Question

I can’t get the childbrowser to work on Android.
I have followed the instructions on: https://github.com/brycecurtis/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/Android/ChildBrowser/

I have installed Eclipse and all the other stuff needed to compile an
app and all works as it should.
It is running in the emulator and I can also create an apk file.

So now I’m trying to get the childbrowser to work, like below.

1. I added the childbrowser.java file in my workspace/appname/
   src/com/phonegap/plugins/childBrowser/ folder.
2. And the childbrowser.js file in my workspace/appname/assets/www/
   folder.
3. I have linked to the phonegap.0.9.4.js and the childBrowser.js
   files in my index file.
4. I added this in the manifest file

>     <activity android:name="com.phonegap.DroidGap"
> android:label="@string/app_name">
>             <intent-filter>
>             </intent-filter>
>             </activity>

1. The link that should open the childbrowser looks like this:

   <a href="#" onClick="window.plugins.childBrowser.showWebPage("thewebpage.html");">Open</a>

And it still isn’t working? I’m just testing in the emulator as I don’t have a android phone here right now, isn’t the childbrowser working in the emulator?
Or have I missed something else?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I use phonegap.0.9.4.js as well and it is working for me. The childBrowser should work after PhoneGap JS throws event ‘deviceready’. So I added the following code.

var url="http://www.google.com";

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);

function onDeviceReady() {
    window.plugins.childBrowser.showWebPage(url);       
}

Some tips, as I encountered some issues as well:

1. The javascript file I downloaded is childbrowser.js, all lowercase, not childBrowser.js
2. Make sure that ChildBrowser.java is compiled in the correct folder. Check eclipse bin folder
3. For an external web page use http:// in front.
4. The Javascript is a different for Android and iPhone. For example on Android you do not call ChildBrowser.install(); So example code is also different for iPhone/Android/BlackBerry