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From: Shazron <shazron@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:05:40 -0700
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Subject: Re: iOS: add target-device and MinimumOSVersion support to config.xml
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I'm not sure how PG Build does it, but I can find out and see if they
can contribute. Having this baked in to Cordova is definitely in their
interests.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH)
<panarasi@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Also, given that Phonegap build does this, should we keep this such that =
it works for people using Phonegap build also ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) [mailto:v-segreb@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:54 AM
> To: dev@cordova.apache.org
> Subject: RE: iOS: add target-device and MinimumOSVersion support to confi=
g.xml
>
> I agree as well, but I still don't see any better way to specify those th=
ings. Looks like we could change the role of config.xml extending it beyond=
 runtime preferences or we need another/better place.  Another potential dr=
awback of using config.xml  is security risks since this file is distribute=
d as-is along with the app binaries.  But I also see how it is easy to use =
and does not require new knowledge (no need for new settings files). Though=
ts? New thread to discuss this? - since I see there could be many new simil=
ar settings in the future and we need a way to define them
>
> As an idea we can introduce new <build> settings in config.xml which will=
 be automatically removed during build so not available in runtime.
>
> Thx!
> Sergey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: agrieve@google.com [mailto:agrieve@google.com] On Behalf Of Andrew =
Grieve
> Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 5:45 PM
> To: dev
> Subject: Re: iOS: add target-device and MinimumOSVersion support to confi=
g.xml
>
> Agree with this. These are in the same vein as app icons, where they go i=
n the "CLI" config.xml, not the "runtime" config.xml.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Shazron <shazron@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not sure how these prefs are going to work. Usually  prefs are for
>> runtime preferences, while these are really build time preferences and
>> probably the domain of the CLI since they modify the Info.plist and
>> .pbxproj files.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:34 AM, tommy-carlos williams
>> <tommy@devgeeks.org> wrote:
>> > +1
>> >
>> > On 7 July 2014 at 23:29:46, Andrew Grieve (agrieve@chromium.org) wrote=
:
>> >
>> > +1
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) <
>> > v-segreb@microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Phonegap build already supports[2] preferences below and we could
>> >> make this a part of Cordova. I can implement this if we agree. Though=
ts?
>> >>
>> >> #1 target-device
>> >> For targeting a specific device; possible values are handset,
>> >> tablet, or universal (default).
>> >> Example:
>> >> <preference name=3D"target-device" value=3D"universal" />
>> >>
>> >> #2 deployment-target
>> >> This sets the IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET in the build, which
>> >> tranlsates
>> to
>> >> the MinimumOSVersion in the ipa Propertly List.
>> >> Example:
>> >> <preference name=3D"deployment-target" value=3D"7.0" />
>> >>
>> >> [2]
>> >>
>> http://docs.build.phonegap.com/en_US/configuring_preferences.md.html#_
>> ios_only
>> >>
>> >> Thx!
>> >> Sergey
>> >>
>> >
>>