There is a massive PR currently in the works that is looking to change how platforms should expose their functionality: https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/179
It leans on using node modules and 'require' as opposed to executing shell scripts. Steve: As you try building these new platform which sounds really exciting, consider using this new approach of defining the platform and provide feedback to that PR. Thanks, Nikhil -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Santana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Ondrej Florian Subject: Re: cordova-osx - mothball Sweet Steve +1 On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 3:11 PM Steven Gill <[email protected]> wrote: > I started some preliminary work on this a couple of weekends ago. > > Lots to do still. Will eventually move it over to Apache. > > https://github.com/stevengill/cordova-electron > https://github.com/stevengill/cordova-js/tree/electron > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I agree with Shaz Electron is a good platform and taking a lot of > > track now. > > Maybe another platform to cover that use case cordova-electron, but > > that would be something that is lower priority than the mobile > > platforms, but cool to see if someone in the community wants to > > dedicate time to > implement > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:19 AM Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Great! This is encouraging. I'll help expedite this as much as I > > > can > for > > it > > > to catch up, I'll look at any PRs and review and merge. > > > > > > On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Ondrej Florian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > If there is any interest, I would volunteer to pick it up. > > > > > > > > The Cordova-osx has its uses (I use it myself). > > > > > > > > One advantage over the Atom Electron is the plugins. > > > > Many non-UI iOS plugins will works with it out of the box. > > > > > > > > Another is that it's just another Cordova platform so you don't > > > > have > to > > > > work with yet another API. > > > > > > > > However, I think you'll rarely be satisfied with 'pure' > > > > cordova-osx (entire UI done in HTML5/js) - it's way too limiting. > > > > But for a hybrid app where you can mix in the native UI - it > > > > works > > well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ondrej > > > > > > > > On 05/05/2015 01:56, "Shazron" <[email protected] > > > > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >There is non-trivial work to create a bridge for plugins to > > > > >work > with > > > > >Electron, but it definitely has more of a future than cordova-osx. > > > > > > > > > >On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Shazron <[email protected] > > > <javascript:;>> > > > > wrote: > > > > >> A platform based off Atom Electron is more viable than > > > > >> cordova-osx > > at > > > > >> this point: http://electron.atom.io > > > > >> > > > > >> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Shazron <[email protected] > > > > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7143 > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Currently there are no resources to work on this, > > > > >>> effectively it > is > > > > >>> abandoned. Not sure what we do with this platform to signal > > > > >>> this abandonment except for docs. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> If anyone disagrees with mothballing this, chime in. > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > <javascript:;> > > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
