-1 This only caters to a minority of our users. Most of our users can't debug Cordova, since they can't write Java (or even Javascript) well.
I think this will have far more things break and we'll have a huge backlash from our mainstream users, just like when we deprecated plugins. On Jun 17, 2013 12:48 PM, "Andrew Grieve" <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: > I'd like to propose that instead of having the create script compile a > version of Cordova into a .jar, that instead it copies over the source > files instead. > > My main motivation is that doing so will make debugging native code much > easier since the source code will show up in Eclipse / Android Studio by > default instead of needing to reconfigure your project to get this to work. > > We did the same change on iOS a while ago (moving from a precompiled > framework library to just copying over source files), and I think the > results were quite positive. It helps users file better bug reports, and I > think also encourages them to submit bug fixes. It will also make it easier > for Plugin developers to figure out our APIs since they'll be able to see & > tweak the code. > > Agree / object? >
