Webview and Cordova plugins

Question

Hi, 

I am developing Metro application using the Cordova plugins(https://cordova.apache.org/).

In order to do that I must develop the application using Javascript and html and not using C# and XAML. (According to the Cordova docs). 

My application will be side-loaded to BYOD in my company and will not be published to the Store. 

My application is a container- it performed authentication and authorization and then should launch a URL (receive the URL from a different application). 

The URL is a web application which contains the javascript code which use the Cordova plugins. 

Unfortunately,  Cordova didn't supply the developers with WebView(http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.2.0/guide_cordova-webview_android.md.html) so I want to use the Microsoft WebView. 

Few questions: 
1. How can I use it with javascript and HTML? The documentation doesn't have a code sample for javascript. 
2. Can the Microsoft WebView pass headers to the website URL (part of my authentication method) ? 

Thanks in advance! 

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ynahmany

Answer 1

Documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn301831.aspx

Sample: the HTML WebView control sample.

To pass your own headers use http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn301845.aspx

Answer 2

Thanks Rob. 

One more question regarding the Webview element: 
Assuming the website which the Webview present use one of the Cordova plugins. 
Can the Webview use the plugins which are part of the application or they are acting like 2 different sandboxes? 

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ynahmany

Answer 3

They're separate sandboxes and cannot directly interact beyond windows.external.notify and invokeScriptAsync.

--Rob