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It is possible to use chrome / chromium webview in Cordova application for Windows 8/8.1/10 Store App?

I want to build a cross platform application in Apache Cordova that uses a Chromium-based Webview component for Windows Store Apps.

Similar to Crosswalk https://github.com/crosswalk-project/cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview

It's possible?

Solution

  • Windows Store apps cannot use Chrome and must use the default browser shipping with windows (you can't even put a none-Edge browser into the windows store). I guess the good news is that if you are patient, Blink (which is the rendering engine Chrome is based upon) is becoming the default rendering engine for Edge next year. BTW crosswalk is also dead, as Chrome is now the rendering engine for all modern Android phones..

    Edit from 2020... Since Slack and other Electron apps are in the store and since Cordova now supports Electron - you might want to go with Electron instead of creating a Windows Store app.