Method and system for platform-independent application development
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that when executed cause the implementation of a method is disclosed herein. The medium has instructions for facilitating the execution of at least a first hybrid application on a first device, the first hybrid application comprising commands related to platform-specific functionality and platform-independent functionality of the first device. The method includes initializing a loosely-coupled native engine configured to receive commands from the first hybrid application and to facilitate platform-specific functionality on the first device. The loosely-coupled native engine comprises a webserver module. The method includes receiving commands from the first hybrid application, wherein at least one of the commands comprises a device command to be converted to a corresponding platform-specific code prior to execution of the platform-specific code. And the method includes creating a handler to serve the device command and facilitate execution of the corresponding platform-specific code.
1. A method of executing a hybrid application on a device, the hybrid application comprising commands related to platform-specific functionality and platform-independent functionality of the device, the method comprising:
initializing a loosely-coupled native engine configured to receive commands from the hybrid application, and further configured to facilitate implementation of platform-specific functionality on the device, and wherein the loosely-coupled native engine comprises a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server and initializing the loosely-coupled native engine comprises initializing the HTTP server;
assigning a unique instance identifier (ID) to the HTTP server, and configuring the HTTP server to only accept commands comprising the unique instance ID;
initializing the hybrid application;
receiving commands from the hybrid application, wherein the commands comprise the unique instance ID of the HTTP server, and further wherein at least one of the commands comprises a device command to be converted to a corresponding platform-specific executable code prior to execution of the platform-specific executable code;
verifying that the commands comprise the unique instance ID of the HTTP server; and
creating a handler to serve the device command and facilitate execution of the corresponding platform-specific executable code.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing the corresponding platform-specific executable code on the device.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving an unauthorized command that does not comprise the unique instance ID of the HTTP server; and
rejecting the unauthorized command.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining whether the initialization of the loosely-coupled native engine is a first ever initialization of the loosely-coupled native engine on the device; and
synchronizing application data upon a determination that the initialization of the loosely-coupled native engine is the first ever initialization, wherein application data comprises data related to at least one of the loosely-coupled native engine and the hybrid application.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining whether additional hybrid applications are installed or otherwise associated with the device; and
displaying a list of the additional hybrid applications available on the device.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
parsing the received commands;
detecting whether the received commands comprise JavaScript commands; and
sending detected JavaScript commands to the webserver module.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
transmitting a communication to a synchronization server residing on a remote server; and
receiving synchronization data in response to the transmission.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
verifying a license associated with the loosely-coupled native engine; and
granting access to the loosely-coupled native engine upon a determination that the license is valid.