This does not preclude using the file url API function I suppose. Here's a flowchart on how I think it would work: http://i.imgur.com/zq4zreN.png
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Tommy Williams <to...@devgeeks.org> wrote: > This whole thing reeks of sadness and pain. > > The security implications of this will have to be considered very > carefully. > On 29 Oct 2014 16:40, "Shazron" <shaz...@apache.org> wrote: > > > ## What We Know So Far > > > > 1. Because of the file:// url loading bug, we couldn't support the > > WKWebView in the iOS 8 GM release. It has since been fixed, for release > > post iOS 8.1 (not sure when), through a new WKWebView API function ( > > http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/174029/trunk) > > 2. The alternative is embedding a local web server and serving assets > from > > that > > > > ## Abandon file:// url Loading API Method > > > > My proposal is, we abandon the local file:// url loading method in (1) > > above, since it will create problems with support. > > > > For example, if we support the new local file url loading API function in > > iOS 8.2.0 (speculated) -- and a user is on 8.0.2, what then? You would > not > > have WKWebView support for that user, and you would use UIWebView > instead. > > This will just be confusing, and leads to problems. > > > > With the embedded local web server method, you can support **any** > version > > of iOS 8.x. > > > > ## Embrace Embedded Local Web Server Method > > > > I have a Cordova plugin that implements this, and it should work with > > cordova-ios 3.7.0: > > https://github.com/shazron/CordovaLocalWebServer > > > > It dynamically updates the <access> tag value when it loads, overriding > it > > to the actual location and port. Since it is a plugin, it can be > swappable > > (for whatever reason). > > > > It does not solve the problem where any backgrounded app can access our > > local web server. > > > > ## Future Steps > > > > This plugin is already working in cordova-ios 3.7.0 (un-released, up next > > for vote release). > > > > The wkwebview branch: > > > > 1. Needs be rebased > > 2. Needs to be re-tested > > 3. issues in CB-7043 that relate to the wkwebview have to be resolved > > 4. branch presented for review to other committers > > 5. resolve any comments and issues from (4) > > 6. wkwebview branch integrated into master > > > > I will work on these items next after getting cordova-ios 3.7.0 out. Any > > help is welcome. > > > > ## Migration Issues > > > > If you are migrating to WKWebView from UIWebView, you will lose some > > functionality. > > > > 1. No more whitelist feature (NSURLProtocol is not supported in > WKWebView) > > 2. Your XmlHttpRequest calls now need to be CORS compliant (this is still > > true if loaded through a file:// url) > > 3. HTML5 offline application cache is not available in WKWebView ( > > https://devforums.apple.com/message/1060452) > > >
