This fork includes many fixes and small improvemts. Hopefully it will be merged with the official version one day.
It is may also by necessary for forks of related plugins.
- cordova file API cordova-plugin-file
- chrome socket API chrome-cordova
CordovaLib is a framework that enables users to include Cordova in their OS X application projects easily, and also create new Cordova based OS X application projects.
Make sure you have installed the latest released OS X SDK which comes with Xcode 5. Download it at http://developer.apple.com/downloads or the Mac App Store.
You will also need to install the nodejs.
$ sudo npm install -g cordova
$ git clone https://github.com/onflapp/cordova-osx.git
You can use patches in the patches directory or if you are lazy, do the following:
$ sudo cp patched-files/src/cordova/platform.js /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova
$ sudo cp patched-files/src/cordova/platforms.js /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova
$ sudo cp patched-files/src/plugman/platforms.js /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/plugman
$ sudo cp patched-files/src/plugman/platforms/osx.js /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/plugman/platforms
NOTE: you will be executing these commads as root, you should backup the original files first.
$ cordova platform ls
Patching cordova as described above will get you the official OSX platform support. This may or may not be what you want. If you are interested in this fork, you'll need to take additional steps.
Copy the content of the entire project (cordova-osx) to ~/.cordova/lib/osx/cordova/master
$ mkdir -p ~/.cordova/lib/osx/cordova/master
$ cp -R ./cordova-osx/* ~/.cordova/lib/osx/cordova/master
If this directory exists already, you may have to remove it.
NOTE: you should be able to find '~/.cordova/lib/osx/cordova/master/package.json' in there. If you see ~/.cordova/lib/osx/cordova/master/cordova-osx, this is wrong. It must be the content of the cordova-osx that is copied into the master
There is probably a better way to use a fork then this, I just didn't find a simpler way.
$ cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld
$ cd ./hello
$ cordova platform add osx
In the config.xml you can use following configuration parameters
<preference name="EnableDebugMode" value="false" />
The debug modes enables WebKit's Inspector. The inspector is accessible via right-click.
<preference name="HideCursor" value="false" />
Hides the cursor. This option is very usefull for touchscreens using mouse emulation.
<preference name="KioskMode" value="false" />
Kiosk Mode will make the app run in full screen mode and disables application switching.
Loading resources (JS/CSS) directly from your project's source directory.
$ defaults write com.xxx.yyy write SourceBaseDir /Users/blah/myproject
This option is very usefull for rapid JS/CSS development because you do do not have to rebuild the entire application,
just reload the page - EnableDebugMode may have to be enabled.
SourceBaseDir should point to where your www folder is.