Actually the recent checkins break the existing File API that is already there on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Both of these platforms already support ArrayBuffers, Blobs, Typed Arrays, et al ...
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: > The goal of the recent ArrayBuffer work is to allow the browser's native > ArrayBuffers to be passed through the bridge. It doesn't work on Android > 2.3, since that version doesn't support ArrayBuffers. > > The recent Blob work applied to Cordova's File plugin and made it so that > it has a slice() method (like the native Blob), and a separate change was > made so that if you pass a native Blob to FileReader, it will pass through > to the native FileReader. > > So... Cordova File objects do *not* currently work with xhr2. > > I agree that's it's a pretty overwhelming task, and that it's likely not > worth the effort unless users really start asking for it. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey > > > > I'm starting to look at adding the xhr2 shim for Android 2.3, and I've > > come to this conclusion: > > > > 1. This looks like a LOT of work and I'm way over my head > > 2. This depends on a lot of the recent work that was put into Android > > (ArrayBuffer and Blob) > > > > Also, do we know if the new ArrayBuffer and Blob works with Android > > 4.x xhr2? Doesn't Android 4.x already have an ArrayBuffer and Blob > > object for it's webview? > > > > Anyone want to come in and explain this? This looks pretty overwhelming. > > > > Joe > > > -- @purplecabbage risingj.com
