[CB-13139] Android 8.0.0 / App restarts when bringing it back from background on physical device

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: cordova@7.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Labels: android android8.0 chromium

Environment

Android 8.0.0 on the Google Pixel C tablet, not on phones

• Flags: Important
• Assignee: Joey Robert Bowser
• Reporter: Jonas Verhaert
• Created: 02/Aug/17 09:29
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:46
• Resolved: 15/Aug/17 21:59

Description

Application Version Chrome
Chrome 59.0.3071.125

Operating System
Android 8.0.0; Pixel C Build / OPP4.170623.014

Steps to reproduce

• Open a cordova app on an Android O device (like the Google Pixel C)
• Send the app to the background
• Bring the app back to the front

Expected result
Like in previous versions of Android the app should be untouched / page should not be reloaded

Actual result
Something with chromium goes wrong and the webview restarts.

Side note
I have seen the the android activity monitor that chromium is relaunching the page. Chromium itself has the same issue and I opened a bug on their issue tracker : https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=751039

App to test
We created a git repo where we have a hello world example that we used to prove this case : https://github.com/panisrob/cordova_app

Recording issue
We recorded the issue here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJeQM_7NQz8