[Feedback] Perspective web client on android webview

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We developed an android app in the past embedding a WebView to show Ignition 7.6.6 Mobile Version as a part of a Customer app.

We’d like to do the same thing using Ignition8 and Perspective, but the result is that our WebView always shows a blank screen without any error.
Launching the same link on the same device but using Chrome is working fine.

Is it possible to still use the Android webView to display a Perspective Client or we necessarily have to run it using Chrome or the Ignition app?

2

Perspective should work fine in a normal Android WebView, just make sure you enable javascript and dom storage on the WebView settings.

3

Good morning, I'm a Colleague of Antonio, thanks for your reply. I developed the part of the App working with Ignition 7.6.6 mobile, but I'm not at all an Android expert developer.

I think I already enabled what you're suggesting for my WebView, I'm sharing you the code snippet.
Just in case you need it, I can add that I have to use an Android 6.0.1, API 23 device.

private void webViewTest(String url){

    webView = findViewById(R.id.myWebView);

    webView.getSettings().setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true);
    webView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    webView.getSettings().setAppCacheEnabled(true);

    String appCachePath = getApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath();
    webView.getSettings().setAppCachePath(appCachePath);
    webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);

    webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

    // Load the URLs inside the WebView, not in the external web browser
    webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
    webView.getSettings().setCacheMode(WebSettings.LOAD_DEFAULT);

    webView.loadUrl(url);

}

These are the result using this code:

Ignition 7.6.6 on Customer Application
Ignition766MobileOnWebView

Ignition 8 Perspective on Customer Application
Ignition8PerspectiveOnWebView

Same Ignition 8 Perspective link launched on the same device but into Chrome browser
Ignition8PerspectiveOnChrome

4

Update.

I installed Ignition Perspective app and this is the result:

Ignition8PerspectiveOnPerspectiveApp

It seems like Android 6.0.1 is not fully supported by Perspective App.
Can anyone confirm my doubt?

5

This is ancient, and so the version of Chromium used for the WebView is also ancient. It's likely not supported.

edit: mixed up versions, not that old after all... 2015ish. The version of Chromium used by the WebView component might still be too old though.

6

That version should be supported. Can you double check that your System WebView is up to date? If you go to play store and search webview it will show up.

7

Thanks for your replies, I’m using this on a wearable device and I don’t have the play store installed. I’ve contacted the supplier and he’s going to release an update for the O.S. to Android 8.1, hope this will help!

Thanks for your support.