cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview-v3

This is a fork of original cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview library, which aims to provide compatibility with latest cordova versions.

Since there is still a lot of android devices with legacy webview (before 7.0), crosswalk-webview project still makes sense for android.

For detailed information about crosswalk, please visit the homepage of original library.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

• Crosswalk does not work for Android 10+ devices. I recommend you split the app in 2 different projects, one with crosswalk and one without. The one without crosswalk must support minimum android 7 (sdk level 26).

Config.xml must have:

<platform name="android">
    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="26" />
</platform>

platforms/android/gradle.properties must have:

cdvMinSdkVersion=26

Install

• Add this plugin

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview-v3

• Build

$ cordova build android

The build script will automatically fetch the Crosswalk WebView libraries from Crosswalk project download site (https://download.01.org/crosswalk/releases/crosswalk/android/maven2/) and build for both X86 and ARM architectures by default.

To build Crosswalk-enabled 32-bit apks for release:

$ cordova build --release

It will generate following apks:

platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/armv7/release/app-armv7-release-unsigned.apk
platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/x86/release/app-x86-release-unsigned.apk

Google changed some policies at 2019 August, and now every app in the market requires 64-bit apks. To do that:

$ cordova build --release --xwalk64bit

It will generate following apks:

platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/arm64/release/app-arm64-release-unsigned.apk
platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/x86_64/release/app-x86_64-release-unsigned.apk

The above apks will be build for each architecture separately only if multiple akps are configured as below in config.xml:

<preference name="xwalkMultipleApk" value="true" />

If you don't need to support older devices with 32bit architectures, you should only build for 64-bit, sign and upload them to play store. However, if there are still older devices running your app, you must build and sign all 4 of them and upload each to play store.

Check this gist to build all of them in one bash script: (https://gist.github.com/ardabeyazoglu/ff505d06bd576b966ad7f1c932f7c6ed)

Release Notes

3.0.4 (October 25, 2020)

• Replaced unsupported gradle function in merge task (fixes #12)

3.0.3 (February 18, 2020)

• Changed 64bit product flavors to arm64 only, with a versionCode*10 + 4.

3.0.2 (November 10, 2019)

• Added compatibility with cordova 9
• Fixed version code calculation for 64bit builds (aligned them with 32bit build codes)

2.4.0 (January 18, 2018)

• Keep compatibility with cordova-android 7.0 project structure

2.3.0 (January 21, 2017)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 23 stable version by default

2.2.0 (November 4, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 22 stable version by default
• Keep compatible for Cordova-android 6.0 with evaluating Javascript bridge
• This version requires cordova-android 6.0.0 or newer

2.1.0 (September 9, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 21 stable version by default

2.0.0 (August 17, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 20 stable version by default
• Discontinue support for Android 4.0 (ICS) in Crosswalk starting with version 20

1.8.0 (June 30, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 19 stable version by default

1.7.0 (May 4, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 18 stable version by default
• Support to use Crosswalk Lite, It's possible to specify lite value with the variable of XWALK_MODE at install plugin time.
• Cordova screenshot plugin can capture the visible content of web page with Crosswalk library.
• Doesn't work with Crosswalk 17 and earlier

1.6.0 (March 11, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 17 stable version by default

• Support to package apps for 64-bit devices, it's possible to specify 64-bit targets using the --xwalk64bit option in the build command:

    cordova build android --xwalk64bit
  

1.5.0 (January 18, 2016)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 16 stable version by default
• The message of xwalk's ready can be listened

1.4.0 (November 5, 2015)

• Uses the latest Crosswalk 15 stable version by default
• Support User Agent and Background Color configuration preferences
• Compatible with the newest Cordova version 5.3.4

1.3.0 (August 28, 2015)

• Crosswalk variables can be configured as an option via CLI
• Support for Crosswalk's shared mode via the XWALK_MODE install variable or xwalkMode preference
• Uses the latest Crosswalk 14 stable version by default
• The ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW preference is false by default
• Doesn't work with Crosswalk 14.43.343.17 and earlier

1.2.0 (April 22, 2015)

• Made Crosswalk command-line configurable via <preference name="xwalkCommandLine" value="..." />
• Disabled pull-down-to-refresh by default

1.1.0 (April 21, 2015)

• Based on Crosswalk v13
• Made Crosswalk version configurable via <preference name="xwalkVersion" value="..." />

1.0.0 (Mar 25, 2015)

• Initial release
• Based on Crosswalk v11