NativeScript / NativeScript/android
[FR] Customize metadata generation to avoid adding unnecessary unused JS wrappers
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, the whole Android SDK and all native libraries used in a {N} app are included in the metadata binary files. In order to reduce app size and improve startup performance, we should allow app/plugin developers to specify which entities (e.g. Java packages) need to actually be accessible from JavaScript.
Additional context
Things to consider:
- This will be a breaking change because every plugin and every app which directly call into native code will need to start stating their native dependencies
- Multiple such dependency lists coming from all plugins and the app should be merged. Maybe some changes in the CLI will be necessary as well.
- There should be a way to allow everything to be included (like it's been before this feature)
An idea for UI which helps generate these lists from @shirakaba: Polyfill.io shows one user interface by which one could generate a package by specifying only the libraries that one needs. Maybe something like this could be applied to the NativeScript runtimes: https://polyfill.io/v3/url-builder/
Corresponding feature request in iOS runtime is: https://github.com/NativeScript/ios-runtime/issues/1209
Implemented in {N} CLI with: https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/issues/5220
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No Android files, tests, or entry points are named. Start with the linked NativeScript CLI issue #5220 and the corresponding iOS runtime issue #1209, then determine how Android metadata generation should consume merged app and plugin dependency lists; done should include an opt-in way to limit exposed entities and a way to preserve the existing include-everything behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, javascript
- Domain
- build-system, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100