Would like to amend this since Marcel & I have discovered it's a lie. Please review (added the "update" line)
Android KitKat brings a [massive update]( https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/overview) to the system WebView. This is terrific news for Cordova developers, as [initial]( http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/android-4-4-kitkat-browser-chrome-webview) [reviews]( http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/02/kitkats-webview-powered-chromium-enabling-android-app-developers-use-new-html5-css-features/ ) give it a big thumbs up. **Update:** The following is not actually true. It was an issue with a release candidate, but does not manifest in the final version of the WebView. However, the update introduced [a bug in Cordova applications]( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5393) that were built with Cordova versions prior to `3.1.0`, or `2.9.1` which can cause native bridge callbacks to not be received until another one is made (e.g. by switching in & out of the app). We strongly encourage all apps to [update their Cordova version]( http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.1.0/guide_platforms_android_upgrading.md.html ), or to directly apply the fix to [cordova-android]( https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-android.git;a=commit;h=166b35bc6c5977cf547f4093690d554b57cb855a) and [cordova-js]( https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-js.git;a=commit;h=1be2876635d2a788270238c4b1cfad200c488e32 ). On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> wrote: > shipped. > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Dick Van den Brink < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Links to the apache bit websites aren't working anymore.. I thought they >> did a dew minutes ago. Can someone confirm? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Verzonden met Windows Mail >> >> >> >> >> >> Van: Brian LeRoux >> Verzonden: donderdag 14 november 2013 22:36 >> Aan: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> ship it! >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Inlining instead of using reviewboard: >> > >> > --- >> > layout: post >> > author: >> > name: Andrew Grieve >> > url: https://twitter.com/GrieveAndrew >> > title: "Action Required: Android KitKat Compatibility" >> > categories: announcements >> > tags: android >> > --- >> > >> > Android KitKat brings a [massive update]( >> > https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/overview)) >> > to the system WebView. This is terrific news for Cordova developers, as >> > [initial]( >> > >> http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/android-4-4-kitkat-browser-chrome-webview) >> > [reviews]( >> > >> > >> http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/02/kitkats-webview-powered-chromium-enabling-android-app-developers-use-new-html5-css-features/ >> > ) >> > give it a big thumbs up. >> > >> > However, the update introduced [a bug]( >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5393) >> > in Cordova applications that were built with Cordova versions prior to >> > `3.1.0`, or `2.9.1` >> > which can cause native bridge callbacks to not be received until another >> > one is made >> > (e.g. by switching in & out of the app). We strongly encourage all apps >> to >> > [update their Cordova version]( >> > >> > >> http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.1.0/guide_platforms_android_upgrading.md.html >> > ), >> > or to directly apply the fixes to >> > [cordova-android]( >> > >> > >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-android.git;a=commit;h=166b35bc6c5977cf547f4093690d554b57cb855a >> > ) >> > and >> > [cordova-js]( >> > >> > >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-js.git;a=commit;h=1be2876635d2a788270238c4b1cfad200c488e32 >> > ). >> > >> > >
