nativescript-advanced-webview

NativeScript Advanced Webview

An advanced webview using Chrome Custom Tabs on Android and SFSafariViewController on iOS.

Installation

To install execute:

NativeScript 7+:

ns plugin add nativescript-advanced-webview

NativeScript < 7:

tns plugin add nativescript-advanced-webview@5.0.0

Here is a video showing off Chrome CustomTabs in NativeScript.

Android

CustomTabs

iOS

SFSafariViewController

Why use this? Because Perf Matters

Android Comparison

Demo

Android	iOS

Example

TypeScript

Initiate the service before the app starts e.g app.ts, main.ts

import { init } from 'nativescript-advanced-webview';
init();

import { openAdvancedUrl, AdvancedWebViewOptions } from 'nativescript-advanced-webview';

public whateverYouLike() {

    const opts: AdvancedWebViewOptions = {
        url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
        toolbarColor: '#ff4081',
        toolbarControlsColor: '#333', // iOS only
        showTitle: false, // Android only
        isClosed: (res) => {
            console.log('closed it', res);
        },
        ios: {
            viewController: // some viewcontroller to present from on iOS
        }
    };

    openAdvancedUrl(opts);
}

Javascript

Initiate the service before the app starts e.g app.ts, main.ts

var AdvancedWebView = require('nativescript-advanced-webview');

AdvancedWebView.init();

exports.whateverYouLike = function(args){
    var opts = {
        url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
        toolbarColor: '#ff4081',
        toolbarControlsColor: '#333', // iOS only
        showTitle: false, // Android only
        isClosed: function (res) {
            console.log('closed it', res);
        },
         ios: {
            viewController: // some viewcontroller to present from on iOS
        }
    };

   AdvancedWebView.openAdvancedUrl(opts);

API

• openAdvancedUrl(options: AdvancedWebViewOptions)

AdvancedWebViewOptions Properties

• url: string
• toolbarColor: string
• toolbarControlsColor: string - ** iOS only **
• showTitle: boolean - ** Android only **
• isClosed: Function - callback when the browser closes

Demo App

• fork the repo
• cd into the src directory
• execute npm run demo.android or npm run demo.ios