I'm not sure how PG Build does it, but I can find out and see if they can contribute. Having this baked in to Cordova is definitely in their interests.
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) <panar...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Also, given that Phonegap build does this, should we keep this such that it > works for people using Phonegap build also ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) [mailto:v-seg...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:54 AM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: RE: iOS: add target-device and MinimumOSVersion support to config.xml > > I agree as well, but I still don't see any better way to specify those > things. Looks like we could change the role of config.xml extending it beyond > runtime preferences or we need another/better place. Another potential > drawback of using config.xml is security risks since this file is > distributed as-is along with the app binaries. But I also see how it is easy > to use and does not require new knowledge (no need for new settings files). > Thoughts? New thread to discuss this? - since I see there could be many new > similar settings in the future and we need a way to define them > > As an idea we can introduce new <build> settings in config.xml which will be > automatically removed during build so not available in runtime. > > Thx! > Sergey > -----Original Message----- > From: agri...@google.com [mailto:agri...@google.com] On Behalf Of Andrew > Grieve > Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 5:45 PM > To: dev > Subject: Re: iOS: add target-device and MinimumOSVersion support to config.xml > > Agree with this. These are in the same vein as app icons, where they go in > the "CLI" config.xml, not the "runtime" config.xml. > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Not sure how these prefs are going to work. Usually prefs are for >> runtime preferences, while these are really build time preferences and >> probably the domain of the CLI since they modify the Info.plist and >> .pbxproj files. >> >> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:34 AM, tommy-carlos williams >> <to...@devgeeks.org> wrote: >> > +1 >> > >> > On 7 July 2014 at 23:29:46, Andrew Grieve (agri...@chromium.org) wrote: >> > >> > +1 >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < >> > v-seg...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Phonegap build already supports[2] preferences below and we could >> >> make this a part of Cordova. I can implement this if we agree. Thoughts? >> >> >> >> #1 target-device >> >> For targeting a specific device; possible values are handset, >> >> tablet, or universal (default). >> >> Example: >> >> <preference name="target-device" value="universal" /> >> >> >> >> #2 deployment-target >> >> This sets the IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET in the build, which >> >> tranlsates >> to >> >> the MinimumOSVersion in the ipa Propertly List. >> >> Example: >> >> <preference name="deployment-target" value="7.0" /> >> >> >> >> [2] >> >> >> http://docs.build.phonegap.com/en_US/configuring_preferences.md.html#_ >> ios_only >> >> >> >> Thx! >> >> Sergey >> >> >> > >>
