[CB-3530] PhoneGap app crashes on iOS with error "CDVWebViewDelegate: Navigation started when state=1" (for navigation to an anchor on the same page)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Reopened
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: iOS, Plugin InAppBrowser
• Labels: crash iOS, inappbrowser,

Environment

Mac OSX 10.8.3, XCode 4.6.2, iOS 6.1

• Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
• Reporter: Montyleena
• Created: 29/May/13 06:39
• Updated: 13/Nov/14 06:16

Description

I have a PhoneGap app on iOS which was working fine with PhoneGap 2.3.0 but crashes with 2.7.0 with the following error:

2013-05-02 10:08:13.214 App[8896:c07] CDVWebViewDelegate: Navigation started when state=1

2013-05-02 10:08:13.215 App[8896:c07] Failed to load webpage with error: (null)

The problem is:
CDVWebViewDelegate.m: shouldStartLoadWithRequest() function: In switch case, default: error code is being passed as nil

and in CDVInAppBrowser.m: didFailLoadWithError() function, error.localizedDescription is being referenced, which causes a crash as error object is nil.

For now, i added a check in the above function to put default values for error code if the error object is nil. I hope this crash is fixed in the next PhoneGap release.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: CB-2602 Hashchange prevents transition from splash screen
• is duplicated by: CB-4478 InAppBrowser: Tapping same link twice in view doesn't load