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New Webview added to view stack when coming from background
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Description
I've wrote a small app that has a webview to illustrate the issue: https://github.com/surdu/TestBkg
In the onload method of that webview I have implemented a quick mechanism to change the webview's src only the first time the onload method is called, just to illustrate better the problem.
To reproduce the problem we follow these steps:
- launch the app on Android using
tns run android. We notice the app load NS' website. - put the app in background by pressing the home button
- bring back the app by pressing the app icon on the phone
On the last step is where the problem is: a new blank webview is added on top of the old one (if we press the back button on the phone, the old webview will be revealed).
Now let's consider a second scenario. After completing the above scenario, we kill the app by pressing the Overview button and close our app from there (by swipe or by pressing the X button).
Now, if we replace the step 1 by just opening the app from the phone (NOT by running tns run android) and then go through the same steps, we'll notice that at step 3 the behaviour changes: now we will be correctly presented with the old webview.
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Research direction
Start with the linked reproduction app at app/main-page.js and reproduce the lifecycle using tns run android, following the background and app-reopen steps. Trace the Android webview behavior when the app returns from the background; done means reopening the app does not add a blank webview above the existing one.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, javascript, typescript
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100