Window 8 Embedded Webview

[Joel Jeske <jj...@hand.com>]

Hello Cordova,

I want to ask about using an embedded web view on Window 8.

Window 8 Store Apps can, of course, be configured to use HTML/Javascript directly within the application as opposed to within a web view. However, that requires that the Javascript follows Microsoft's rules. The particular rule that is a pain to me is forcing the strict use of local content.

I have a Cordova application that supports iOS, Android, and WP8. It is configured use content from an external URL. This approach fails when it comes to Windows 8 because Microsoft does not allow the use of external content. This rule makes sense only because the application is exposed to WinJS which has higher privileges relative to standard in-browser JavaScript. In the context of Cordova, most developers do not use Windows 8-specific Javacript because they are building a cross platform application. If they were not building a cross platform app, they would/should simply create an Javascript based Windows 8 Store application.

Finally, I come to my question: Why did Cordova decide to use the built-in HTML/Javascript project as opposed to a XAML/C# project and using a WebView? Not only would that fix my issue, but would also fix all the annoying security issues when using JavaScript in the RT environment (like direct use of `element.innerHTML`).

Are there other possible solutions to my issue that I am overlooking?


Note: A possible solution to my problem is similar to the one discussed in this thread. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cordova-dev/201312.mbox/%3C52561cb60e0d4f31927fd4637bf846c9@DM2PR03MB366.namprd03.prod.outlook.com%3E<ht...@DM2PR03MB366.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>>


Thanks,
Joel Jeske

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