Github user martincgg commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/pull/151#issuecomment-38331316
the target-utils.js file is used at:
list-emulator-images.js(no checks connection):
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/list-emulator-images.js
and
list-started-emulators.js(it checks connection):
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/list-started-emulators.js
The first one, in my current environment, it stores 'emulator' not
'simulator', there it won't find any targets:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/target-utils.js#L51
In the .json file it's stored 'emulator' and when it try to compare:
target[t].type === type
target.type --> emulator
type --> Sent as argument from when is called ---> 'simulator'.
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/list-emulator-images.js#L19
So it will never get that information.
The second one, list-started-emulators.js:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/list-started-emulators.js#L18
it gets a 'true' at pruneConnection, that one it will check, if one of the
stored simulators is connected or not, it won't match, therefore it won't be
located, even if it's started.
The other one that it uses target-utils.js is run-utils.js.
This one, as a matter of fact it uses type=emulator
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/run-utils.js#L35
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/run-utils.js#L221
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/run-utils.js#L221
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/run-utils.js#L221
All over those function it assigns and it compares with 'emulator', and not
with simulator.
There are two functions that uses 'simulator', and analyzing those function
are used to deploy the application:
generateDeployOptions
checkBuild
In that case is 'simulator' used because it's part of the blackberry-deploy
command.
At runs function that provides the type to store in the blackberry10.json
file, it provided by run-utils which returns 'emulator'.
And the object based on tarjet-utils.js:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-blackberry/blob/master/blackberry10/bin/templates/project/cordova/lib/run-utils.js#L20
Don't have any problem, because it uses functions as findConnectedDevice
(gets IP), findConnectedSimulator (gets IP), and getDeviceInfo (gets
information finding the device using a usbdiscover() function, that uses some
patterns and look for in a range of ip address to search it).
So, as far as I understand this, some functions are used to store and keep
a record at .json file, and the other ones are to deploy to the native side
(device or simulator).
I don't really know, since when 'simulator', was replaced by 'emulator',
and well I just have one question at last to clarify.
If users have stored 'simulator', instead 'emulator', it won't be better
replace it for good?
Well, I've run a test. Having at the blackberry10.json file with this
content:
{
"targets": {
"All Touch [1280x768]-ffffa2e6": {
"ip": "192.168.241.131",
"pin": "ffffa2e6",
"type": "simulator"
}
}
}
After that, I executed 'cordova emulate blackberry10', getting this output:
C:\Users\Administrator\mob>cordova emulate blackberry10
Running command: cmd
args=["/c","C:\\Users\\Administrator\\mob\\platforms\\black
berry10\\cordova\\run","--emulator"]
WARNING: Cannot sign applications. Author.p12 file cannot be found at
default lo
cation: C:\Users\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Research In
Motio
n\author.p12
Searching for connected BlackBerry 10 Simulator (1/9)...
Searching for connected BlackBerry 10 Simulator (2/9)...
[INFO] Target All Touch [1280x768]-ffffa2e6 selected
[INFO] WARNING: Cannot sign applications. Author.p12 file cannot be
found at
default location: C:\Users\Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\Researc
h In Motion\author.p12
[INFO] [BUILD] Populating application source
[INFO] [BUILD] Parsing config.xml
[INFO] [BUILD] Generating output files[WARN] Failed to find debug
token.
If you have an existing debug token, please copy it to
C:\Users\Administrator/.
cordova/blackberry10debugtoken.bar. To generate a new debug token, execute
the '
run' command.
[INFO] [INFO] Package created:
C:\Users\ADMINI~1\mob\PLATFO~1\BLACKB~1\bui
ld\simulator\bb10app.bar
[INFO] [WARN] Failed to find debug token. If you have an existing
debug to
ken, please copy it to
C:\Users\Administrator/.cordova/blackberry10debugtoken.ba
r. To generate a new debug token, execute the 'run' command.
[INFO] [INFO] Package created:
C:\Users\ADMINI~1\mob\PLATFO~1\BLACKB~1\bui
ld\device\bb10app.bar
[INFO] [BUILD] BAR packaging complete
[INFO] Sending request: UNINSTALL
[INFO] Action: UninstallInfo: Uninstalling
testDev_org_com_mobe2660409...Info
: Processing 0 bytes
[INFO]
actual_dname::org.com.mob.testDev_org_com_mobe2660409actual_id::testDe
v_org_com_mobe2660409actual_version::0.0.1.1result::success
[INFO] Sending request: INSTALL_AND_LAUNCH
[INFO] Action: Install and Launch
[INFO] File size: 270667
[INFO] Installing org.com.mob.testDev_org_com_mobe2660409...
[INFO] Processing 270667 bytes
[INFO] Progress 100%...
[INFO]
_dname::org.com.mob.testDev_org_com_mobe2660409actual_id::testDev_org_
com_mobe2660409actual_version::0.0.1.1result::successInfo: Launching
org.com.mob
.testDev_org_com_mobe2660409...
[INFO] result::92004500
[INFO] done
As you could appreciate, the output clearly shows, that it looks for the
emulator
Searching for connected BlackBerry 10 Simulator (1/9)...
Searching for connected BlackBerry 10 Simulator (2/9)...
[INFO] Target All Touch [1280x768]-ffffa2e6 selected
Until it's found, after deploy the application, I went to the the
blackberry10.json file and as I suspected the value 'type: simulator' it was
replaced by 'type: emulator':
{
"targets": {
"All Touch [1280x768]-ffffa2e6": {
"ip": "192.168.241.131",
"pin": "ffffa2e6",
"type": "emulator"
}
}
}
Well, those are my arguments, I think that nobody it has type as
'simulator' in the json file, so it would be worthless if we add support for
both of them, if every time that an application is deployed to the emulator,
and the json file it contains 'simulator' it will be replaced.
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