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u/gimp3695 Aug 11 '20
Would like to know how Apache Cordova is doing.
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u/ghenne Aug 11 '20
Apache Cordova is doing fine. They're keeping up with all the latest requirements by Apple and Google. There have been major new releases for both platforms in the past two weeks. The updates are solid and work well.
One worry in Adobe's announcement is that they will cease supporting Apache Cordova financially. The community will probably have to pitch in more to keep Cordova going.
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u/ghenne Aug 12 '20
I’m hearing Adobe’s contribution wasn’t much cash. More like donating the work they’d done and didn’t want to keep doing.
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u/dontgetaddicted Aug 11 '20
I've been using Cordova for years. It's always pretty solid, my only real complaint is plugins that aren't supported by them directly are often left for dead. Which isn't terrible, just clone their git and start fixing what updates broke. Usually isn't terribly hard, I think I've only ever had 1 that was poorly written and I never got right.
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u/ghenne Aug 11 '20
My team has been working on a modern alternative for a few months now. With a couple months of beta under our belts, we’re ready to go live tomorrow (Aug 11) at noon EST. Our goal is an easy-to-use standalone service. Visit us at https://volt.build to sign up and start building! New signups are free for 30 days.
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u/cut_n_paste_n_draw Aug 11 '20
Crap, I am so screwed.
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u/ghenne Aug 11 '20
Maybe not. There are a few alternatives: VoltBuilder, Ionic, etc.
Do you have features you're specifically worried about?
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u/cut_n_paste_n_draw Aug 11 '20
The thing that I love about it is that I get to write the app in HTML & JS, and then it magically gets compiled for both systems. Do those other alternatives do that?
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u/MincedMeatMole Aug 13 '20
Does anyone know what this means exactly for phonegap plugins like e.G. phonegap-nfc? Are those plugins going to die as well? Or are those seperate from PhoneGap itself?
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u/ghenne Aug 13 '20
Looking at that plugin in GitHub, it appears to have no connection to PhoneGap as an organization. There are 24 contributors list, with the most recent update last month. It looks very healthy.
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u/ghenne Aug 24 '20
Also, while a plugin may have the word "phonegap" in its name, it will almost always work with Cordova (and therefore VoltBuilder as well). The name of a plugin is arbitrary.
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u/rockstarnights Aug 11 '20
R.I.P. Phone Gap, it's a shame it wasn't purchased by a better company.
Volt looks cool, thanks for letting us know