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iOS 4.3 Not Providing Nitro Engine To Web Apps Launched Full Screen?
- jakewalker 16y agoIf this is anything more than a bug, it's really troubling. There is really no possible justification for not allowing full screen web apps to have access to the Nitro engine.
- ddagradi 16y agoSince it's not present in UIWebViews either, sounds like a bug that it's only available to Safari, rather than a grand conspiracy theory. UIWebViews are pretty important to a lot of native app development.
- miniatureape 16y agoThe article itself is basically a wrapper around a Hacker News post where this was previously discussed. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2317804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2317804
- jakewalker 16y agoSorry; missed this yesterday.
- cstuder 16y agoPreviously discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2317804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2317804
- KrisJordan 16y agoWhen a public component uses one JavaScript engine over another it is probably not a bug or an oversight. My guess is it is an internal dependency and scheduling issue at Apple. The team behind UIWebView is probably downstream from the Safari/Nitro team and they didn't get the new bits in time to ship with 4.3. Full screen mode may well depend on UIWebView and not the Safari app components.
- MatthewPhillips 16y agoI do believe it's a timing/team issue but what a bad decision. Why in the world is Safari and UIWebView using different code bases?
- b0sk 16y agoOr maybe yet another case of Apple doing it because "they can"? I noticed that people have tweeted this to Gruber but he hasn't mentioned it in his blog yet.