[CB-4155] Cordova Android - navigator.app.clearCache(); is called on (prospectively unsupported) WebViewCoreThread

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Labels: clearCache cordova cordovawebview navigator

Environment

Cordova 2.7.4 NPM installation.

• Assignee: Simon MacDonald
• Reporter: Andreas Sander
• Created: 11/Jul/13 19:32
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:35
• Resolved: 11/Jul/13 21:18

Description

When calling navigator.app.clearCache(); in a Cordova project, the following throwed warning is shown in Android Logcat:

java.lang.Throwable: Warning:
A WebView method was called on thread 'WebViewCoreThread'.
All WebView methods must be called on the UI thread. Future versions of WebView may not support use on other threads.