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Posted to dev@cordova.apache.org by Carlos Santana <cs...@gmail.com> on 2014/06/21 04:16:41 UTC
APK generated from FireFoxOS App?
I'm curious about this:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Marketplace/Options/Open_web_apps_for_android
Anyone knows more about how this works and compares to cordova android?
Is generating a cordova android APK?
Is using android web view or gecko web view?
Is using some some sort of shim layer call "web runtime" for FirefoxOS API
birding to Android?
Anything here to leverage(i.e. Concepts, API separation, packaging on the
the cloud, etc) for Cordova, maybe in the area of android plug-able web
views?
-- Carlos
--
Carlos Santana
<cs...@gmail.com>
Re: APK generated from FireFoxOS App?
Posted by Carlos Santana <cs...@gmail.com>.
Thanks Julio and Rodrigo for your responses it answered my questions.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Rodrigo Silveira <rs...@mozilla.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As Julio mentioned, the APK generated by mozilla have a dependency on
> firefox for android being installed. When you submit an app to Firefox
> Marketplace, you have the option of enabling installation on android and
> desktop as well. You can use webAPIs[1] on your app and firefox will work
> as a web-native bridge with the web runtime. Check out this recent mozilla
> hacks post on the subject[2]. If you're already using cordova APIs, there's
> no real advantage on using this though, it's more for the other way around:
> You target FirefoxOS and you get android support "for free".
>
> [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI
> [2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/06/firefox-os-apps-run-on-android/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "julio cesar sanchez" <jc...@gmail.com>
> To: dev@cordova.apache.org
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 1:32:38 AM
> Subject: Re: APK generated from FireFoxOS App?
>
> Not sure if it's the same thing, but some time ago firefox beta for
> android included the option to install firefox os apps on android
> phones.
> I tried it and the apps were installed as new apps from a server
> generated .apk, but it was using the firefox app for opening the
> firefox os apps or using something from there, because if you delete
> the firefox app the firefox os apps stop working.
>
>
>
> 2014-06-21 4:16 GMT+02:00 Carlos Santana <cs...@gmail.com>:
> > I'm curious about this:
> >
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Marketplace/Options/Open_web_apps_for_android
> >
> > Anyone knows more about how this works and compares to cordova android?
> >
> > Is generating a cordova android APK?
> > Is using android web view or gecko web view?
> > Is using some some sort of shim layer call "web runtime" for FirefoxOS
> API
> > birding to Android?
> >
> > Anything here to leverage(i.e. Concepts, API separation, packaging on the
> > the cloud, etc) for Cordova, maybe in the area of android plug-able web
> > views?
> >
> > -- Carlos
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Carlos Santana
> > <cs...@gmail.com>
>
--
Carlos Santana
<cs...@gmail.com>
Re: APK generated from FireFoxOS App?
Posted by Rodrigo Silveira <rs...@mozilla.com>.
Hi,
As Julio mentioned, the APK generated by mozilla have a dependency on firefox for android being installed. When you submit an app to Firefox Marketplace, you have the option of enabling installation on android and desktop as well. You can use webAPIs[1] on your app and firefox will work as a web-native bridge with the web runtime. Check out this recent mozilla hacks post on the subject[2]. If you're already using cordova APIs, there's no real advantage on using this though, it's more for the other way around: You target FirefoxOS and you get android support "for free".
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI
[2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/06/firefox-os-apps-run-on-android/
----- Original Message -----
From: "julio cesar sanchez" <jc...@gmail.com>
To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 1:32:38 AM
Subject: Re: APK generated from FireFoxOS App?
Not sure if it's the same thing, but some time ago firefox beta for
android included the option to install firefox os apps on android
phones.
I tried it and the apps were installed as new apps from a server
generated .apk, but it was using the firefox app for opening the
firefox os apps or using something from there, because if you delete
the firefox app the firefox os apps stop working.
2014-06-21 4:16 GMT+02:00 Carlos Santana <cs...@gmail.com>:
> I'm curious about this:
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Marketplace/Options/Open_web_apps_for_android
>
> Anyone knows more about how this works and compares to cordova android?
>
> Is generating a cordova android APK?
> Is using android web view or gecko web view?
> Is using some some sort of shim layer call "web runtime" for FirefoxOS API
> birding to Android?
>
> Anything here to leverage(i.e. Concepts, API separation, packaging on the
> the cloud, etc) for Cordova, maybe in the area of android plug-able web
> views?
>
> -- Carlos
>
>
>
>
> --
> Carlos Santana
> <cs...@gmail.com>
Re: APK generated from FireFoxOS App?
Posted by julio cesar sanchez <jc...@gmail.com>.
Not sure if it's the same thing, but some time ago firefox beta for
android included the option to install firefox os apps on android
phones.
I tried it and the apps were installed as new apps from a server
generated .apk, but it was using the firefox app for opening the
firefox os apps or using something from there, because if you delete
the firefox app the firefox os apps stop working.
2014-06-21 4:16 GMT+02:00 Carlos Santana <cs...@gmail.com>:
> I'm curious about this:
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Marketplace/Options/Open_web_apps_for_android
>
> Anyone knows more about how this works and compares to cordova android?
>
> Is generating a cordova android APK?
> Is using android web view or gecko web view?
> Is using some some sort of shim layer call "web runtime" for FirefoxOS API
> birding to Android?
>
> Anything here to leverage(i.e. Concepts, API separation, packaging on the
> the cloud, etc) for Cordova, maybe in the area of android plug-able web
> views?
>
> -- Carlos
>
>
>
>
> --
> Carlos Santana
> <cs...@gmail.com>