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From: Joel Jeske <jjeske@hand.com>
To: "dev@cordova.apache.org" <dev@cordova.apache.org>
Subject: Window 8 Embedded Webview
Thread-Topic: Window 8 Embedded Webview
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:08:24 +0000
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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 di=
rectly within the application as opposed to within a web view. However, tha=
t requires that the Javascript follows Microsoft's rules. The particular ru=
le 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 con=
figured 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 whi=
ch has higher privileges relative to standard in-browser JavaScript. In the=
 context of Cordova, most developers do not use Windows 8-specific Javacrip=
t because they are building a cross platform application. If they were not =
building a cross platform app, they would/should simply create an Javascrip=
t 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 sec=
urity issues when using JavaScript in the RT environment (like direct use o=
f `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.mb=
ox/%3C52561cb60e0d4f31927fd4637bf846c9@DM2PR03MB366.namprd03.prod.outlook.c=
om%3E<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cordova-dev/201312.mbox/<525=
61cb60e0d4f31927fd4637bf846c9@DM2PR03MB366.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>>


Thanks,
Joel Jeske

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