Ok Rob thanks again for the reply, and I'm glad that someone is already working on this, the Material Design will be very helpful for the Phonegap Framework....
Regards, Jack. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Rob Dodson <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. Does the Material Design has code which is not compatible with Android >> 4.3 and below, I'm speaking only about the Material Design not the ability >> of creating custom elements! > > > I think the best answer is, "sort of". We use CSS selectors like :host, > :host-context, ::shadow, and /deep/ because we're writing our styles > assuming the presence of Shadow DOM. It's really easy to convert these > styles so they work with old browsers (for instance, you can often replace > ::shadow and /deep/ with descendant selectors) but it does require a bit of > manual work. There are folks working on a version of Material Design that > is targeted at legacy browsers but I don't know the official status of > that. > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Jack M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the quick respond, my primary target is the Material Design, >> so I was thinking, that because Polymer is only supported in Android 4.4+ >> because of the Chromium which is default in that version, we could use >> Crosswalk or WebView+ to make Polymer work on Android 4.0+, also as I said >> my focus is on the Material Design, so because the project is on GitHub I >> was planning to examine the code to get only the Material Design and make >> it work on Android 4.0+ if the Crosswalk doesn't work...so my last question >> is: >> >> 1. Does the Material Design has code which is not compatible with Android >> 4.3 and below, I'm speaking only about the Material Design not the ability >> of creating custom elements! >> >> Regards, >> >> Jack. >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Rob Dodson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 1. With which Android version is Polymer Project Compatible? >>> >>> >>> 4.4+ >>> >>> 2. If the Android support is only Android 4.4 and above, will using the >>>> new Chromium WebView in Crosswalk and CocoonJS WebView+ Feature? >>> >>> >>> We've heard from a number of developers that Crosswalk works really well >>> with Polymer and can improve support for older android devices. I'm not an >>> expert on Crosswalk but I believe their docs say they support Android 4.0+ >>> >>> 3. Why Lower Android versions aren't supported, because of the new >>>> import feature, Javascript or? >>> >>> >>> My understanding is that there are some bits which are hard/impossible >>> to polyfill. Particularly around things like Shadow DOM. If you don't use >>> Shadow DOM, and instead focus on Custom Elements, it's possible to get >>> things working in even older browsers. TJ VanToll did a nice write up >>> on this >>> <http://developer.telerik.com/featured/web-components-ready-production/> >>> . >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Jack M <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi I'm Jack and I'm a Web, Game and App Developer, working with various >>>> Tools and Frameworks, like Phonegap, Bootstrap, jQuery, Intel App >>>> Framework, jQuery Mobile, CocoonJS, Unity 3D and etc. I'm also interested >>>> in the Polymer Project, I am fan of Flat Design and now in Material Design, >>>> I have some questions about Polymer Project: >>>> >>>> 1. With which Android version is Polymer Project Compatible? >>>> >>>> 2. If the Android support is only Android 4.4 and above, will using the >>>> new Chromium WebView in Crosswalk and CocoonJS WebView+ Feature? >>>> >>>> 3. Why Lower Android versions aren't supported, because of the new >>>> import feature, Javascript or? >>>> >>>> Thanks... >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Jack. >>>> >>>> Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Polymer" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/CABm8iDT2TRtFH1Hi5WffPe4PQ_85jrSECeciecH2dw5Xdfy%3DpA%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/CABm8iDT2TRtFH1Hi5WffPe4PQ_85jrSECeciecH2dw5Xdfy%3DpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> > Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Polymer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/CABm8iDTrmMTOmqiVG5Nr_xpKqCT3W%2BgRkWwhR14yabGX3MfphA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
