To further emphasize one point. I fully agree with moving from device.name to device.model + device.manufacturer + device.platform. But I still ask all of you do consider bringing back a proper device.name. As I wrote, on Windows its pretty easy to get the real name of the PC/Phone. On iOS and Android the work is already done.
On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Philipp Kursawe <phil.kurs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for pointing this out. However the name is not used to reference > the device to the API. Thats what the device.uuid is being used for. The > device name is used in the UI where the user can see its API enabled > devices. You don't want to show the user the device id there (cause she has > no point of reference to which physical device it belongs) but the name she > gave her phone and knows her phone when she connects it to itunes, iphoto > etc. > > So the reason to introduce the name property back is exactly the one you > mentioned: The user can always change the name of her phone and there knows > its name and will recognize it in a list of devices. > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Philipp, >> This was the rationale: >> >> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e3b0e5f87ba3929d5578308b25ee9a6af5b91177b94015878970fa8e@1352248856@%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E >> >> On iOS, [UIDevice name] returns the name the user sets in iTunes for >> their >> device i.e. "Shazron's iPhone 4", and can change anytime so relying on it >> for API access would be problematic. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:51 AM, Philipp Kursawe <phil.kurs...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I wonder why such an important piece of information is not provided >> anymore >> > in the device plugin? >> > What was the reason to remove the property? >> > >> > The name of the device, especially when users can authorise/revoke API >> > access to apps on different devices, is an important variable to know. >> > >> > There is a plugin that brings back this functionality for Android, iOS >> and >> > for Windows it would be a one-liner only too. >> > https://github.com/becvert/cordova-plugin-device-name >> > >> > >
