Implement Gamedistribution ads using webview

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#41

I remove the index.html from defold and game.project work fin with ctrl+b but for html5 launch get the same error

#42

Are you trying to open a file which doesnā€™t exist yet? You should check if it exists first in the Defold script before doing the other code.

function file_exists(name)
   local f=io.open(name,"r")
   if f~=nil then io.close(f) return true else return false end
end

Does the file you are trying to load show up in the filesystem in the Chrome console?

#43

I remove all code, remove __htmlLaunchDir, all but get the same error, weird.
I export the game and upload to my local server and work, but build and launc html5 from defold not is working.

now is working, this is very crazy lol

#44

Wait for the clean and standalone example. There are a few things which I did that are too messy to use / cause it to break / donā€™t work at all right yet. Iā€™ve already fixed a few major issues so far but itā€™s really late for me so I must stop now for real.

#45

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#46

this is my code in defold:

local path = sys.get_save_file("html5_inbox", "data.json")

-- set content of a file on the filesystem
local html5_data = "1"

function write_file(file, data)
local file = io.open(path, "w")
file:write(data)
file:close()
end

function read_file(file)
local f = io.open(path, "r")
local content = f:read("*all")
f:close()
return content
end

function update()
	print(read_file(path))
end

in the console always get nil, but I should have ā€œtest data hereā€?

your index:

var test_data_array = {timestamp: {}, mode: 33206};
test_data_array.contents = stringToUint("test data here"); // this is obviously not JSON, 
store.put(test_data_array, "/data/.html5_inbox/data.json")
#47

The JS needs to be modified too to make it work. Donā€™t need to be using atbo / btoa, they both need to be removed to work with Defoldā€™s data. There are other changes which need to be made too but I canā€™t do right now.

	function stringToUint(string) {
		var string = unescape(encodeURIComponent(string)),
			charList = string.split(''),
			uintArray = [];
		for (var i = 0; i < charList.length; i++) {
			uintArray.push(charList[i].charCodeAt(0));
		}
		return new Uint8Array(uintArray);
	}

	function uintToString(uintArray) {
		var encodedString = String.fromCharCode.apply(null, uintArray),
			decodedString = decodeURIComponent(escape(encodedString));
		return decodedString;
	}
Any way of communication between Defold HTML5 game and my own JS?
#48

No problem, Pkeod, thank you very much for your help! you are the best!

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#49

Hi,

new news? I am very anxious to use defold :slight_smile:

Maxi.

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#50

Iā€™ll spend some more time on this later today. Will post when Iā€™m done with whatever I have.

Edit: Didnā€™t have the time, will early tomorrow.

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#51

I fixed the last bug, but still not ready to upload. Iā€™ll make a new thread for the example, and post here when ready hopefully will have time tomorrow to finish. Too busy with work and lifeā€¦

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#52

Very goods news :slight_smile:

Calling javascript on the page from html5 game
#53

I thought I had it fixed, but I only tested with static data. Dynamic data shows that apparently Defold (via emscripten) only loads from the indexeddb once, and then works with a virtual file system cache after. I have some ideas on how to deal with it, but I am severely low on time right now. It may require us slightly modifying the HTML5 runtime. There may be a proper way in Defold to get it to load from the actual data store instead of virtual filesystem cache that I donā€™t know about. Iā€™m confident itā€™s possible to solve, but would have to read more of the source and docs more to understand how things really work. I can do this later, but not right now. Anyone else interested in it should give it a shot. Maybe there is a simple fix that I didnā€™t see.

https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/Filesystem-API.html

html5_inbox.zip (17.7 KB)

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#54

@sven has a good knowledge of the HTML5 implementation of the file system. He should be able to provide more information.

#55

Just so people know there is more information here, I have not had time yet to try more, but anyone else is welcome to look into it.

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