Embed Webview in Android Fragment no longer works in cordova 4.0

[twilly86]

Embed Webview in Android Fragment sample code no longer works for android 4.0.

See error details here...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30489176/cordova-webview-inside-android-fragment-on-cordova-4-0

[arumsey]

Thanks for bringing up the issue @twilly86. I will look into updating this sample to support Cordova 4.0.

[teamnorge]

In case you need a bigger stack trace:
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #14: Class is not a View

org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebView
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:604)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:687)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
at info.geometrixx.webview.HomeFragment.onCreateView(HomeFragment.java:63)
...

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebView cannot be cast to android.view.View
at java.lang.Class.asSubclass(Class.java:1380)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:552)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:687)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
            at info.geometrixx.webview.HomeFragment.onCreateView(HomeFragment.java:63)

[0x524A4B]

Is this project still being supported?

[arumsey]

Hi @runjumpkick - Yes it is. The Android code however needs a major re-write in order to support the latest Cordova libs.

[0x524A4B]

OK. Is there a ETA on publishing a modernized sample app?

[wayneforrest]

I am also experiencing the same problem, when can we expect an update?

[twilly86]

Check out this post, it should get you pointed in the right direction.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30489176/cordova-webview-inside-android-fragment-on-cordova-4-0

[wayneforrest]

Thanks; I tweaked the code you mentioned above and got the Cordova webView showing.

Can you perhaps share your CordovaContext.java file?

  @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {


        //???what is CordovaContext ???
        //LayoutInflater localInflater = inflater.cloneInContext(new CordovaContext(getActivity(), this));

        //my hack
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.webview_cordova, container, false);

[galacticappster04]

I am so tired with this JavaScript/HTML5/CSS being forced into a native app. Maybe we should stop forcing ourselves writing codes that are meant only for browsers. Just fixing this things alone isn't cost and time effective. I am moving away from this web apps thingy from now on.

[bpetriv]

@twilly86 I am working on Apache Cordova team at Microsoft. Our team is interested in understanding your experiences with embedded Cordova web views. Would you be able to fill in this quick contact info survey http://www.instant.ly/s/WGx9L so that we can get in touch with you?

[arumsey]

I finally freed up some time in my schedule to update this app. Thanks for the help @twilly86.