Replace functions in javascript (to shorten phonegap plugins commands)

Question

I need to shorten my functions (I use them a lot, if i shorten them probably my app needs less storage)

For Example I have navigator.notification.confirm

it is a function. I call it like this : navigator.notification.confirm(a, b, c, [d, e, f, ...])

I want to shorten it as : confirm(a, b, c, [d, e, f, ...])

I used var confirm = navigator.notification.confirm but it doesn't work :(

I can use function confirm(a, b, c, d) { navigator.notification.confirm(a, b, c, d) }

but isn't there any shorter way ?

You might want to look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/q/1007340/2088135 — Tom Fenech, Mar 14 '14 at 16:26

Dawson Loudon · Answer 1 · 2014-03-14T16:31:27.340

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Here is an example of how I do this for navigator.notification.alert:

I put this in my function that is called from the deviceReady event.

    //Shortcut for navigator.notification.alert
    if (navigator.notification) {
        window.alert = function (message,func,title,buttonTxt) {
            if(!func){
                func = null;
            }
            navigator.notification.alert(message, func, title, buttonTxt);
        };
    }

Now with this code in place, anytime I want to alert something I can do this:

alert('hi');

instead of:

navigator.notification.alert('hi');

edited Mar 14 '14 at 16:31

answered Mar 14 '14 at 16:14

Dawson Loudon

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That is short sighted. You write this function once, then anytime you want to call it you use `alert(message);`. That is shorter in the long run. – Dawson Loudon Mar 14 '14 at 16:26

Replace functions in javascript (to shorten phonegap plugins commands)

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