Galaxy Nexus Stock-Browser

[bennybennet]

I did a small HelloWorld-WebApp. It uses a small Template (MDV)

<template bind>
  Hello {{World}}
</template>

It is working in all mobile browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera) except the stock browser on my Galaxy Nexus. I always just get Hello {{World}} instead of Hello World(or whatever the models wants {{World}}to be).
I experience the same issue on your Getting started page. The results are always empty on my stock browser.

It is Android 4.2.2, Kernel 3.0.31-g9f818de on a Galaxy Nexus.

Edit:
I set up an Android 4.2.2 Emulator and managed to get the following console output:
"07-09 14:31:11.734: ERROR/browser(1990): Console: Uncaught ReferenceError: Window is not defined http://XXX/ext/polymer-all/platform/platform.min.js:28
07-09 14:31:11.814: ERROR/browser(1990): Console: Uncaught TypeError: Object # has no method 'performMicrotaskCheckpoint' http://XXX/src/js/index.js:51"

Seems to be the Problem

Regards,
Benny

[jkomoros]

Hi Benny,

The Android stock browser is not officially supported (see http://www.polymer-project.org/faq.html#which-browsers-does-polymer-support). Chrome for Android is supported, however.

[bennybennet]

So you can't use polymer-project for hybrid-apps? (e.g. Phonegap)

[jkomoros]

At the moment, no. Remember that Polymer is in "pre-alpha", however. Being
able to use it for Phonegap apps would be pretty cool, and it's definitely
on our radar.

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Benny Bennet Jürgens <
[email protected]> wrote:

So you can't use polymer-project for hybrid-apps? (e.g. Phonegap)

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[sorvell]

Closing since the old android browser is unsupported.

[pradeeshmp]

It is possible to use Polymer with Phonegap for Android Application, if then how it can be produced?

[ethan-sletteland]

BUMP. Lack of compatibility with stock is a deal breaker for my cordova projects :(

[bennybennet]

Yep, that have been my intention too.
Would've loved to use it in my cordova project back then. :(

[robdodson]

Take a look at Crosswalk
https://crosswalk-project.org/#documentation/cordova

It sounds like it bundles up a Chrome Webview that you can use in your app to get support on Android 4.0+ devices. Haven't personally tried it yet but I'm super interested to hear if you guys have any success with it

[garrows]

Mobile Chrome Apps now uses crosswalk by default.
https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps

[robdodson]

+1 for Crosswalk. We've seen a number of developers use that to improve
compatibility

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Glen Arrowsmith [email protected]
wrote:

Mobile Chrome Apps now uses crosswalk by default.
https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps

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[garrows]

I set up a polymer app with cca yesterday and it works really well on my old galaxy nexus. Feels native.

Having some troubles with an iOS device atm. Will report back with more details soon.

Oh, and the remote chrome debugging you get with chrome://inspect is amazeballs!

[garrows]

cca isnt bundling chrome with ios and is just using the default webview. The userAgent is Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 7_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/537.51.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/11D167 (4477654960)

ccv -v is 0.3.2-dev and I tried 0.3.1 before that.

@robdodson any ideas?

[edit] I've also opened a issue on the ChromeMobleApps repo MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps#299

[bennybennet]

That's ok because Apple does not allow embedding chrome in apps. So as long as you want to deliver your app via AppStore you have to use the WebView (based on Safari) provided by Apple. One could check if CCV is using the new UIWebView or the old WebView, maybe here's space for improvement.

[garrows]

Thanks @bennybennet. I was shocked to find out that even Chrome on iOS is really Safari. https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/ios/overview

Still having troubles with finding the right build chain for polymer

Build	Android >= 4.4	Android <= 4.3	iOS	Desktop Chrome App
Cordova	works	doesnt	works	n/a
ChromeApp	works	works	doesnt	doesnt
ChromeApp with vulcanize	doesnt	doesnt	doesnt	almost (page events not firing)

It's looking like I'm going to have to use cordova for iOS and MobileChromeApps for android which isn't ideal but still better than doing thing natively.