János, given that you would like to build one app that would work across different mobile and desktop platforms, I think Cordova will be a better bet in the long run. As the new platforms evolve, there will be development in Cordova and that will ensure newer versions are available (I am not 100% sure if the resources in the Cordova apps can update themselves, so that the user installs the native app from the store only once and then on all the resources are updated by the app itself).
And also, the adoption rate of Tizen is lower than FFOS, which is slowly growing. The bigger concern will be the availability of W3C APIs on the Android and IOS devices, so that you are able to get your application out into the market sooner. Hope this helps. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:43 PM, János Fehér <aries.mindwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fred, Gangadhar, > > Thank you for the through answer! > > Why I'd like to have self-contained apps is mostly the convenience for the > end-users (the dropout rate would be high if they have to install a browser > for it). > > Bit I also quite quite like the features that only Gecko offers at the > moment, such as the MediaRecorder API or Asm.js. > I know it is possible to do with Cordova, but the ideal goal would be to > develop one web application only and provision it to all the devices below > 1% code deviation. The Cordova apps is for mobile devices only, I can't use > the same features such as Capture or Camera API on desktop without drastic > change. Some of the emerging platform such as Firefox OS or Tizen is not > well supported yet. > > > 2015-02-09 21:06 GMT+00:00 Fred Wenzel <fwen...@mozilla.com>: > > > János, > > > > I don't know of any concrete plans to create self-contained APKs > including > > a bundled version of Gecko, though you do have a few options. > > > > As you know, keeping running against Firefox for Android is option 1. It > > has the caveat of requiring Firefox for Android as a separate entity, but > > it also keeps your package size relatively small. > > > > Second option is using Apache Cordova / Adobe PhoneGap[1], which will -- > > mind you -- not run your app on Gecko, but it *will* be a self-contained > > package (relying on Android's built-in WebView). There is also > CrossWalk[2] > > which is similar to Cordova (partially API compatible, I believe) and > > bundles another Webview that's also not Gecko (it's Chromium) but that > too > > will be self-contained, and you can write the same code and compile it > for > > Firefox OS and Android that way. > > > > Finally, there's a project called GeckoView[3], which aims to bring a > > Gecko-based Webview to Android, and that can be (conceivably) used to > power > > Cordova on Android. I remember such attempts to be underway, but I am > > fairly certain no stable public release of this (Cordova + Geckoview) has > > been made. > > > > While none of these options are turn-key, I hope this gives you a better > > overview of which directions you might want to push in. > > > > [1] http://mozilla-cordova.github.io/ > > [2] https://crosswalk-project.org/ > > [3] > > > http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2013/10/geckoview-embedding-gecko-in-your-android-application/ > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:53 PM, János Fehér <aries.mindwo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm wondering if there is a way to create packaged apps for Android (and > >> iOS, if possible) packaged with a headless Firefox? My team would like > to > >> create apps and it would be very convenient for the end users if we > would > >> be able to create a self-contained app with the dependencies. Is this > >> possible now or do you plan to release such version of the APK Factory > >> Library? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Janos > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dev-webapps mailing list > >> dev-webapps@lists.mozilla.org > >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-webapps mailing list > dev-webapps@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps > _______________________________________________ dev-webapps mailing list dev-webapps@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps
