I'll release the local webserver soon as a plugin, it was just a proof of concept. It should work with existing Cordova versions as well, but will not have a way to secure access to the local web server from other (background) running apps.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I figure I will write this all up before the official release of iOS 8 > next > > week (probability high) and everyone asking about support. > > > > It has stalled because the WKWebView cannot load files using the file:// > > protocol since iOS 8 beta 4. > > > > This bug has been filed with Apple weeks ago: > > http://www.openradar.me/radar?id=5839348817723392 > > > > I even checked WebKit check-ins if there was any progress, so far, no: > > > > > http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebKit2/UIProcess/API/Cocoa?order=date&desc=1 > > (but it's entirely possible the loading code is in another part of the > > tree). > > > > The alternative is to run a local web server, which works great. However, > > this will open up a can of worms possibly with Apple, I'm not sure. > > > > Shaz, did you implement a prototype with a local web server? Would be > useful to see how the code for this works. > > > > > > > The other interesting tidbit is, with WKWebView, for locally loaded files > > using the file:// protocol, cross-domain restrictions now apply, unlike > > UIWebView's behaviour. To have the same behaviour as UIWebView, we would > > need to proxy these requests (modify xhr.open to go to our proxy, which > > requires the local web server). > > > > The bridge works great, and plugins work great. > > >
