What’s supported and what’s not
Due to the fact that Canvas+ isn’t a complete browser, it has some restrictions. This doesn’t apply to the WebView(+) engine!
Supported features
- Canvas
- WebGL
- Audio
- Websockets
- XHR
- Localstorage (with no limit)
- Extend it using Plugins for Cordova
- Cocoon plugins
Unsupported features
- CSS and DOM UI elements
- WebAudio
- DOMParser class
- WebRTC
- WebWorkers
For more information please see the cocoon Wiki over here
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Construct 2 objects & plugins
But what does this mean for construct games? Some objects and plugins are using unsupported features and this could lead to a black screen / crash.
Supported
Data & Storage
- Array
- Dictionary
- LocalStorage (no limits)
- WebStorage (deprecated)
General
- 9-patch
- Function
- Particles
- Shadow Light
- Sprite
- SpriteFont
- Text (works, but use SpriteFont instead)
- Tiled Background
- Tilemap
Input
- Gamepad
- Keyboard (works, but useless)
- Mouse (works, but useless)
- Touch
Media
- Audio
- Geolocation
Monetisation
- AdMob (offical Scirra plugin, you must install the “Cordova AdMob” in your Cocoon project then)
- iAd(offical Scirra plugin, you must install the “Cordova iAd” in your Cocoon project then)
Web
- AJAX (but note, XML is not supported!)
- Browser (with restrictions)
- WebSocket
Not supported
Data & Storage
- XML
Form Controls
- Buttons
- File chooser
- List
- Progress bar
- Slider Bar
- TextBox
Media
- User Media (untested, let me know!)
- Video (untested, let me know!)
Monetisation
- IAP (offical Scirra plugin)
- PubCenter (untested, let me know!)
Platform specific
- Google Play (offical Scirra plugin) | use the Cocoon GooglePlayGame plugin instead
- GameCenter (offical Scirra plugin) | use the Cocoon GameCenter plugin instead
- Rest should be clear…
Web
- Multiplayer (due to the lack of WebRTC support)
