Please review the draft of the blog post about this: "The Future of the iOS WebView in Apache Cordova" https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/867 On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:38 PM Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've done with my review with all the issues that need to resolved > with the plugin before it can be baked in to the platform for a major > version release. I'm going to discuss issues with respect to migration > of developers from UIWebView (features that will be lost or are > different) > > 1. Cookies don't persist. This is a WebKit bug, but someone has > created a plugin for a workaround. See > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12074 > 2. Can't delete cookies. This is/was a WebKit bug (2015), need to test > for the iOS 11/12. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11297 > 3. Can't execute JavaScript code in the background. There are several > issues related to this. See > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12815 > 4. XmlHttpRequests don't work, because of Cross-Origin Resource > Sharing issue (CORS). There is a workaround plugin created by Oracle > (UPL licensed, which is Apache-2.0 compatible). See > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10143 > 5. Migration of localStorage from UIWebView. There is a migration > plugin available. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11974 > > Of course there are several bugs also that need to be resolved. List > here: https://s.apache.org/QfsF > > Out of the 5 issues, 3 (external) plugins are available for the > issues, 2 require minor code changes. > > For a solution to issue 5, I am proposing a proxy webview engine > plugin that will: > 1. Read a preference to use a particular webview engine > 2. Proxy the selected webview engine's interface from its interface > > This proxy will possibly help with migration and testing, so users can > "beta test" WKWebView now for existing apps (and switch back if there > are problems). This is like a "feature flag" that I mentioned before, > but at runtime, for users. > > This proxy webview engine plugin can also possibly help with > InAppBrowser, I'm not sure (since that plugin has more hooks into a > webview's interface).
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