Alex, Thinking about this more.
I have 1 or 2 apps that are more "administrative" such as a library manager, MIDI importer, metadata manager for the Caustic files that are on the device. Seeing that HTML is more text/editor centric, I could see myself trying to get the native extension working sooner than later and using the framework/components to build these simpler apps. This might actually be a good thing since those apps are more secondary to the main ones. The other apps are quite graphic intensive and I don't know exactly how easy they will be to create in straight HTML. I am thinking more webgl/feathers like implementation will be needed for the graphics. Albeit, I am still ignorant to what kind of graphics I could do on Android with either the embedded web view Cordova provides or some other option. As you can see I am REALLY trying to find a reason to set aside a good amount of time to get this project moving on the low level. @Om this is why I was interested in what you were thinking about FXG/SVG and having components use them. It would be easier to use that then Bitmaps, maybe, I guess I use straight Bitmaps with Feathers so.... I don't know. :) Mike On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Michael Schmalle < teotigraphix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 5/27/15, 9:02 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <teotigraphix...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >In the FlexJS and FalconJX categories there is not much and just assuming >> >since your are basically the main committer on the compiler right now, >> >that >> >you just fix stuff and don't enter issues. >> >> Yep. Although if more folks are going to work on stuff I’ll be more >> motivated to file tickets. >> >> > >> >That said, is there anything that you know about with the compiler >> >FalconJX/FlexJS that I could work on to get my feet wet? Or are your >> TODOs >> >more based on the fact you know exactly what is going on there and I >> can't >> >do much until I fully understand the tool chain of FlexJS and GCC? >> >> I don’t think I have a list in my head that will help you learn the tool >> chain. I want to suppress the GCC warnings, but I don’t think that will >> teach you much. I want to explore Josh’s idea of FalconJX with a native >> HTML swc so we can write all of our JS code in AS. If you want to work on >> that, that would be awesome, but it may not teach you how the FlexJS >> workflow is supposed to go. >> > > > Ok, that answered my question. > > Well, when I said "teach" I just meant getting into the code. Really, I > know the base part of the compiler and the walker/visitor framework well > ;-), so getting FalconJX to use an HTML.swc would be exactly what I am > looking for to do. > > This is where you can keep doing what you are good at and I can work on > what I am good at(code rendering). > > Can I ask you to start another thread and outline what you see needs to be > done to accomplish what is in your mind dealing with FalconJX and the > HTML.swc? If you can just brainstorm, then I can ask you questions to fill > in the gaps that I am not seeing. > > > >> >> Peter and I are working on our own apps that use FlexJS. It rarely works >> like we’d like it to, then we fix the compiler or FlexJS code until it >> does. It might be best for you to simply start on a test app that uses >> your NativeExtension and try to get it working in Cordova. Or, if that >> feels like too big a bite, I’ll push the app I’m working on and you can >> work on it as well if you find it interesting. >> > > > This would be beneficial for me as well and probably others. I could see > myself learning from something you are actively working on and looking at > your commits. > > Right now I have a September target for about 4-5 Feathers mobile Android > apps I am working on to release based on Caustic audio engine, that is my > income. :) So the Crodova experiment I see coming in the Fall/Winter when I > am more sound in what's going on and the component framework is a bit more > mature. > > > >> >> As always, I’m glad you have your and Fred’s and everyone else’s help. >> > > > Yeah, well if my apps take off, which they should since I am working with > the dev of Caustic, I will have a 100% excuse to keep working on this > project for the foreseeable future. As you can see, with apps selling using > native extensions and AIR, my motivation to get them to work in > HTML/Cordova increases 10 fold because they are already successful on one > platform. This is a good thing. > > Mike > > >> -Alex >> >> >
