Yeah, when I explored this a while back, I thought the following made the most sense:
run --emulator => outputs 'emulator is not supported' until we can get it to work run --target => outputs 'target mode is not supported' until we can get it to work run --device => runs on the current device I think it is less confusing to just have the --emulator/emulate command fail noisily. @purplecabbage risingj.com On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) < panar...@microsoft.com> wrote: > I think using Cordova run and emulate to do the same thing for now makes > sense. Instead of just leaving it out as unimplemented, we could deploy to > local machine in both cases. I am working with the Windows team to see if > we could run the app on an emulator, and if we have an answer for that, we > would update it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) [mailto:v-seg...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:59 PM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: [For discussion] windows8 and run/emulate commands meaning > > Hi, > > Cordova cli provides the following three options to execute your app from > the shell: > > * run --emulator (or emulate) - to run the app on emulator > > * run --device - app will be executed on the connected device > > * run --target - same as above, but you specify particular device > > Right now the only known method to programmatically start Windows Store > app is to start it locally right on your system. Windows8 platform is > special since you technically build your app right on the target > platform/device. Due to this I propose to treat both run/emulate commands > for Windows8 platform as running app locally. > > Motivation: > > 1. People actively use both run and emulate commands so it will be > great to somehow support them both. > > 2. Right now we only know how to start app locally. Not sure we will > be able to implement other options in the near future. If we find the way > to support additional options we will change run/emulate meaning later. > > Thoughts? > > Additional details > When you are working with Windows Store app in Visual Studio there are the > following three options to test your app > > * Local Machine - app will be run right on your local system > > o easy to automate from command prompt > > o > https://github.com/sgrebnov/cordova-windows/commit/7577a589766e14c2e2674ffb5a8081a308a743be > > * Emulator - starts Windows RT emulator > > o at present time I don't have solution to do the same from command > line, continue research.. > > * Remote Machine - app will be run on remote machine (you should > specify target machine ip address + install special software on remote > machine - VS Remote Debugging Tools) > > o looks like we won't be able to support this option in the near future > since it is very complex > > Thx! > Sergey >
