On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Michael Schmalle < teotigraphix...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex, > > Thinking about this more. > > I have 1 or 2 apps that are more "administrative" such as a library > manager, MIDI importer, metadata manager for the Caustic files that are on > the device. > > Seeing that HTML is more text/editor centric, I could see myself trying to > get the native extension working sooner than later and using the > framework/components to build these simpler apps. This might actually be a > good thing since those apps are more secondary to the main ones. > > The other apps are quite graphic intensive and I don't know exactly how > easy they will be to create in straight HTML. I am thinking more > webgl/feathers like implementation will be needed for the graphics. Albeit, > I am still ignorant to what kind of graphics I could do on Android with > either the embedded web view Cordova provides or some other option. > > As you can see I am REALLY trying to find a reason to set aside a good > amount of time to get this project moving on the low level. > > @Om this is why I was interested in what you were thinking about FXG/SVG > and having components use them. It would be easier to use that then > Bitmaps, maybe, I guess I use straight Bitmaps with Feathers so.... I don't > know. :) > Do you have an example of what kind of stuff you want to draw for your apps? If you can give me some direction, we could collaboratively start hacking on it. Thanks, Om > > Mike > > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Michael Schmalle < > teotigraphix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 5/27/15, 9:02 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <teotigraphix...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >In the FlexJS and FalconJX categories there is not much and just > assuming > >> >since your are basically the main committer on the compiler right now, > >> >that > >> >you just fix stuff and don't enter issues. > >> > >> Yep. Although if more folks are going to work on stuff I’ll be more > >> motivated to file tickets. > >> > >> > > >> >That said, is there anything that you know about with the compiler > >> >FalconJX/FlexJS that I could work on to get my feet wet? Or are your > >> TODOs > >> >more based on the fact you know exactly what is going on there and I > >> can't > >> >do much until I fully understand the tool chain of FlexJS and GCC? > >> > >> I don’t think I have a list in my head that will help you learn the tool > >> chain. I want to suppress the GCC warnings, but I don’t think that will > >> teach you much. I want to explore Josh’s idea of FalconJX with a native > >> HTML swc so we can write all of our JS code in AS. If you want to work > on > >> that, that would be awesome, but it may not teach you how the FlexJS > >> workflow is supposed to go. > >> > > > > > > Ok, that answered my question. > > > > Well, when I said "teach" I just meant getting into the code. Really, I > > know the base part of the compiler and the walker/visitor framework well > > ;-), so getting FalconJX to use an HTML.swc would be exactly what I am > > looking for to do. > > > > This is where you can keep doing what you are good at and I can work on > > what I am good at(code rendering). > > > > Can I ask you to start another thread and outline what you see needs to > be > > done to accomplish what is in your mind dealing with FalconJX and the > > HTML.swc? If you can just brainstorm, then I can ask you questions to > fill > > in the gaps that I am not seeing. > > > > > > > >> > >> Peter and I are working on our own apps that use FlexJS. It rarely > works > >> like we’d like it to, then we fix the compiler or FlexJS code until it > >> does. It might be best for you to simply start on a test app that uses > >> your NativeExtension and try to get it working in Cordova. Or, if that > >> feels like too big a bite, I’ll push the app I’m working on and you can > >> work on it as well if you find it interesting. > >> > > > > > > This would be beneficial for me as well and probably others. I could see > > myself learning from something you are actively working on and looking at > > your commits. > > > > Right now I have a September target for about 4-5 Feathers mobile Android > > apps I am working on to release based on Caustic audio engine, that is my > > income. :) So the Crodova experiment I see coming in the Fall/Winter > when I > > am more sound in what's going on and the component framework is a bit > more > > mature. > > > > > > > >> > >> As always, I’m glad you have your and Fred’s and everyone else’s help. > >> > > > > > > Yeah, well if my apps take off, which they should since I am working with > > the dev of Caustic, I will have a 100% excuse to keep working on this > > project for the foreseeable future. As you can see, with apps selling > using > > native extensions and AIR, my motivation to get them to work in > > HTML/Cordova increases 10 fold because they are already successful on one > > platform. This is a good thing. > > > > Mike > > > > > >> -Alex > >> > >> > > >
