Could we leverage our own File API to load the plugins json instead of relying on (possibly unclear local vs remote) XHR semantics?
On 5/15/13 12:03 PM, "Steven Gill" <stevengil...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hey All, > >If you haven't checked out issue CB-3393[1], you should. I believe this is >a pretty big problem and brings into question the way we are loading >plugins. > >Using an absolute path is not going to work as Braden suggests in the >comments of the issue. He proposes adding code to cordova.js that will >search for the cordova_plugins.json file and reference it correctly. This >feels very hacky to me and will lead to more issues. I believe we need to >reconsider how we are loading plugins. > >I am hoping more people decide to chime in on this discussion. > >[1] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3393 > > >On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> Hey Bryan, >> >> Thanks for chiming in. I realized this after I made the change >>yesterday. >> Tracking it with https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3393 >> >> Cheers, >> -Steve >> On May 15, 2013 5:34 AM, "Bryan Higgins" <bhigg...@blackberry.com> >>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Steve. I meant to bring that commit up on the list. >>> >>> The problem is that the relative reference to cordova_plugins.json only >>> works when the page is in the same directory as that file. Is that >>>also an >>> issue on ios/android? If so, is there a standard cross platform way to >>> reference a file in the root of a cordova app? >>> >>> We had to do something similar in plugman. This has not yet been merged >>> in: >>> >>> >>> >>>https://github.com/blackberry/cordova-plugman/commit/7f8b704b6d4eb7419ca >>>a56faee743f841bc987bd >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Hey All, >>> > >>> > The BB10 stuff got merged into cordova.js. The following commit >>>breaks >>> > plugin_loader for ios + android. >>> > >>> > >>> >>>https://github.com/apache/cordova-js/commit/8d59461c6f796f2c88a0eae2467c >>>c663897ccce9 >>> > . >>> > I am going to remove the slash for now. >>> > >>> > -Steve >>> > >>> >>
