHIVE = "Archive"
     SETTINGS = "Settings"
@@ -375,6 +376,14 @@ class ApplicationsCGenerator:
     def get_app_descr(self, app: FlipperApplication):
         if app.apptype == FlipperAppType.STARTUP:
             return app.entry_point
+        if app.apptype == FlipperAppType.FAPP:
+            return f"""
+    {{.app = NULL,
+     .name = "{app.name}",
+     .appid = "/ext/apps/.Main/{app.appid}.fap",
+     .stack_size = 0,
+     .icon = {f"&{app.icon}" if app.icon else "NULL"},
+     .flags = {'|'.join(f"FlipperInternalApplicationFlag{flag}" for flag in app.flags)}}}"""
         return f"""
     {{.app = {app.entry_point},
      .name = "{app.name}",
@@ -395,11 +404,11 @@ class ApplicationsCGenerator:
             )
             entry_type, entry_block = self.APP_TYPE_MAP[apptype]
             contents.append(f"const {entry_type} {entry_block}[] = {{")
-            contents.append(
-                ",\n".join(
-                    map(self.get_app_descr, self.buildset.get_apps_of_type(apptype))
-                )
-            )
+            apps = self.buildset.get_apps_of_type(apptype)
+            if apptype is FlipperAppType.APP:
+                apps += self.buildset.get_apps_of_type(FlipperAppType.FAPP)
+            apps.sort(key=lambda app: app.order)
+            contents.append(",\n".join(map(self.get_app_descr, apps)))
             contents.append("};")
             contents.append(
                 f"const size_t {entry_block}_COUNT = COUNT_OF({entry_block});"

scripts/fbt_tools/fbt_extapps.py

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class AppBuilder:
                         deployable = False
                 app_artifacts.dist_entries.append((deployable, fal_path))
         else:
-            fap_path = f"apps/{self.app.fap_category}/{app_artifacts.compact.name}"
+            fap_path = f"apps/{'.Main' if self.app.apptype == FlipperAppType.FAPP else self.app.fap_category}/{app_artifacts.compact.name}"
             app_artifacts.dist_entries.append(
                 (self.app.is_default_deployable, fap_path)
             )

site_scons/extapps.scons

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class FlipperExtAppBuildArtifacts:
 
 
 apps_to_build_as_faps = [
+    FlipperAppType.FAPP,
     FlipperAppType.PLUGIN,
     FlipperAppType.EXTERNAL,
     FlipperAppType.DEBUG,