Changing the default URL for a PhoneGap project - xcode

A PhoneGap project, by default, loads a local HTML page that's in the "www" folder. I want to replace the default page with an external URL. How can I do that?

Well, it is theoretically possible by modifying the AppDelegate.m file in your project then having your www/index.html file immediately redirect to an external URL via JavaScript.
However, the main reason it isn't all that easy to do is that if you did do this Apple would almost certainly reject it as either loading remote JavaScript or as being nothing more than a wrapper for a website (both reject-able offences).

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Download a file without URL

I'm updating some old CasperJS code that downloads a CSV report. The web interface recently changed. The old version had a link tag I could grab and then use casper.download() to retrieve the file.
However, the new version appears to be an Angular app and the download button triggers a handleDownload() function that does something under the hood, which results in a popup dialog in my browser.
Is there some way to intercept this dialog or otherwise extract the URL from the actual file?
A few options:
You can see what URL is requested (F12 > Network in Chrome). You could then try to deduce the URL.
Look at what handleDownload does - the logic should be available to
you. You may be able to pull data there.
Hard to help without seeing the code.

Is Durandal getting in the way of my POST to a 3rd party asp.net handler? 405 Method not allowed error

I've added Roxy Fileman to my project and tied it in to CKEditor. It's a standard Durandal project with an MVC controller for routing and a web api controller for ajax/json data calls.
A typical working URL for a web api call in my app is http://localhost:63093/api/DurandalApi/getAssessmentQuestionnairePushMenu?id=1
When I try and upload a file from within CKEditor, I get:
Request URL:http://localhost:63093/fileman/index.html?type=image&CKEditor=ckeditor&CKEditorFuncNum=1&langCode=en
Request Method:POST
Status Code:405 Method Not Allowed
Remote Address:[::1]:63093
If, however, I directly go to http://localhost:63093/fileman/index.html?type=image&CKEditor=ckeditor&CKEditorFuncNum=1&langCode=en in my browser, the file upload works perfectly and I can then browse to the image from FileMan inside CKEditor.
The network tab in chrome dev tools indicates that the successful upload is done using this URL: http://localhost:63093/fileman/asp_net/main.ashx?a=UPLOAD which is significantly different to the one that CKEditor attampts to use, but that may be because in the second example, index.html is already loaded?
I'm not completely up to speed with what's going on, but the fact that the same URL works perfectly outside of Durandal if I go directly to the URL seems to indicate the FileMan plugin is working just fine and all permissions are set accordingly. Furthermore the CKEditor config is also fine as it can see the images I upload in the directory, but for some reason it's unable to "post" from within CKEditor (which is embedded in a standard Durandal view).
I'm trying to read up on routing to see if I need to do some kind of exception mapping in Durandal to tell it to let the 3rd party .ashx handler deal with the POST request and I'm not even sure if this problem is indicative of Durandal getting in the way or something else. Any suggestions gratefully received!
Ah. All has become clear. This is a half and half answer really as it doesn't really solve the problem, but equally the problem doesn't really exist!
The issue is that Roxy Fileman does NOT use the CK Editor inbuilt "upload" tab that is in the popup. It expects the user to "browse server" only and use the "add file" link in Roxy instead.
I was confused by the instructions, but now I understand!

iOS Share Extension Dynamic Javascript

I am developing a share extension for iOS 8 and it seem like i can run javascript code on page to grab some information like image urls, etc.
But on the apple document it says that javascript code must be inside a .js file but my javascript code is coming from server and it is dynamic.
Is it possible to run javascript i downloaded from server or can I change js file contents everytime I need to use it?
Thanks
Edit
It seems like it is impossible to change the file.
And if your javascript making asynchronous call the loadItemForTypeIdentifier: options: completionHandler: call is not grabing the end value of async call.

Making content accessible on Addon SDK

I am developing an addon using Firefox's Addon SDK (v. 1.11). My extension dynamically creates an iframe on each website and then loads an html file which includes other resources such as images, font files, etc. from the add on's local directory.
Problem
When loading any of such local resources (i.e.: "resource://" schema), the iframe fails to display them and a message is thrown:
Security Error: Content at http: //www.XXX may not load or link to
resource://XXX
This is a security measure introduced on Firefox 3. When developing without the Addon SDK, the way around it is declaring a directory with "contentaccessible=yes", making the directory's contents accessible to anyone, including my add on. However, I have not been able to find similar functionality using the Addon SDK. Is there a better way of using local data on an iframe that my addon creates and inserts into a page?
I don't think you can directly load an iFrame that points to a resource inside your URL. The browser complains because it's either breaking same origin policy or cross site scripting one. I can't remember which one right now.
if it is html content you want to load you can always inject it into the DOM and then send a message to the document object using the events API to display your custom html. I've done this in the past and it works.
so from main.js send a message to content script which will then inject your iframe html into the DOM and then you can send the document object a message to display it.
I hope this helps.
Not sure if this was the case when you posted the question, but it appears that "resource://" should no longer be used with the Addon SDK.
If you're using the resource inside of an HTML file in the extension, you can reference it locally, otherwise you should use data.url('whatever.jpg') and pass around that value as needed.
Full info is here: http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/01/11/sdk-1-4-known-issue-with-hard-coding-resource-uris/

Secure files from being downloaded by using the absolute path in the URL

in my MVC 3 project I have a folder in the project's root where I store some SWF files. The problem is, when I hit the url in the browser's address bar, e.g
localhost:39217/Files/fg/f_l1.swf
obviously I see the download dialog. Is there any way to prevent it ? In the other words, that file would be visible in my page after the DOM is loaded, but if I just type its URL I don't want it to be downloaded. I'm afraid that both scenarios are threated the same in the IIS. Any ideas ?
One way I can see to solve this issue is don't reveal the real physical path to the user. Basically you should deliver the SWF files from a controller action.
If you are embedding the SWF file through object tag then the object tag will refer to this action passing the filename. You can control the action by Authorize attribute or some other ways and once you see the request is properly authorized then you write the flash file into the response.
The idea is clearly explained here though the code is in PHP you can migrate that to MVC.
UPDATE:
If you don't want to change the SWF file path then you have to do little more work in Global.asax.cs.
routes.IgnoreRoute("Javascript/{*catchall}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("Content/{*catchall}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("Scripts/{*catchall}");
routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;
routes.MapRoute("", "Files/Flash/{file}", new { controller = "File", action = "Flash" });
Now eventhough some one tries to access the SWF file directly knowing the path, the requests are handled by the Flash action of File controller and there you can do the necessary auth. check before sending back the SWF.

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