Re: Introduction and follow-up questions
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 agri...@chromium.org 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 na...@lab126.com 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
Re: Introduction and follow-up questions
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 na...@lab126.com 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 agri...@chromium.org 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 na...@lab126.com 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
Introduction and follow-up questions
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
Re: Introduction and follow-up questions
Hey I'm very unclear as to why it would be similar to cordova-android, since it sounds like FireOS already has support for a lot of what Cordova does. What does the current FireOS WebApp API look like, and how does it compare to Cordova? I thought they were already very similar. Also, would the modifications to cordova-android mean that the WebView would be based on Chromium builds, and not the awful WebKit that's in Cordova by default? Joe On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Naik, Archana na...@lab126.com 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
Re: Introduction and follow-up questions
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 na...@lab126.com 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
