# 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