We can chat anytime. I'm in #phonegap on irc.freenode.net all the time.
That said, any _decisions_ that come out of our chat needs to be brought
back to the list so everyone gets a chance to chime in and influence that
decision.
On 9/17/12 12:29 PM, "Mike Reinstein" <reinstein.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'd like to setup a time on irc to chat about the state of the plugin
>system. I've made a lot of progress on several fronts, but I'd like to get
>feedback from relevant/interested parties before I proceed. How do you
>folks usually set up these group chats? Informally or is there some Apache
>process I need to follow?
>
>-Mike
>
>On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>> Another good example of this use case is modifying an iOS app to
>>register
>> for push notifications. You need to change code in the AppDelegate to do
>> this.
>>
>> The use case for formalizing/automating this is something in the plugin
>> spec like a giant block of code inside an xml tag. That doesn't sound
>>cool
>> :(
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> <code target="AppDelegate.m">
>> // Delegation methods
>> - (void)application:(UIApplication *)app
>> didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)devToken {
>> const void *devTokenBytes = [devToken bytes];
>> self.registered = YES;
>> [self sendProviderDeviceToken:devTokenBytes];
>> // custom method
>> }
>>
>> </code>
>>
>> .. And then we'd need escaping of characters in the xml.. Blarghhh
>>
>> >> Our goal should be to make it so that the only path to modifying
>> >> generated native bits should be either plugins, or upgrades to
>>cordova
>> >> config.xml.
>>
>> This plus a million.
>>
>>
>> On 9/17/12 9:28 AM, "Brion Vibber" <bvib...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sep 17, 2012 2:10 AM, "Brian LeRoux" <b...@brian.io> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Consider this scenario. A developer generates a new Cordova project.
>> >> They then add, and subsequently modify, the generated native bits in
>> >> the platforms folder. Google changes something, perhaps how
>> >> AndroidManifest works. Or maybe Apple deprecates a library. The
>> >> developer now needs to regenerate their native bits in the platforms
>> >> folder. But they modified stuff--
>> >
>> >The AndroidManifest is an example of a file that we'd *need* to modify
>>in
>> >many cases; unless there's tooling to patch it with custom
>>modifications
>> >every time it's regenerated that'd be uncomfortable.
>> >
>> >-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / bvibber @ wikimedia.org)
>>
>>
