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WebViews in Flutter - Does it really work?
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Lara Martín
July 15, 2019
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WebViews in Flutter - Does it really work?
Talk given at Flutter London meetup
https://www.meetup.com/FlutterLDN/events/262574231/
Lara Martín
July 15, 2019
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Transcript
WebViews in Flutter Does it really work? Lara Martín @Lariki
Flutter/Dart GDE - Android Developer
What is a WebView?
Why we need WebViews? Use cases Perform social login Show
static content (e.g. FAQ) Payment confirmation Avoid for Making an app that is just a web
https://pub.dev/packages/webview_flutter
Setup # pubspec.yaml dependencies: flutter: sdk: flutter webview_flutter: ^0.3.10
Implementation • Not reimplemented in Dart! • Uses native WebView
iOS: WKWebView Android: android.webkit.WebView • But is it a Widget? The plugin creates the native WebView And renders it in Flutter!
Rendering the Android WebView
Working Example
Flutter Inspector
Flutter Inspector
Flutter Inspector
WebView Rendering on Android AndroidView _AndroidPlatformView RenderAndroidView : RenderBox WebView
renders contains … in requires WebViewFactory surface ID contains child PlatformViewController FlutterWebView : PlatformView creates WebViewFlutterPlugin registers Surface WebView contains
Rendering the iOS WKWebView
WebView Rendering on iOS • Similar to Android • RenderUiKitView
will render a surface created in the PlatformViewIOS • Passes an ID
WebView Widget
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget: initialUrl WebView(),
WebView Widget: initialUrl WebView( initialUrl: “https://www.flutter.dev/", ),
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget: javaScriptMode WebView( initialUrl: … javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted, ),
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget: onWebViewCreated WebView( initialUrl: … javascriptMode: … onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController
controller) { _controller = controller; }, ),
WebViewController • loadUrl(String url) • currentUrl() • canGoBack() • canGoForward()
• goBack() • goForward() • reload() • clearCache()
WebViewController • loadUrl(String url) • currentUrl() • canGoBack() • canGoForward()
• goBack() • goForward() • reload() • clearCache()
WebViewController: reload onPressed: () async { await _controller.reload(); }
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget: onPageFinished WebView( initialUrl: … javascriptMode: … onWebViewCreated: …
onPageFinished: (url) { // use the URL } ),
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels The Power of WebViews in Flutter, by Emily Fortuna https:/ /medium.com/flutter-io/the-power-of-webviews-in-flutter- a56234b57df2
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget: NavigationDelegate typedef NavigationDecision NavigationDelegate(NavigationRequest n);
WebView Widget: NavigationDelegate WebView( navigationDelegate: (request) { bool isHost =
request.url.startsWith( “https://flutter.dev”); if (isHost) return NavigationDecision.navigate; else return NavigationDecision.prevent; } );
WebView Widget • InitialUrl • javaScriptMode • onWebViewCreated • onPageFinished
• gestureRecognizers • navigationDelegate • javaScriptChannels
WebView Widget: javaScriptChannels WebView( javascriptChannels: {_channel}, );
WebView Widget: javaScriptChannels WebView( javascriptChannels: {_channel}, ); var _channel =
JavascriptChannel( name: 'LaraDemo', onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) { print(message.message); });
WebView Widget: javaScriptChannels WebView( javascriptChannels: {_channel}, ); var _channel =
JavascriptChannel( name: 'LaraDemo', onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) { print(message.message); });
WebView Widget: javaScriptChannels WebView( javascriptChannels: {_channel}, ); var _channel =
JavascriptChannel( name: 'LaraDemo', onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) { print(message.message); });
WebView Widget: javaScriptChannels WebView( javascriptChannels: {_channel}, ); var _channel =
JavascriptChannel( name: 'LaraDemo', onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) { print(message.message); });
WebView Widget: javaScriptChannels var _channel = JavascriptChannel( name: 'LaraDemo', onMessageReceived:
(JavascriptMessage message) { print(message.message); }); Flutter side <script> LaraDemo.postMessage('Hello'); </script> HTML side
Limitations
Input Fields https:/ /github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/19718 FIXED!-ish
Text Selection https:/ /github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/24584
Performance AndroidView is costly
What’s next
Setting a custom UserAgent https:/ /github.com/flutter/plugins/pull/968
Page loaded correctly https:/ /github.com/flutter/plugins/pull/1389
Loading an HTML string https:/ /github.com/flutter/plugins/pull/1312
Community Plugin
WebView community plugin https:/ /pub.dev/packages/flutter_webview_plugin
WebView community plugin MaterialApp( home: WebviewScaffold( url: url, appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("community webview"), ), ), );
WebView community plugin https:/ /pub.dev/packages/flutter_webview_plugin deprecated?
Contributing
Contributing
Contributing
Flutter is open-source. Submit a pull request!
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