[CB-6246] Allow for Cordova-Android to use many different types of WebViews

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Labels: Android
• Assignee: Joey Robert Bowser
• Reporter: Joey Robert Bowser
• Created: 13/Mar/14 18:36
• Updated: 04/Feb/15 14:39
• Resolved: 04/Feb/15 14:39

Description

The Android WebView is an externality that may developers don't want to depend on. This has been an ongoing pain point. That being said, we want to keep the web open, therefore instead of working on our own WebView, we should allow an interface for third-party layout engines to be able to be bundled with Cordova, or to be used by Cordova.

This includes projects such as Crosswalk and GeckoView.

Currently a PoC exists here: https://github.com/infil00p/cordova-android/tree/pluggable_webview

Sub-Tasks

• Implement optional GeckoView as a pluggable WebView: Closed
• Implement Crosswalk as a pluggable WebView: Closed
• Fix JUnit Tests, add missing method signatures to make JUnit Tests work: Closed
• Completely re-write Whitelist Test: Closed
• Find new place to put the version number: Closed
• USB Debugging no longer works on Crosswalk pre-KitKat: Closed
• Create Reference Implementation: Closed
• Make the pluggable webview API as good as possible: Closed