slack-digest/2021-03-17.md

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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:35:49 GMT

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Channel #general (3 messages)

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:01:54 GMT

@abul.asar22 says

Hello everyone, I am facing some issue related to iOS 14. Some element in my app like datepicker are opening within half of the page. It is working with other iOS , web and android device. But not with this iphone max of iOS 14 version. It is also not working on iOS 14 safari. Is there specific bug related to this ?

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:37:02 GMT

@dpogue says

If it‘s broken in iOS Safari, that’s going to be a WebKit issue, not a Cordova issue

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:20:13 GMT

@xavier.serra says

@abul.asar22 You can try using a native plugin such as: https://github.com/VitaliiBlagodir/cordova-plugin-datepicker

Channel #cordova-ios (29 messages)

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:57:45 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

hello

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:58:05 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

let's say we have this js async function getStuff(){ let promise = new Promise((res, rej) => { myPlugin.getStuff(function(success){ res(success) }); }); return promise; }

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:58:40 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

CDVPluginResult *result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsString:jsonString]; [*self*.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:result callbackId:command.callbackId]; does nothing

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:58:49 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

inside the plugin method i mean

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:59:00 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

the plugin method just gets called infinitely

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:59:21 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

any thoughts on how to resolve a promise from my plugin method ?

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:00:19 GMT

@timbru says

Do you actually call the native counterpart? Your JS always calls the JS method. Never the native one via cordova.exec

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:02:00 GMT

@timbru says

        return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
            cordova.exec(resolve, reject, 'MyPlugin', 'nativeGetStuff', []);
        });
    };```
it should look something like that

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:04:23 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

it does call the native

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:04:34 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

i just have no idea how to actually respond to the js promise

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:04:39 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

so it keeps coming

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:07:49 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

let me describe it a bit better

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:07:59 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

so i have Plugin.js which essentially contains the cordova exec

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:08:25 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

then another js which has the promise mentioned above

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:08:38 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

then in my Plugin.m i implemented the method, which does indeed get called

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:09:07 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

problem is, I'm supposed to return something to the promise but instead it seems that my .m method just gets called forever

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:09:46 GMT

@lonestarx91 says

all clear now @timbru ?

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:32:19 GMT

@timbru says

Kinda, but it would be better if you can share the code snippets.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:09:17 GMT

@marcos says

Hello channel.
We will comment on the problem we are having to see if you can help us. We hope to be writing in the right place.
We have not been able to upload new versions of our app to the apple Store for about a month because the team of reviewers constantly rejects the app.
His message is as follows: Your app implements the App Tracking Transparency framework, which is used when apps collect data about users and share it with third-parties for tracking purposes. Since Kids Category apps are not allowed to collect, transmit or share identifiable information with third-parties, you should not implement App Tracking Transparency in your app. We have appealed your response by commenting on the following:
- Completely remove the Cordova Adjust Framework
- Check our xCode project in search of any reference to it and eliminated everything found
- Checked the .ipa file in case there could be something left.
- We check our code to find App Tracking Transparency framework calls with:
- "grep" search in our code.
- "grep" search in our build.
- "otool" search in our IPA.
- Search in our Xcode configuration.
- Analyze our request with Charles Proxy.
And we don't found any reference to Adjust or App Tracking Transparency (ATT).
We are pretty sure we do not use App Tracking Transparency and we follow all the policies for Kids Category apps.```

Finally they have answered us this:

```We understand that you might not find any reference to Adjust or App Tracking Transparency. However, it might be appropriate to partner with Apache Cordova to help you troubleshoot the issue regarding this framework.```
We no longer know what else we can do to break this loop of rejections.

Any help is welcome.
Thanks!!

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:11:37 GMT

@dpogue says

Cordova itself doesn‘t have anything like that as far as I’m aware. One of my apps is in the Kids section of the store and our biggest issue was needing to remove hyperlinked emails/URLs in our privacy policy

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:11:49 GMT

@dpogue says

What plugins do you have installed?

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:14:46 GMT

@marcos says

Hi @dpogue Thank you for your answer
All the problems started after we installed the Adjust Cordova Framework.
But today we have removed this plugin and we have checked that there is no reference to it

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:15:41 GMT

@dpogue says

How did you remove it? cordova plugin rm in your existing project?

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:17:27 GMT

@marcos says

Yes, I copy-paste the steps we have followed:

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:17:37 GMT

@marcos says

Completely remove the Cordova Adjust Framework
Check our xCode project in search of any reference to it and eliminated everything found
Checked the .ipa file in case there could be something left.
We check our code to find App Tracking Transparency framework calls with:
“grep” search in our code.
“grep” search in our build.
“otool” search in our IPA.
Search in our Xcode configuration.
Analyze our request with Charles Proxy. And we don't found any reference to Adjust or App Tracking Transparency (ATT). We are pretty sure we do not use App Tracking Transparency and we follow all the policies for Kids Category apps.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:19:28 GMT

@dpogue says

I would double check the Xcode project to make sure all of these were completely removed: https://github.com/adjust/cordova_sdk/blob/master/plugin.xml#L85-L91

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:19:44 GMT

@dpogue says

cordova plugin rm <pluginname> isn't always good about cleaning up

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:22:44 GMT

@marcos says

Okay, dpogue. We are going to do this double check to make sure there is nothing left

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:23:07 GMT

@marcos says

As soon as we review it, we will tell you news. Thanks!!

Channel #cordova-android (4 messages)

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:05:51 GMT

@sshipsey says

is there any documentation for how to use build-extras.gradle to have a cordova plugin write to the project-level build.gradle? i have a dependency that needs to be included in the project level build.gradle under
  dependencies {
  }
}```
but can't figure out how to do it without manually editing the file, which seems very not cordova-esque

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:10:28 GMT

@dpogue says

A plugin can have a gradle file that gets added to the build: <framework src="src/android/myscript.gradle" custom="true" type="gradleReference" />

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:10:41 GMT

@dpogue says

and that gradle file can define buildscript dependencies

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:24:01 GMT

@antonio.acuna says

Someone notice problems playing videos? In our app, the first video after splash screen just play with sound but not render until the user interact with the screen (touch or something like that)