$ show ionic-team/cordova-plugin-ionic-webview
cordova-plugin-ionic-webview is a Cordova plugin that provides high-performance web views for hybrid mobile applications. On iOS, it replaces UIWebView with WKWebView for better performance and features. On Android, it uses the latest evergreen webview (Chrome-based). The plugin implements a local HTTP server to serve app assets via HTTP(S) URLs instead of file:// URLs, which is necessary due to webview security restrictions. It supports custom URL schemes (ionic://, http://, https://), HTML5 mode routing for single-page applications, service worker request handling, and provides JavaScript APIs for converting file paths to webview-accessible URLs. The architecture consists of platform-specific native implementations (Java for Android, Objective-C for iOS) with a common JavaScript interface through Cordova's plugin system.
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Provides isolated access to Android assets, resources, files, and content URLs through a unified URI interface. Demonstrates proper Android resource management, MIME type detection, and abstraction over different data access mechanisms (AssetManager, Resources, ContentResolver). Could be extracted for use in any Android app needing to access these resource types via URI without Cordova dependencies.
Implements WKURLSchemeHandler for handling custom URLs in WKWebView with optimized media file handling. Uses NSDataReadingMappedIfSafe for efficient media playback, determines MIME types via UTType framework, and constructs proper HTTP responses with caching headers. Represents a complete, extractable pattern for custom scheme handling in iOS webviews that could be reused in any WKWebView-based iOS application.