<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bring Apache Cordova support back to Ubuntu Touch?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Seems a real pity that both Apache and Ubports seems to have dropped Cordova support for UT.</p>
<p dir="auto">There is an slightly fixed version here:<br />
<a href="https://github.com/bhdouglass/cordova-ubuntu" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/bhdouglass/cordova-ubuntu</a> (based on Cordova 4.8?)<br />
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<p dir="auto">and an App that still uses it:<br />
<a href="https://github.com/milikhin/seabass" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/milikhin/seabass</a><br />
<a href="https://open-store.io/app/seabass.mikhael" rel="nofollow ugc">https://open-store.io/app/seabass.mikhael</a></p>
<p dir="auto">And according to the official Cordova documentation support was dropped sometimes between version 7.x and 9.x:<br />
<a href="https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/7.x/guide/platforms/ubuntu/index.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/7.x/guide/platforms/ubuntu/index.html</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.ubuntu.com/phone/en/apps/html-5/guides-cordova-guide" rel="nofollow ugc">https://docs.ubuntu.com/phone/en/apps/html-5/guides-cordova-guide</a></p>
<p dir="auto">I know that UT has it's own simple way of running webapps, but running offline HTML5 apps with some advanced features is quite a pain in it, and many advanced web-apps (uMastonauts etc.) are trying to make their own qt based wrappers, basically re-implementing a large part of what Cordova could offer.</p>
<p dir="auto">In addition Cordova apps are much more easily portable between platforms (Android / iOS) and there is even a recent electron based Desktop support for it. Yes, hybrid apps have disadvantages, but they also have many positive aspects... no need to discuss this here <img src="https://forums.ubports.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f609.png?v=6722c86c489" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--wink" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=";)" alt="😉" /></p>
<p dir="auto">So maybe this would be worth picking up again and maybe even get upstream support? I guess they mainly dropped it because there was no maintainer for it, so is there anyone in this community interested (and with the skills)?</p>
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