Yes, I would like to see this merged in the upcoming cordova@7
@purplecabbage risingj.com On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 11:57 AM, julio cesar sanchez <jcesarmob...@gmail.com > wrote: > +1 > > El 9 mar. 2017 8:37 p. m., "Darryl Pogue" <dar...@dpogue.ca> escribió: > > > Hey folks, > > > > One of the pain points for Cordova users is the inability to have > > different names for the app itself and the display name as shown on > > device home screens. For apps with longer app names, this leads to > > awkward truncation when displayed on the device. > > > > This feature is supported by our three major platforms (iOS, Android, > > and Windows), as well as being codified in the W3C Widgets spec [1] > > (which is the basis of config.xml) and the W3C App Manifest spec [2] > > (which is the standard being used for progressive web apps). > > > > > > There's an open pull request [3] on cordova-common to make our > > config.xml handling implement the feature as described by the W3C > > Widgets spec, but there was some disagreement over the best way to > > implement it. The comments on the PR contain most of the discussion > > points, but essentially the two options are: > > > > 1. Add support for <name short=""> to config.xml to match the W3C > > Widgets spec into cordova-common and update the platform prepare steps > > to make use of it. This is the method used in the open pull request. > > > > 2. Encourage app developers to make use of the <edit-config> tag to > > modify the platform-level files via patching. The advantage is that > > Cordova doesn't become responsible for another config option, and it > > provides more flexibility for app localizations and other > > platform-level modifications. > > > > > > From my perspective, it's clear that this is considered to be a core > > feature for web apps, given that an equivalent property is included in > > the newer App Manifest spec. This is a common request [4][5][6] and > > should be supported via an intuitive property that Cordova takes care > > of automatically. > > > > The problem with delegating to the edit-config tag is that it's > > largely undocumented (doesn't appear at all under config.xml in our > > docs), and it doesn't actually work with iOS plist files yet. Adding > > support for the short attribute doesn't prevent using edit-config for > > localization or more advanced modifications. > > > > Can we try to get consensus on moving forward with this? > > ~Darryl > > > > tl;dr: This is an easy win to fix a common pain point for our users, > > plz merge cordova-lib#453 > > > > [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#the-short-attribute > > [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/#short_name-member > > [3] https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/pull/453 > > [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10916 > > [5] https://github.com/blakgeek/cordova-plugin-app-name > > [6] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28373464/can-i- > > change-a-cordova-ios-apps-displayed-name-without-changing-the-entire-fi > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > >
