That's one idea that doesn't require changing formats, great :)
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Patrick Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > Do other platforms have similar issues? > > One thought - since our plugin list in the plist is already "name based", > just augment the name. Change the "class" name of "CDVLocalStorage" to > "CDVLocalStorage+LoadAtStart" or something. > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How are plugins loaded in the other platforms? >> >> Right now in iOS, a plugin is lazily loaded, that is - it is loaded >> only on first time use. There is a case for loading plugins at startup >> - like my iOS 5.1 local storage fix (CDVLocalStorage). Right now that >> plugin is hard-coded to load at startup, but I would like there to be >> a general plugin loading at startup feature in Cordova (at least iOS). >> >> In iOS, we have the "Plugins" key in Cordova.plist. Unfortunately - we >> can't just add a checkbox to the list since it's an Array. What I'm >> proposing (as a quick thing) is to add another Array in Cordova.plist >> for plugins that should be loaded at startup, say, a key called >> "Startup". >> >> The alternative is to change the "Plugins" Array of Strings to a >> Dictionary - then the Dictionary key will be the plugin Name and the >> Dictionary value would be a boolean saying whether it should be loaded >> at startup. But I tried it in Xcode, and the checkbox could be >> confused with whether the plugin is "enabled" or not. >> >> Yet another alternative is to change the "Plugins" Array of Strings to >> a "Plugins" Array of Dictionaries. Each dictionary would have two >> keys: "Name" (String), and "LoadOnStartup" (Boolean). Then it won't be >> ambiguous. >> >> Having a separate "Startup" list would be advantageous: >> >> 1. We don't have to make users upgrade their Cordova.plist/Plugins >> (backwards compatibility) >> 2. It is unambiguous what it is for (vs the changing >> Cordova.plist/Plugins to a Dictionary) >> > > > > -- > Patrick Mueller > http://muellerware.org
