Thanks Michal!! I'll look at the comments. I think we can close this thread and keep the conversation there ;-)
2014-11-24 15:29 GMT-06:00 Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org>: > I've updated the PR with comments. Thanks for solving the issue with start > page and adding support for linux! > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Victor Sosa <sosah.vic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Michal. > > Have you had time to look at this PR? > > > > 2014-11-10 9:08 GMT-06:00 Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org>: > > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) < > > > panar...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry for not being clear. I was saying that we should not open the > > > > file:// URL in a specific browser. We should ideally spin up a > > webserver > > > > and open the default browser on the system > > > > > > > > Why a server ? Because > > > > - file:// and http:// have differences in quota and permissions for > > many > > > > APIs like IndexedDB or WebSQL > > > > > > > Usually use python -m SimpleHTTPServer for this when working locally. > > Node > > > alternative is https://github.com/nodeapps/http-server. This will > also > > > make it easier to integrate livereload most likely. > > > > > > > > > > - Cordova apps on mobile can make cross-domain AJAX requests. You > > cannot > > > > do that in the browser due to same-origin restriction. However, CORS > > can > > > > help, but is restricted due to file:// > > > > - Cookies and protocol relative paths may get messed up. > > > > > > > > Why default browser? Default browser would just mean opening the HTML > > > file. > > > > - I may not have Chrome installed > > > > > > - Chrome may not be installed at that location > > > > - Issues like Linux that you described. > > > > - Integration of cordova-browsers in IDEs and Ripple-as-a-platform > may > > be > > > > hard. > > > > > > > - Biggest reason: Safari will be a better testbed for iOS. IE for WP. > > FF > > > for FFOS. > > > > > > I know Steven had no specific reasons for making chrome-only, it was > just > > > the first implementation. > > > > > > Looks like Victor filed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7978 > > and > > > has already submitted a PR for the linux fix (thanks Victor! I'll take > a > > > look). > > > > > > I've file https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7999 to > investigate a > > > web-server version. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Steven Gill [mailto:stevengil...@gmail.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 1:55 PM > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > > Subject: Re: Running browser platform in Linux > > > > > > > > Victor, feel free to send a PR so is uses config.xml content src > > instead > > > > of www/index.html. > > > > > > > > Also send the PR for your patches to run script. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Victor Sosa <sosah.vic...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Not sure I'm following you, Parashuram, can you explain a little > > more, > > > > > please? > > > > > > > > > > One more I noticed is that in the run script of the browser > platform, > > > > > it is directly pointing to "www/*index.html*", why is index.html > > > > > hardcoded there instead of reading config.xml? > > > > > > > > > > I patched my run script to use this google-chrome command and I'm > > > > > happy to share it. Also will try to patch the index.html reference > in > > > > > the script to open the browser. > > > > > > > > > > 2014-11-06 14:50 GMT-06:00 Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) < > > > > > panar...@microsoft.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > I don't this we should launch Chrome this way. How about using > > > > > > something like browser-launcher, or even karma-chrome-launcher > > > > > > instead? Also, why > > > > > not > > > > > > just "open" the HTML page? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chrome needs to be launched with flags for some of the plugins to > work > > > > (camera I believe). That is why you can't just open it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Victor Sosa [mailto:sosah.vic...@gmail.com] > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 12:45 PM > > > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > Subject: Running browser platform in Linux > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been playing a little bit with the Browse platform and the > > > > > > first thing I notice is that when running the application using > > > > > > "cordova run browser" > > > > > > it handles the cases of when using Windows and Darwin (MacOS) but > > no > > > > > Linux > > > > > > (I'm on Ubuntu 14.04). Is there any particular reason of why it > is > > > > > > not handled? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-browser/blob/master/bin/templates/pr > > > > > oject/cordova/run > > > > > > > > > > > > Moreover, I have Chrome installed in my machine, but it doesn't > > > > > > respond > > > > > to > > > > > > the typical "chrome" command because I get an error in the > standard > > > > > > output[1], so I have to use "google-chrome" command to launch it. > > > > > > Does anyone something about this? I downloaded the DEB package > > > > > > directly from Google Chrome. > > > > > > > > > > > > Appreciate your help > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > * Error*chrome: error while loading shared libraries: > libudev.so.0: > > > > > cannot > > > > > > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Victor Adrian Sosa Herrera > > > > > > IBM Software Engineer > > > > > > Guadalajara, Jalisco > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Victor Adrian Sosa Herrera > > > > > IBM Software Engineer > > > > > Guadalajara, Jalisco > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Victor Adrian Sosa Herrera > > IBM Software Engineer > > Guadalajara, Jalisco > > > -- Victor Adrian Sosa Herrera IBM Software Engineer Guadalajara, Jalisco
