Sweet. Thanks Shazon! On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > Created https://github.com/cordova/cordova-discuss/blob/master/FAQ.md > as a doc so we can stage edits. > If anyone needs direct access let me know. > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Raymond Camden > <[email protected]> wrote: >> So we don't have a FAQ yet. Is it time to start it? Here is my stab: >> >> Do cookies work in Cordova apps? >> >> There are two ways in which you may want to use cookies. The first is >> within XHR (Ajax) requests to remote resources. Unless you >> specifically remove them, your Ajax library will automatically use >> cookies in subsequent calls to remote APIs and resources you request. >> So given that some API returns a cookie required for future calls, you >> can assume it will be automatically sent when your app hits it again. >> >> The other way your app may desire to use cookies is locally - ie >> within the app itself. This does not make sense within a Cordova app >> as it isn't running on a proper web server itself. If your intent is >> simply to store data for the app then you should make use the various >> existing methods (link to >> http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/cordova_storage_storage.md.html#Storage) >> to store data locally. >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Josh Soref <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Andrey: >>> It makes sense for someone to write a simple document saying that cookies >>> are >>> supported for subresources requested from remote web servers, but that >>> Cordova >>> doesn't promise cookie support for the app itself, and it should suggest >>> using >>> localStorage or the file API for preferences. >>> >>> Thanks for volunteering to work on this :) >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Andrew Grieve >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 11:18 AM >>>> To: dev >>>> Subject: Re: Cookie support in docs. >>>> >>>> Cookies work the same as they do in a browser AFAIK. cookies for file: >>>> don't make sense because you talk to a server at file:. If you make an XHR >>>> to http:///, they it can set cookies. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Andrey Kurdumov >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hi, >>>> > >>>> > I come across the following SO question. >>>> > >>>> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24374397/cookie-support-in- >>>> cordova-official-documentation >>>> > >>>> > The guy could not find any mentions about cookie support in the >>>> Phonegap. I >>>> > do google search and find that the only mention about cookie support is >>>> > issue CB-8026 where stated that Android support third-party cookies. I >>>> > personally was having problems with that, but resolve it using custom >>>> > HTTP >>>> > header. >>>> > >>>> > Question is: Does it make sense add the section in the docs regarding >>>> > cookies, and their limitations in Cordova apps, due to fact that files >>>> > server over file:/// protocol? >>>> > >> >> >> >> -- >> =========================================================================== >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >> >> Email : [email protected] >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >> Twitter: raymondcamden >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
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