androidhtmlcordovacache-manifest

HTML5 Android Phonegap Web app not working offline with cache manifest

I have a simple web app built with Phonegap and Android that call external ressources (js, css, html) from server instead of storing it in Phonegap assets folder. I prefer using external ressources because my server can deliver html pages taking in charge internationalization.

This web app work fine on my android device when WIFI is on but it fail when stopping WIFI. My index.html file delivered by my server contain a valid manifest file with correct mimetype ('text/cache-manifest') that list every files the app need to work.

My Android Activity class is supposed to have caching enable:

    this.appView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
    this.appView.getSettings().setAppCacheMaxSize(1024 * 1024 * 15);  

    String appCachePath = getApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath();
    this.appView.getSettings().setAppCachePath(appCachePath);
    this.appView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess(true);
    this.appView.getSettings().setAppCacheEnabled(true);

It may worth mentionning that my app use ajax call with urls like /aaa/bbb/ to call web pages from server and I don't know if that may be the problem (l'm not calling physical pages directly like index.html)... However, this web app work well in desktop browser (Google Chrome) when offline...

Any idea what more can I do to enable this HTML5 cache feature on my Phonegap app?

Thanks a lot

Solution

  • After playing around for a while I get it to work. Here is some points you should verify when stucked with this type of caching problem:

    Regards