Sweet, let's file an issue as a feature request for this and I'll do my best to get this in time for 3.0.
On 6/21/13 11:54 AM, "Shazron" <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >Of course it should be considered. We did discuss this briefly, but I >don't >think we added it as a feature request in time for 3.0.0. >What I did recommend however, is for plugins to use the >__has_feature(objc_arc) macro to support both ARC and non-ARC. This way, >including it in any kind of project setting it would work - without adding >this flag. Pre-3.0.0, ARC is _not_ enabled by default in the project >template (for plugin compatibility reasons), but in 3.0.0 we are enabling >it in the default template: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2180 > >More info here: >http://shazronatadobe.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/automatic-reference-countin >g-arc-and-cordova-plugins/ > >For pre-compiled binaries it's no problem (say the TestFlightSDK ships >with >libTestFlight.a), and for small plugins to convert to use the macro, but I >can see it being a problem if we had to include the Facebook SDK with its >gajillion files that may or may not be ARC (since converting them may be a >maintenance nightmare for newer versions). > >For that last scenario, I would recommend having that new compiler flags >attribute. > > >On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:37 AM, aaron barnes <aa...@stasis.org> wrote: > >> I've really been enjoying the cordova cli/plugin.xml definition. >> >> I've been porting a bunch of old plugins to work with plugman's >>plugin.xml >> definition. Generally it's been going well, however one problem I've >>come >> across a few times particularly when trying to apply it to old code or >> adapting 3rd party code is that the code isn't ARC compliant. The >> preference would obviously be to make the code arc-compliant, but not >>being >> a pro in objective c, it's often easier to just add '-fno-objc-arc' as a >> compiler flag for the file in xcode. >> >> It would be great to add as an option for iOS builders, I'm thinking >> something like: >> >> <source-file src="src/ios/LegacyCode.m" >>compilerFlags="-fno-objc-arc"/**> >> >> in plugin.xml >> >> which would then insert something like : >> >> 93803FD21768C79200CB4E50 /* LegacyCode.m in Sources */ = {isa = >> PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 93803FCF1768C79200CB4E50 /* LegacyCode.m */; >> settings = {COMPILER_FLAGS = "-fno-objc-arc"; }; } >> >> into the project.pbxproj. >> >> would anybody else find this useful as a feature-request? can it be >> considered? >> >> --aaron >> >> >>
