In Gather we have a login page that uses childbrowser popup windows for oauth if its running in phonegap or popup windows in javascript if in browser. It would be nice childbrowser polyfilled target="_blank" (which I understand is happening in the future) but as for now the heuristics for detecting which strategy to use boil down to sniffing window.location.href which isn't ideal:
- if I open my apps index.html in chrome it will have a file:// url but wont be in phonegap. - if I hardcode a domain into my app so that it knows if it is running from a server its another thing to remember to update every time the domain name changes - I already do conditional loading of stylesheets and JS based on user agent. I think it would be super useful if there was a user agent equivalent for cordova so the code could decide what to do based on environment and not guesses based on href On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > Eh Fil, is this so they can detect if they have device apis ultimately? > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:31 AM, Bryce Curtis <curtis.br...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think the answer depends upon when the app checks to see if it is > > running in cordova webview. If it is loading a remote url with remote > > cordova.js, then the native side will become available well before > > cordova.js finished loading. So, I would either check for > > device.cordova or register for deviceready and wait for it to fire. > > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Gord Tanner <gtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 > >> > >> This isn't a platform issue but rather a developer issue > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 2012-11-30, at 7:11 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Presumably the developer knows the url of their own server, so > >>> wouldn't it be easier to just test for that in window.location? > >>> > >>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> So the bigger question then is how to handle the differences ... > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > >>>>> It is to run a single codebase (or as close to it as possible minus > the > >>>>> differences in cordova.js) across web and cordova apps. > >>>>> > >>>>> On 11/30/12 4:02 PM, "Jesse" <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Can we back up and discuss the goal? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Is it to use the same code on the server + inside an app ( that is > >>>>>> packaged for multiple platforms ) ? > >>>>>> OR > >>>>>> Is it to load an app on multiple devices all served by the same > server? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> Its yucky and may break in a future platform version, but since > each > >>>>>>> platform requires its own cordova.js -- then each platform could > define > >>>>>>> its > >>>>>>> own cordova.isWebView? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> wp7 is x-wmapp > >>>>>>> iOS is file:// > >>>>>>> BB is http://localhost > >>>>>>> Android is ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> WP7 app is loaded from x-wmapp1:/ > >>>>>>>> WP8 app is loaded from x-wmapp0:/ > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> So file:// will not work > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> There are probably numerous other approches ... > >>>>>>>> deviceready will/should never fire, but that is difficult to test > for, > >>>>>>>> because it could just be taking a real long time. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I see many issues with this though: > >>>>>>>> - each platform still requires it's own cordova.js, so this would > only > >>>>>>>> work with 1 platform + a webserver, so no idea we come up for this > >>>>>>>> will solve the bigger problem. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> document.location starts with http://localhost OR starts with > file:// > >>>>>>>> then? > >>>>>>>>> ;) > >>>>>>>>> In any case, any js variable that we could set can be overridden > of > >>>>>>>> course. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I think in BB WEbWorks you get > http://localhost/somethingsoemthing > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On 11/30/12 3:35 PM, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> "how do we know if we're in cordova or not?" --> > document.location > >>>>>>>> starts > >>>>>>>>>>> with file:// ? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> @purplecabbage > >>>>>>>> risingj.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> @purplecabbage > >>>>>> risingj.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> @purplecabbage > >>>> risingj.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> @purplecabbage > >>> risingj.com >
