[yid]

Isn't this exactly what Cordova does? You mention "so you don't have to use Cordova", but you don't mention what the advantages are.

[nfrmn]

Cordova does indeed do this, and gives you access to iOS hardware APIs. This doesn't.

With this in mind, the reason I made it was for projects which don't require those things. There is no middleware here, just a very simple Xcode project with a couple of code modifications.

You can literally drop an existing web app into this and get going! :D

[icefox]

When I looked at Cordova it was a complete mess and pain to deal with. The docs where confusing and out of date. I just needed a simple x-code project, not a kitchen sink that was installed in the attic for some reason.

[gpmcadam]

Setup:

    npm install -g cordova
    cordova create HelloWorld
    cordova platform add [ios|android|wp8|..]
    

Running:

    cordova serve # browser
    cordova emulate [ios|android|wp8|..] # emulation

This has always been pretty straightforward to me, it's a bit of an extra pain to debug iOS development on a non-OSX machine, but that's true of the parent link, too.

What's been a complete mess to deal with for you? And how long ago did you last use Cordova?

[logane]

We tried to do that with our Cordova project and it wasn't this straightforward at all - we weren't even accessing the hardware. Some main points are behaviors when opening URLs, a completely unresponsive canvas, and slow rendering on the canvas.

[icefox]

Looking at the doc page I have no real clue I would get to what you did.

http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0/

Granted when I looked at the docs it was a while ago and much worse, but still it wants to teach you everything before letting you see something.

[gpmcadam]

I would start at the home page, instead.

  1. http://cordova.apache.org/
  2. Click 'Download'
  3. Click the link in "[For the] npm version see the Command-Line Interface section [..]"

There's the same set of instructions listed in my comment above.

http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0//guide_cli_index.md....

[firloop]

Agreed. This just seems like a homebrewed version of Cordova lacking the ability to add plugins that provide a JS bridge to native OS features.

[gpmcadam]

And without any of the maturity a project like Cordova brings to the table.