Roman, when you get this sorted out, let's figure out where in the
documentation we should explain how to use Royale to create progressive web
apps. I presume it would go alongside explaining how to prepare a Royale
app for use with Cordova to achieve a similar goal.

a

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 8:16 AM Roman Isitua <[email protected]> wrote:

> One question.
>
>  At which point in the code should the below actionscript code be added.
> Is it in the sp:Application (assuming I am using spectrum) area ? I.e In
> the fx script portion of the mxml ?
>
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, 08:45 Roman Isitua, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Wow ! I will definitely try this and provide an update on the outcome.
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, 08:42 Harbs, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> You can put that in a script tag in the html.
>>>
>>> Here’s an ActionScript equivalent of that code:
>>>
>>> if ("serviceWorker" in window.navigator) {
>>>   window.addEventListener("load", function():void {
>>>     window.navigator.serviceWorker
>>>       .register("/serviceWorker.js")
>>>       .then(function(res):void{trace("service worker registered")})
>>>       .catch(function(err):void{trace("service worker not registered: "+
>>> err)})
>>>   })
>>> }
>>>
>>> If there’s no typedef support for serviceWorker you might need to use:
>>> window.navigator[“serviceWorker”]
>>>
>>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 1:00 AM, Roman Isitua <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> From the tutorial the code to register the service worker is as follows:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> if ("serviceWorker" in navigator) {
>>>   window.addEventListener("load", function() {
>>>     navigator.serviceWorker
>>>       .register("/serviceWorker.js")
>>>       .then(res => console.log("service worker registered"))
>>>       .catch(err => console.log("service worker not registered", err))
>>>   })
>>> }
>>>
>>> To implement the main entry point js file was modified.
>>>
>>> So your saying it possible to do same in the index.html or actionscript
>>> ?
>>>
>>> If yes my next question is how ?
>>>
>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, 20:19 Harbs, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you want it to work offline with Cache, you will need a service
>>>> worker, but that is a _SEPARATE_ js file. You don’t need to modify the main
>>>> JS file.
>>>>
>>>> You do need to register the service worker, but that can be done either
>>>> in the index html file, or in your ActionScript code.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 13, 2022, at 8:24 PM, Roman Isitua <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From the below link
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.freecodecamp.org/news/build-a-pwa-from-scratch-with-html-css-and-javascript/amp/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The following steps are to be done to convert an app to pwa
>>>> 1. Create a manifest.json file.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Modify the index.html file to reference the manifest.json.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Implement a ServiceWorker.js file. This will be in the same root
>>>> folder as the generated main entry point js file.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Register the ServiceWorker.js file by modifying for the generated
>>>> entry point js file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If I am coding my web app using plain html, css and javascript it will
>>>> not be a problem doing the above 4 tasks. But as I am using royale task
>>>> three and four look challenging. I think the royale sdk and compiler might
>>>> need to be tweaked to support those tasks.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, 19:04 Harbs, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No. Why would you need to modify the js file?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 13, 2022, at 7:47 PM, Roman Isitua <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So I am free to modify the generated entry point js file as well ?
>>>>>
>>>>> This does not really look like an ideal solution because each time I
>>>>> recompile the project the generated js file will be overwritten. An ideal
>>>>> solution will be to add support for it in royale sdk.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, 18:36 Harbs, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It shouldn’t be any different than a regular web app.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can add whatever you want to the template index.html file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2022, at 11:53 AM, Roman Isitua <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just stumbled on a tutorial on how to create a pwa app using plain
>>>>>> html, javascript and css (i.e. no framework).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I am now forced to ask the question. How can i do this in royale ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the link
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.freecodecamp.org/news/build-a-pwa-from-scratch-with-html-css-and-javascript/amp/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I register all the generated javascript files ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is modifying the main entry point js file in my royale project
>>>>>> allowed ? From the tutorial this file will need to be modified to 
>>>>>> register
>>>>>> the service worker.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has someone created a pwa in royale before ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pwa's are rapidly being adopted it will be nice if I can package my
>>>>>> responsive web application to be a pwa with little effort.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>

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