Windows 8 apps *will* be able to include plugins authored in other languages, but it is not yet supported. For now, you can create/add a new portable-library project to your solution, and access it from async javascript.
More details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br230301%28v=vs.110%29.aspx Unfortunately, you will have to set this up yourself, and plugins authored this way are not yet distributable/installable with plugman/cordova-cli. @purplecabbage risingj.com On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Daniel Toplak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > are there any work done on porting the windows 8 platform to XAML C# or > C++ implementation? > AFAIK if I am correct this is the only way to fully support native XAML > C#/C++ plugins on Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT store APPs. > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards > > *Daniel Toplak* > > Am 07.07.2013 22:16, schrieb Jesse MacFadyen: > > No immediate plans. Maybe post 3.0.0 >> >> Cheers, >> Jesse >> >> Sent from my iPhone5 >> >> On Jul 7, 2013, at 2:18 AM, Daniel Toplak <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> any news here? >> >> Greets Daniel >> >> Am 02.07.2013 01:44, schrieb Toplak Daniel: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> we are very interested in phonegap/cordova and we like the concept of >>> HTML5/JS/CSS + native plugin APPs. >>> We have created a proof of concept to embed a OpenGL Render Engine into >>> a the Html-Views (not WebGL). >>> The native plugin which renders on a native view is running on iOS and >>> Android very well. >>> >>> Now we whant to go a bit further and whant to bring this technic to >>> Windows 8 (RT) platform to support the Windows 8 Desktop and the Windows RT >>> Tablets. >>> For this we would like to try to get a DirectX Engine running as a >>> native plugin. But here comes the hurdle: >>> Cordova-windows-8 is build on top of the Windows HTML/JS/CSS stack not >>> as a XAML APP. We were able to build a Windows Runtime Component DLL in C++ >>> but there we are not able to access the XAML GUI to create a view as the >>> DirectX Rendering Context. >>> >>> So are there any plans to port the cordova-windows-8 over to a XAML APP >>> like the cordova-windows-phone8? >>> >>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards >>> >>> CADENAS GmbH >>> Head of Mobile Development >>> Daniel Toplak >>> >> >
