It might be worthwhile for me to take a look at the source and see whether this makes sense as a plugin, or as something derived from the existing code that installs like a plugin. Of course, this goes into the CordovaWebView design and what we expose, so there'll be a lot more information here. I would like to support Chromium-based WebViews, since they seem to be popping up everywhere.
If you send me the GitHub link, I'll take a look at the repo, changes and see where things go. This isn't that dis-similar of it being a fork of Android in this case. On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Naik, Archana <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Andrew > > Thanks for the info. I have a github account and will create new repo > there. Once I am ready, I will let you guys know for review. > How about existing repos like cordova-cli, cordova-plugman, cordova-docs > and cordova-plugins? How do I create review-requests for those? > > Most of the plugins, I am going to add amazon as a platform but point the > src to android one. So it is possible to install the plug-in written for > android onto Fire OS. > Some of the plugins like InAppBrowser etc..., we have made changes to use > chromium-based web app runtime. Those will have their src point to amazon > one. So they will perform better on KindleFire tablets. > > Thank you, > Archana > > > > On 10/3/13 11:08 AM, "Andrew Grieve" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Often how new platforms go, is that you should just make your own git repo >>for it, and then we can look at copying it into a sanctioned apache repo >>once some initial progress is made. >> >>One thing I think it would be important to consider though, is how close >>FireOS will be to Android. E.g., would it be at all possible to install a >>plugin written for android onto FireOS? >> >> >> >> >>On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Naik, Archana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, Cordova Devs, >>> >>> I am a software developer at Lab126 @amazon. I am part of HTML5 WebApp >>> Platform team here. As some of you might know, amazon recently >>>introduced >>> FireOS for its KindleFire tablets. For more info please see >>> https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fireos.html >>> I would like to add FireOS as a platform for Cordova. I have been >>>recently >>> exploring various cordova's git repositories and plug-in mechanism. >>>Based >>> on my initial readings I have some ideas but would like to hear if you >>>guys >>> have any better suggestions. >>> >>> Basically, here is what I am thinking. >>> >>> 1. A new git repo for FireOS which is very similar to cordova-android >>>but >>> with FireOS related changes. Should I create a new one or would a >>>committer >>> do that? >>> 2. For most plug-ins, add amazon as a platform in plugin.xml but point >>>to >>> android sources or create a separate source file if required. >>> 3. Update cordova-cli, to add FireOS platform. >>> 4. Update mobile-spec to run the test suite for FireOS. >>> 5. Update documentation across the repos wherever platform is mentioned. >>> (might need help in finding out places and how to go about it) :) >>> >>> Please let me know what you guys think. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Archana >>> >
