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bug: Capacitor platform detection works wrong if html and js stored in Filesystem

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Bug Report

I save html and js to Filesystem (html and bundled js with Capacitor dependency included), then I use location.replace('Capacitor.convertFileSrc('some_file_url.html')). Everything works as expected, no errors. But after location replace to on Android platform is not detected correctly. I tried different capacitor.config.json options to fix this, but no success yet. Looks like WebView restricts something when using local files.

Capacitor Version

💊   Capacitor Doctor  💊

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 2.4.7
  @capacitor/core: 2.4.7
  @capacitor/android: 2.4.7
  @capacitor/electron: 2.4.7
  @capacitor/ios: 2.4.7

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli 2.4.7
  @capacitor/core 2.4.7
  @capacitor/ios 2.4.7
  @capacitor/android 2.4.7
  @capacitor/electron not installed

[success] Android looking great! 👌
  Found 1 Capacitor plugin for ios:
    capacitor-secure-storage-plugin (0.5.0)
[success] iOS looking great! 👌

Platform(s)

Android 9.x, but i believe any other version works too

Current Behavior

Capacitor.platform === 'web' and Capacitor.isNative === false

Expected Behavior

Capacitor.platform === 'android' and Capacitor.isNative === true

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:7 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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jcesarmobilecommented, Mar 12, 2021

I can’t reproduce.

A few points:

Capacitor.convertFileSrc('some_file_url.html') just returns some_file_url.html, you don’t need to use convertFileSrc to redirect to a local file.
Make sure some_file_url.html has a <head> tag, if there isn’t one Capacitor’s bridge doesn’t get injected and uses the web plugins, looks like that’s what is happening here. https://capacitorjs.com/docs/getting-started#adding-capacitor-to-an-existing-web-app

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