iOS Browser Widget and javascriptHandlers Update

[Ralph DiMola]

Will do.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net


-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Brian Milby via use-livecode
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 8:01 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Brian Milby
Subject: Re: iOS Browser Widget and javascriptHandlers Update

Did you file a bug report?  I would not expect it to work like that.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 29, 2020, at 6:15 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Just a warning. I fixed this by deleting and recreating the Browser Widget.
> The Widget was created in v9.5.1 and apparently was not compatible 
> with v9.6.0. I changed the code to delete all browser widgets and recreate them.
> I wasted a couple of days debugging and then creating a small test program.
> The test program worked and then the preverbal light bulb came on and 
> I deleted/recreated widget in full app... Voilà, everything worked. I 
> don't know how we can prevent things like this is the future? Maybe 
> widgets should have some sort of version code to warn you of this.
> 
> beware
> 
> LC 9.6
> 
> I create I browser widget. I add a JavaScript Handler using (set the 
> javascriptHandlers). Load webpage on an https server. The callbacks to 
> LC work OK in Win 10 IDE and on Android deployment. On iOS 13 testers 
> report the JavaScript call backs don't work first time but on 
> subsequent loads of the page it works OK. This is the initial problem. 
> So I fired up my test device to see what's going on. This is where it get weird.
> 
> My test device is an iPad Mini running iOS 12.4.7 and JavaScript 
> Handler call back to LC never works. I put some JavaScript "alert"s in 
> the code for debugging. The alerts never show up but does show on Android and in the IDE.
> The alerts also show up in Safari and Chrome on the same 12.4.7 device 
> just not in the browser widget. I verified that the remaining 
> JavaScript code in the page is actually running just fine but no 
> JavaScript Handler call backs or alerts are working.
> 
> Could there a plist permission issue? I'm at a loss... Any ideas?
> 
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> 
> 
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