Sent a PR for the blog post for review https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/462
Richard, can you add a section about the new lifecycle stuff. I figured you could explain it better than I as I am unfamiliar with the changes. Just send a PR or leave it as a comment and I can integrate it. Cheers, -Steve On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds great! I'll post the blog for review soon and would love for you to > add a little blurb about this in it. > > For docs, I say merge it in and I can update the site. It would fall into > the `dev` branch unless you explicitly add the changes to 5.4.0 docs folder > as well. > > I plan on cutting a 6.0.0 for docs with cordova 6.0.0 release. > > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Richard Knoll <rikn...@microsoft.com> > wrote: > >> When this release goes out, I think it's a good idea for us to point to >> the new Android Lifecycle Guide I added to the docs in the blog post. >> >> >> http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/dev/guide/platforms/android/lifecycle.html >> >> I also have a PR open that improves it here: >> >> https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/461 >> >> The documentation is necessary for using some of the fixes that >> cordova-android 5.1.0 brings to the camera and contacts plugins. The camera >> bug in particular [1] is a pretty common issue that people run into (gets a >> lot of Jira activity and duplicate issues). It would also be nice if we >> could do a minor docs release to move that guide out of dev and into latest >> once I merge that PR. I don't mind writing something up about the changes >> for the blog post. >> >> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-9189 >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven Gill [mailto:stevengil...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 12:22 PM >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Android@5.1.0 >> >> Looks like it has been merged. Good to release now? >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > OK, that's fine for now, but we should look at moving up which Android >> > Gradle version we're building with. I'm kind of hesitant to use 2.0.0 >> > because it might break stuff, and more and more getting the feeling >> > that the tools team is trying to make it harder for us to do things. >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Nikhil Khandelwal < >> > nikhi...@microsoft.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > We have customers who have an existing C++ code base and looking to >> > > use NDK in their plugins. >> > > >> > > From what I can see the property android.useDeprecatedNdk=true needs >> > > to >> > be >> > > part of >> > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=gradle.properties >> > > &data=01%7c01%7cRIKNOLL%40exchange.microsoft.com%7c43a692ae31ef4ec60 >> > > 53008d3210e44a3%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=MAOa7ZH >> > > GBt7D312c1h8nSIsAxPW6PVuKC3SMQ2NJVVc%3d and not .gradle file itself. >> > > I am aware that a plugin can add .gradle files - but I'm not sure >> > > they can add a >> > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=gradle.properties >> > > &data=01%7c01%7cRIKNOLL%40exchange.microsoft.com%7c43a692ae31ef4ec60 >> > > 53008d3210e44a3%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=MAOa7ZH >> > > GBt7D312c1h8nSIsAxPW6PVuKC3SMQ2NJVVc%3d file. Of course, hooks can >> > > be used to just about >> > anything >> > > but it sounds hacky. >> > > >> > > Another option would be to have cordova build.js invoke the gradle >> > > compiler with -Pandroid.useDeprecatedNdk=true. >> > > >> > > I have a PR for this: >> > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/249 >> > > >> > > Let's release once we are OK with merging this. >> > > >> > > -Nikhil >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Joe Bowser [mailto:bows...@gmail.com] >> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 10:36 AM >> > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Android@5.1.0 >> > > >> > > Yes, it probably can. I'm thinking that Google once again put us in >> > > dependency hell with the new NDK functionality, which is why I'm not >> > super >> > > stoked about this file existing at all. >> > > >> > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016, 10:29 AM Simon MacDonald < >> > simon.macdon...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > > Can't the crosswalk plugin deliver the Gradle files via the >> > > > framework tag of its plugin. Xml to fix this? >> > > > >> > > > Simon >> > > > On Jan 19, 2016 13:26, "Joe Bowser" <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > I really don't want to add this file and use the deprecated NDK, >> > > > especially >> > > > > since we don't know if this is a plugin or platform >> responsibility. >> > > > > I >> > > > also >> > > > > don't want to delay a release for people not using Crosswalk. >> > > > > >> > > > > Do we know of any other plugins that use the NDK? If there >> > > > > aren't any, >> > > > I'm >> > > > > more agreeable to adding the file since it won't break others. >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016, 10:13 AM Nikhil Khandelwal >> > > > > <nikhi...@microsoft.com >> > > > > >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > If this is a regression in behavior and CrossWalk will not >> > > > > > work out of >> > > > > the >> > > > > > box - we should consider fixing it. Sounds like it is a simple >> > > > > > fix. Is there JIRA for this? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Overall, we shouldn't require/expect Cordova JS developers to >> > > > > > modify gradle files. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > -Nikhil >> > > > > > >> > > > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > > > From: Carlos Santana [mailto:csantan...@gmail.com] >> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 9:00 AM >> > > > > > To: dev <dev@cordova.apache.org> >> > > > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Android@5.1.0 >> > > > > > >> > > > > > What you guys think of making MIN SDK VER 15 instead of 14 as >> > > > > > the >> > > > default >> > > > > > for this Android@5.1.0 ? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > We have a couple of plugins that required minsdk 15 [1], I >> > > > > > also see >> > > > that >> > > > > > phonegap push plugin have problems with min sdk 14 here [2] >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Instead of anoying user with readme instructions to change it >> > > > > > to 15, >> > > > why >> > > > > > not make the default 15, this way more stuff would work out of >> > > > > > the box >> > > > > with >> > > > > > less trouble. >> > > > > > I guess if there is someone for a particular reason wants >> > > > > > minsdk 14, >> > > > they >> > > > > > can change the default the same way as today using config.xml >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > [1]: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > https://github.com/ibm-bluemix-mobile-services/bms-clientsdk-cordo >> > > > va-p >> > > > lugin-push/blob/master/README.md >> > > > > > [2]: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-push/blob/master/docs/ >> > > > INST >> > > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=ALLATION.md&dat >> > > > a=01%7c01%7cRIKNOLL%40exchange.microsoft.com%7c43a692ae31ef4ec6053 >> > > > 008d3210e44a3%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=x6Cs9nQ >> > > > HqBiVzPVb9vgl3HXb8h0cFmftyZE5cNURxjU%3d#minsdkversion--14 >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:38 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > I don't think the gradle build issue should block the >> > > > > > > release, as annoying as it is, the workaround is literally >> > > > > > > adding a >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=gradle.properti >> > > > es&d >> > > > ata=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com%7c08ad0056c7e24290e0e508d32 >> > > > 0f20 >> > > > 60f%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=Ifi7afmy86ZZTmwxU >> > > > jkWa >> > > > 7guies16P67hnK7hD%2b4hSs%3d >> > > > > > file with a single line. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > As far as who owns it, I think Cordova should probably own >> > > > > > > that, but are there any other plugins that need NDK support? >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > (I just ran into this less than an hour ago. It's annoying >> > > > > > > that >> > > > Google >> > > > > > > deprecates something without something else to replace it.) >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Darryl Pogue >> > > > > > > <dar...@dpogue.ca> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > With cordova-android master, the Crosswalk Webview plugin >> > > > > > > > fails to build because gradle was updated and now NDK >> > > > > > > > support has been >> > > > > removed. >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > It can be re-enabled by providing a >> > > > > > > > >> > > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=gradle.properti >> > > > es >> > > > > > > > &data=01%7c01%7cnikhilkh%40microsoft.com >> > > > > >> > > > %7c08ad0056c7e24290e0e508d320f2060f%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011 >> > > > db47 %7c1&sdata=Ifi7afmy86ZZTmwxUjkWa7guies16P67hnK7hD%2b4hSs%3d >> > > > > > file, but I'm not sure whether that should be the >> > > > > > responsibility of Cordova-Android or the Crosswalk Webview >> plugin. >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > On 18 January 2016 at 15:12, Steven Gill >> > > > > > > > <stevengil...@gmail.com> >> > > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > Going to start this today. Let me know if you have any >> > > concerns. >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > -Steve >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >
