cordova-wp8 platform uses IE10, regardless of what is on the phone.  This
is done internally via a compatibility layer in the sdk so that moving to a
more recent device / OS does not break existing apps.
Thank you for posting a sample, I will have a look at it and report back
soon.


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On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:05 AM, Alexander Urban <
alexander.ur...@timeflex.de> wrote:

> Hello Raghav,
>
> I am not sure why the browser should be an issue, since both windows and
> wp8 platform should use the very same IE under the hood, and on wp8
> platform it is working.
>
> I could take this problem to stackoverflow, but I guess they'd tell me
> it's a bug and I should take it to the devs.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alexander
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Raghav Katyal [mailto:rakat...@microsoft.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 22. April 2016 23:31
> An: dev@cordova.apache.org; Alexander Urban <alexander.ur...@timeflex.de>
> Betreff: RE: Windows Phone, platform "Windows" and icon fonts
>
> Hi Alexander,
>
> I looked into this and could verify the issue. However I don't think this
> falls within the scope of Cordova, but an issue with the browser being run
> on Win8.1 phone. I tried to look for solutions and found some potential
> hacks online. I think stackoverflow or something similar might be a better
> place to take this.
>
> -Raghav
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Urban [mailto:alexander.ur...@timeflex.de]
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:08 AM
> To: dev@cordova.apache.org
> Subject: Windows Phone, platform "Windows" and icon fonts
>
> Hello cordova dev team,
>
> I have an issue with Windows Phone 8.1, the "windows" platform and icon
> fonts. Since wp8 is deprecated, I thought I'd better switch to platform
> "windows". This came to a grinding halt because the icons are not rendered
> correctly. The issue first showed in Sencha Touch 2.4.2, but I have made a
> minimal sample app to rule out Sencha Touch issues, which is available at
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sdfe.de%2fsamples%2ffonttest-cordova.zip&data=01%7c01%7crakatyal%40microsoft.com%7c6d08436656544290859c08d369b73316%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=EzAOcnU%2bGjbDRNehTY%2bLrBE0lLMdISTf%2bH9O5Ctom9Y%3d
>
> The cordova version currently installed on my computer is 6.1.1 with
> platforms windows 4.1.0 and wp8 3.8.2 (deprecated).
>
> For this test I just compiled the wp8 and the windows version using
>
>
> -          cordova build wp8 windows
>
> then opened both solutions in Visual Studio 2015, set the "Windows Phone
> 8.1" in CordovaApp.sln project as my default project, and deployed the two
> projects to my phone (Nokia Lumia 535, Windows 8.10.14234.375).
>
>
> *         In platform "wp8", the icon font is used to render the icons.
>
> *         In platform "windows", a standard font is used (which looks
> really bad with icon fonts).
> What should happen is that the icon font is used as well.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alexander
>
>
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