Mike M. created CB-12780:
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Summary: Add option to setMixedContentMode
Key: CB-12780
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12780
Project: Apache Cordova
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: cordova-android
Affects Versions: 7.0.0
Reporter: Mike M.
We're currently developing an application that streams audio from a continuous
stream over http. We have an existing web application served over https. The
audio streams, which are built using HTML5 audio, are served in http only.
On Android, the WebView won't load our audio stream because of a mixed content
error.
According to my research, this is because on Android, as of API level 20, the
WebView gets a mixedContentMode of {{MIXED_CONTENT_NEVER_ALLOW}} by default
(see the documentation
[here|https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebSettings.html#setMixedContentMode(int)].
This is especially frustrating as it doesn't match [what modern browsers
do|https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/prevent-mixed-content/fixing-mixed-content],
which is to allow "passive" mixed content that doesn't interact with the page
directly like audio/video streams. So in the end, the WebView doesn't behave
like the browser, which breaks our application.
When I change the API target level to 19, the resource gets loaded
successfully. However, sticking with API level 19 isn't a long-term solution.
As seen in [the
documentation|https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebSettings.html#setMixedContentMode(int)],
there is a way to let Android treat mixed content like the browser, which
involves setting the MixedContentMode WebSetting to
{{MIXED_CONTENT_COMPATIBILITY_MODE}}. However, as I understand it (I'm new to
Cordova), this would require me to add custom code to the generated android
activity code, which is discouraged and which I would prefer not to do.
It would be nice if cordova-android added a configuration setting for mixed
content which would get translated into setting the MixedContentMode
WebSetting. It could look something like:
{{code}}
<platform name="android">
<preference name="android-mixedContentMode" value="COMPATIBILITY_MODE"
/>
</platform>
{{code}}
That would make the code more maintainable and expresses what we need concisely.
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