[BUG] Browser widget implemented without access to localStorage API

[panagiotis merakos]

Hi Andre,

Have you tested with LC 8.1.10 rc1 (or rc2)? We added support for local
storage on Android browser in this PR:

https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/6362

Best,
Panos
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On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 8:56 PM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Reported as https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21281
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Andre Garzia <andre at andregarzia.com>
> wrote:
>
> > LocalStorage is a web api which is standard everywhere, you can read more
> > about it at:
> >
> > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/localStorage
> >
> > It is part of the W3C Web Storage Spec and implemented in every single
> > browser and webview everywhere but on Android default WebView it is
> > disabled unless you enable it in the code that creates the webview as can
> > be seen in:
> >
> > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33079762/android-
> > webview-uncaught-typeerror-cannot-read-property-getitem-of-null
> >
> > So, any code using the browser widget on Android can't save or retrieve
> > data from localStorage. And it is even worse since localStorage is set to
> > null in those cases, the whole app will stop and freeze.
> >
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