- From: Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:33:57 -0800
- To: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
- CC: "public-native-web-apps@w3.org" <public-native-web-apps@w3.org>
>
>I see, but why is this not done with HTML? Is there performance issues or
>something?
>> Again, RIM addressed this problem
>> in their Web-based SDK as well [3].
>
>Seems like they are defining a mini-layout and styling language. If that
>grows, then you just end up at HTML again, no? :(
Yeah, performance. The webview doesn't instantiate fast enough by the time
the JS runtime is ready and your app is ready to go. So we have to dive
into native and
A) set up an overlay with a gif or image of your splash screen
B) go through set up ceremony in phonegap
C) fire an event ('deviceready') that phonegap users attach to to start
running their own app init / checks / etc.
Otherwise you basically see a black or white screen (depending on
platform) for a while, even if in the background some baseline JS is
executing to set up your app.
Presumably this may not be a problem down the road... But reality has
always taken a precedent in PhoneGap so we try to just make shit work :P
Received on Thursday, 24 November 2011 21:34:29 UTC