+1 El 9 mar. 2017 8:37 p. m., "Darryl Pogue" <[email protected]> escribió:
> Hey folks, > > One of the pain points for Cordova users is the inability to have > different names for the app itself and the display name as shown on > device home screens. For apps with longer app names, this leads to > awkward truncation when displayed on the device. > > This feature is supported by our three major platforms (iOS, Android, > and Windows), as well as being codified in the W3C Widgets spec [1] > (which is the basis of config.xml) and the W3C App Manifest spec [2] > (which is the standard being used for progressive web apps). > > > There's an open pull request [3] on cordova-common to make our > config.xml handling implement the feature as described by the W3C > Widgets spec, but there was some disagreement over the best way to > implement it. The comments on the PR contain most of the discussion > points, but essentially the two options are: > > 1. Add support for <name short=""> to config.xml to match the W3C > Widgets spec into cordova-common and update the platform prepare steps > to make use of it. This is the method used in the open pull request. > > 2. Encourage app developers to make use of the <edit-config> tag to > modify the platform-level files via patching. The advantage is that > Cordova doesn't become responsible for another config option, and it > provides more flexibility for app localizations and other > platform-level modifications. > > > From my perspective, it's clear that this is considered to be a core > feature for web apps, given that an equivalent property is included in > the newer App Manifest spec. This is a common request [4][5][6] and > should be supported via an intuitive property that Cordova takes care > of automatically. > > The problem with delegating to the edit-config tag is that it's > largely undocumented (doesn't appear at all under config.xml in our > docs), and it doesn't actually work with iOS plist files yet. Adding > support for the short attribute doesn't prevent using edit-config for > localization or more advanced modifications. > > Can we try to get consensus on moving forward with this? > ~Darryl > > tl;dr: This is an easy win to fix a common pain point for our users, > plz merge cordova-lib#453 > > [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#the-short-attribute > [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/#short_name-member > [3] https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/pull/453 > [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10916 > [5] https://github.com/blakgeek/cordova-plugin-app-name > [6] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28373464/can-i- > change-a-cordova-ios-apps-displayed-name-without-changing-the-entire-fi > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
