# webview\_flutter\_android The Android implementation of [`webview_flutter`][1]. ## Usage This package is [endorsed][2], which means you can simply use `webview_flutter` normally. This package will be automatically included in your app when you do, so you do not need to add it to your `pubspec.yaml`. However, if you `import` this package to use any of its APIs directly, you should add it to your `pubspec.yaml` as usual. ## Display Mode This plugin supports two different platform view display modes. The default display mode is subject to change in the future, and will not be considered a breaking change, so if you want to ensure a specific mode, you can set it explicitly. ### Texture Layer Hybrid Composition This is the current default mode, and is the display mode used by most plugins starting with Flutter 3.0. This is more performant than Hybrid Composition, but has some limitations from using an Android [SurfaceTexture](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/SurfaceTexture). See: * https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/104889 * https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/116954 ### Hybrid Composition This ensures that the WebView will display and work as expected in the edge cases noted above, at the cost of some performance. See: * https://docs.flutter.dev/platform-integration/android/platform-views#performance This can be configured with `AndroidWebViewWidgetCreationParams.displayWithHybridComposition`. See https://pub.dev/packages/webview_flutter#platform-specific-features for more details on setting platform-specific features in the main plugin. ## External Native API The plugin also provides a native API accessible by the native code of Android applications or packages. This API follows the convention of breaking changes of the Dart API, which means that any changes to the class that are not backwards compatible will only be made with a major version change of the plugin. Native code other than this external API does not follow breaking change conventions, so app or plugin clients should not use any other native APIs. The API can be accessed by importing the native class `WebViewFlutterAndroidExternalApi`: Java: ```java import io.flutter.plugins.webviewflutter.WebViewFlutterAndroidExternalApi; ``` ## Enable Payment Request in WebView The Payment Request API can be enabled by calling `AndroidWebViewController.setPaymentRequestEnabled` after checking `AndroidWebViewController.isWebViewFeatureSupported`. ```dart final bool paymentRequestEnabled = await androidController .isWebViewFeatureSupported(WebViewFeatureType.paymentRequest); if (paymentRequestEnabled) { await androidController.setPaymentRequestEnabled(true); } ``` Add intent filters to your AndroidManifest.xml to discover and invoke Android payment apps using system intents: ```xml ``` ## Fullscreen Video To display a video as fullscreen, an app must manually handle the notification that the current page has entered fullscreen mode. This can be done by calling `AndroidWebViewController.setCustomWidgetCallbacks`. Below is an example implementation. ```dart androidController.setCustomWidgetCallbacks( onShowCustomWidget: (Widget widget, OnHideCustomWidgetCallback callback) { Navigator.of(context).push( MaterialPageRoute( builder: (BuildContext context) => widget, fullscreenDialog: true, ), ); }, onHideCustomWidget: () { Navigator.of(context).pop(); }, ); ``` ## Geolocation By default, WebView does not allow geolocation requests. To allow them, call `setGeolocationPermissionsPromptCallbacks` on the `AndroidWebViewController` to configure a prompt handler. For example, to unconditionally allow all requests: ```dart await androidController.setGeolocationPermissionsPromptCallbacks( onShowPrompt: (GeolocationPermissionsRequestParams request) async { return const GeolocationPermissionsResponse(allow: true, retain: true); }, ); ``` **Important:** Geolocation requests should only be allowed unconditionally if the web view content is restricted to domains you control or trust. If you are showing untrusted content, the `onShowPrompt` implementation should request permission from the user before responding. Your application must have geolocation permissions granted in order for the WebView to have access to geolocation. ## Contributing For information on contributing to this plugin, see [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md). [1]: https://pub.dev/packages/webview_flutter [2]: https://flutter.dev/to/endorsed-federated-plugin