My Android 2.3.4 device fires "orientationchange" events. So it seems to be fairly standard.
Did a vote thread ever get started? Simon Mac Donald http://hi.im/simonmacdonald On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > totally vote thread > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > > Do we need a vote thread or something to get API changes/updates approved? > > What's the right way to go about this? > > > > In terms of issues and whatnot its clear (docs first, then JS API, then > > finally native implementations) but I'm more wondering about the > > discussion/voting/API change process. > > > > On 12-02-02 1:58 PM, "Brian LeRoux" <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > >>+1 orientationchange api > >> > >>(should file a jira to make note of all this in the docs) > >> > >>On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>> The deviceorientation event is a W3C spec, whereas the orientationchange > >>> event is an apple standard I believe > >>> > >>> > >>> http://developer.apple.com/library/IOs/#documentation/AppleApplications/R > >>>ef > >>> erence/SafariWebContent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html > >>> > >>> I am generally in favour of following the w3c however I personally like > >>> the orientationchange event API better... D: > >>> > >>> > >>> On 12-02-02 12:41 PM, "Jesse" <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>>No, not to that spec. However it is mentioned in the section: > >>>>"... may be able to do so with the existing *orientationchange* event." > >>>> > >>>>Overall, it is a much simpler API where: > >>>>a) window.orientation holds the current value of one of [0,90,-90,180] > >>>>b) window fires orientationchange event when it changes > >>>> > >>>>Currently consistent in BB-WW, iOS, Android, WP7 > >>>> > >>>>In PhoneGap, the ability to generate the event may be governed by other > >>>>platform specific ways of defining what orientations the application > >>>>supports. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Drew Walters <deedu...@gmail.com> > >>>>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Is this implemented according to this spec or something different? > >>>>> > >>>>> http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source-orientation.html > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > Im sure it's all doable on the platforms, the question being posed > >>>>>is > >>>>> > "should this be part of the core cordova API?" > >>>>> > > >>>>> > I'm for it. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > If it's a yay, then we need to > >>>>> > > >>>>> > 1. Update the docs > >>>>> > 2. Update cordova-js > >>>>> > 3. Add support to each platform > >>>>> > > >>>>> > On 12-02-02 11:23 AM, "Jesse" <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >WP7 also supports this event via PhoneGap + polyfill. > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > >On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > >> on iOS it is supported on the UIWebView 4.2.x and greater but we > >>>>> > >> polyfill support for iOS 3.x (which we are planning to remove > >>>>>support > >>>>> > >> for, don't know exactly when, 1.5 is as good as any time) > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> > >> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >> > Are we supporting this as part of our API? Apparently iOS > >>>>>supports > >>>>it > >>>>> > >> whereas im pretty sure most other platforms do not. > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-213 > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> > >
