[jira] [Commented] (CB-291) PhonGap.exec Plugin Parameter is Different on iOS and Android

["Filip Maj (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Filip Maj commented on CB-291:
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Yep, you are absolutely right. We are in the process of consolidating the different labels for plugins, the differing interfaces to exec and the different implementations of each core Cordova plugin.

The root of these efforts are in the cordova-js project, which is a unified JavaScript layer for all Cordova platforms. That is over here: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cordova-js.git;a=summary

The above is already used in the latest Cordova-Android implementation.

Next step is integrating iOS into this. This is going to be a significant chunk of work as a lot of the plugin implementations are completely different. I am chugging along on this work on a fork of the repo in a branch on my GitHub repository here: https://github.com/filmaj/incubator-cordova-ios/tree/cordova-js

The BlackBerry progress on this is a bit farther along but will not land for 1.5 (much more likely for 1.6).

Let me know if you want to help out with these efforts!
                
> PhonGap.exec Plugin Parameter is Different on iOS and Android
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-291
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-291
>             Project: Apache Callback
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Android, CordovaJS, iOS
>    Affects Versions: 1.4.0
>         Environment: iOS, Android, Mac OSX 10.7
>            Reporter: Oleg Gryb
>            Assignee: Joe Bowser
>
> plugins.xml on Android and PhoneGap.plist are used to define a new plugin. They both use a short name (e.g. MyPlugin) and a fully qualified name (e.g. com.MyCompany.MyPlugin) to describe a plugin, however the meaning of the parameter #3 in PhoneGap.exec function is different. In Android case you need to write:
> PhoneGap.exec(success, error, "MyPlugin", "method", [params]);
> while in iOS case id should be:
> PhoneGap.exec(success, error, "com.MyCompany.MyPlugin", "method", [params]);
> It results in necessity of having two different JS files with custom plugin definitions, which could be avoided if we use the same convention on both platforms. I think, using FQN is a better option and that's why it should be fixed on Android.
> A work around to avoid deploying two different JS files is to use something like this in plugins.xml on Android:
> <plugin name="com.MyCompany.MyPlugin" value="com.MyCompany.MyPlugin"/>
> It works, but it looks really ugly.

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