right, but then an upgrade happens... which can be hairy. ideally we have a plugins, including core plugins, in a standard package format and tools for installation and removal of these assets.
I know that sounds complex but really this is just copy->pasting a bunch of files into the right places and updating any manifests that need the pathing info b/c the vendor tools are too stupid to read a fkn directory themselves. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Jesse MacFadyen <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, that is possible, but the only benefit would be concatenating > images.... At the price of vast complexity... IMHO > > Personally I think the images should be part of the end project. The > framework supplies a default, simple generic version and app > developers can replace a few images to get their own look. > > Cheers, > Jesse > > Sent from my iPhone6 > > On 2012-09-26, at 1:15 AM, Mike Reinstein <reinstein.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> These aren't images that would be used in HTML. We're talking >>> about images that are used in the Java UI portions of the code >> >> Can we inline those assets similar to how base64 encoded data uris work in >> html? I would imagine ios, android, blackberry, etc would allow for >> declaring large byte arrays right in the code. Could those byte blobs then >> be rendered into images in the various UIs? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> >>> Not an ideal situation but we do need to address static assets in our >>> plugin packages too. >>> >>> I don't think we ever thought camera was going to be easy...if >>> anything this brings up a great test bed for plugin packaging anyhow. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Jesse MacFadyen >>> <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> This is the same issue as the capture dialogs isn't it? >>>> iOS and WP7 already package resources for making audio recordings. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On 2012-09-25, at 4:32 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> These aren't images that would be used in HTML. We're talking about >>>>> images that are used in the Java UI portions of the code, such as this >>>>> new camera that we're working on. The problem is that we have to >>>>> pre-populate each project with these images, which means more nasty >>>>> create script issues, which I personally loathe. However, Android >>>>> doesn't allow you to just have images in the JAR. I don't know why >>>>> that is, but that would be a nice feature to have on Android. >>>>> >>>>> It'd be nice if there was a less brittle way of doing it, but I can't >>>>> think of any at the moment.. >>>>> >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Mike Reinstein >>>>> <reinstein.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Could we possibly use base64 encoding for images, and inline them? It >>> would >>>>>> take up 30% more space but it means you can inline them in the html >>> rather >>>>>> than having to package seperate resources? >>>>>> >>>>>> -Mike >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> An icon is one thing, but we're going to have to start shipping UI >>>>>>> elements, which makes things more brittle. I'm wondering if anyone >>>>>>> has any way of making this less brittle or if we're going to just have >>>>>>> to drop the resources in the /res directory, use our typical mapping >>>>>>> and hope for the best. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Investigating zoom. It look like we're going to need some mocks done >>>>>>> up on this end, so I'll have to figure that out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Joe >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Don't understand the issue Joe? We already ship a default icon >>> drawable >>>>>>>> resource - what's the issue with more? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 9/25/12 1:03 PM, "Mike Reinstein" <reinstein.m...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If someday we were to package the camera plugin as we plan to with >>> 3rd >>>>>>>>> party plugins, we could easily add assets. Several plugins already >>> do >>>>>>>>> this. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hey >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So, while doing the UI for the Camera, I just realized that we're >>>>>>>>>> going to have to distribute images with Cordova. I can see this >>> being >>>>>>>>>> an issue with any plugin that does UI. Does anyone have any idea >>> how >>>>>>>>>> to solve this issue? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Joe >>>
