The build script will automatically fetch the Crosswalk WebView libraries from Crosswalk project download site (https://download.01.org/crosswalk/releases/crosswalk/android/) and build for both X86 and ARM architectures.
Makes your Cordova application use the [Crosswalk WebView](https://crosswalk-project.org/)
instead of the System WebView. Requires cordova-android 4.0 or greater.
### Benefits
* WebView doesn't change depending on Android version
* Capabilities: such as WebRTC, WebAudio, Web Components
* Performance improvements (compared to older system webviews)
### Drawbacks
* Increased memory footprint
* An overhead of ~30MB (as reported by the RSS column of ps)
* Increased APK size (about 17MB)
* Increased size on disk when installed (about 50MB)
* Crosswalk WebView stores data (IndexedDB, LocalStorage, etc) separately from System WebView
* You'll need to manually migrate local data when switching between the two (note: this is fixed in Crosswalk 15)
### Install
The following directions are for cordova-cli (most people). Alternatively you can use the [Android platform scripts workflow](PlatformScriptsWorkflow.md).
* Open an existing cordova project, with cordova-android 4.0.0+, and using the latest CLI. Crosswalk variables can be configured as an option when installing the plugin
The build script will automatically fetch the Crosswalk WebView libraries from Crosswalk project download site (https://download.01.org/crosswalk/releases/crosswalk/android/maven2/) and build for both X86 and ARM architectures.
For example, building android with Crosswalk generates:
Note that you might have to run `cordova clean` before building, if you previously built the app without cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview. Also, manually uninstall the app from the device/emulator before attempting to install the crosswalk-enabled version.
Also note that it is also possible to publish a multi-APK application on the Play Store that uses Crosswalk for Pre-L devices, and the (updatable) system webview for L+:
To build Crosswalk-enabled apks, add this plugin and run:
$ cordova build --release
To build System-webview apk, remove this plugin and run:
$ cordova build --release -- --minSdkVersion=21
### Configure
You can try out a different Crosswalk version by specifying certain variables while installing the plugin, or by changing the value of `xwalkVersion` in your `config.xml` after installing the plugin. Some examples:
You can use the Crosswalk [shared mode](https://crosswalk-project.org/documentation/shared_mode.html) which allows multiple Crosswalk applications to share one Crosswalk runtime downloaded from the Play Store.
You can use the Crosswalk [lite mode](https://crosswalk-project.org/documentation/crosswalk_lite.html) which is the Crosswalk runtime designed to be as small as possible by removing less common libraries and features and compressing the APK.
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 22 stable version by default
* Keep compatible for Cordova-android 6.0 with evaluating Javascript bridge
#### 2.1.0 (September 9, 2016)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 21 stable version by default
#### 2.0.0 (August 17, 2016)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 20 stable version by default
* Discontinue support for Android 4.0 (ICS) in Crosswalk starting with version 20
#### 1.8.0 (June 30, 2016)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 19 stable version by default
#### 1.7.0 (May 4, 2016)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 18 stable version by default
* Support to use [Crosswalk Lite](https://crosswalk-project.org/documentation/crosswalk_lite.html), It's possible to specify lite value with the variable of XWALK_MODE at install plugin time.
*[Cordova screenshot plugin](https://github.com/gitawego/cordova-screenshot.git) can capture the visible content of web page with Crosswalk library.
* Doesn't work with Crosswalk 17 and earlier
#### 1.6.0 (March 11, 2016)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 17 stable version by default
* Support to [package apps for 64-bit devices](https://crosswalk-project.org/documentation/android/android_64bit.html), it's possible to specify 64-bit targets using the `--xwalk64bit` option in the build command:
cordova build android --xwalk64bit
#### 1.5.0 (January 18, 2016)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 16 stable version by default
* The message of xwalk's ready can be listened
#### 1.4.0 (November 5, 2015)
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 15 stable version by default
* Support User Agent and Background Color configuration preferences
* Compatible with the newest Cordova version 5.3.4
#### 1.3.0 (August 28, 2015)
* Crosswalk variables can be configured as an option via CLI
* Support for [Crosswalk's shared mode](https://crosswalk-project.org/documentation/shared_mode.html) via the XWALK_MODE install variable or xwalkMode preference
* Uses the latest Crosswalk 14 stable version by default
* The ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW preference is false by default
* Doesn't work with Crosswalk 14.43.343.17 and earlier
#### 1.2.0 (April 22, 2015)
* Made Crosswalk command-line configurable via `<preference name="xwalkCommandLine" value="..." />`
* Disabled pull-down-to-refresh by default
#### 1.1.0 (April 21, 2015)
* Based on Crosswalk v13
* Made Crosswalk version configurable via `<preference name="xwalkVersion" value="..." />`