HTML5 default.json

#1

Hi all.

Just out of curiosity - what’s the purpose of manifest/default.json
if targeting HTML5?

#2

You could have multiple asset libraries, which may (or may not) be preloaded, so on a larger project, you might also have level1.json, level2.json or images.json – whatever someone names their asset libraries.

I think we embed the default JSON though on HTML5 if all the assets are preloaded, you could delete it and see if it gets regenerated.

#3

Thanks singmajesty.

Is this file really required for the final release build?
I couldn’t find a reference to it in the generated javascript and it doesn’t seem
to make a difference if I delete the whole ‘manifest’ folder from the ‘bin’ folder.

#4

If you delete it and it does not regenerate when you build the project, then we are embedding it (since a newer version of OpenFL) and the written file is no longer required. If it is regenerated, then perhaps we are using it when loading asset files?

#5

Yeah, if I delete the whole html5/ (including html5/bin | html5/haxe | html5/obj) folder, recompile
the project and afterwards delete the default.json file from html5/bin/manifest folder, the game
runs as usual. It’s OpenFL 7.1.2