Android 7.0 Webview and Gyroscope

jpdeglet69 · November 9, 2017 at 9:24 PM

Hi,

I have developed an Android APK combined to Krpano "engine" which uses Webview feature to manage VR tours.
Since last year, it was running perfectly on Nexus/Lollipop 5.0 and Samsung S7/Mashmallow 6.0.

Since last Samsung S7/Nougat 7.0 upgrade, it seems that Webview no longer supports gyroscope...

Of course, as short term solution (I hope), like in my fisrt APK version, I call external web browser but it is less efficient.

Can someone else confirm?

jpdeglet69 · November 11, 2017 at 8:13 AM

So,

I have reported to Chromium team,
this regression, due to sensors permission denied in Webview, is now under control.

The Chrome Canary version fixes this issue, you can install it from Play Store and manage Webview in developement/parameters.

dreamcutter · December 15, 2017 at 8:43 PM

perhaps you know how to make a gyroscope work on cordova for android 7?
http://virtualland.ru/lus.apk

flipbook360 · January 21, 2018 at 7:34 AM

I am using panotour pro 2.5 .I Gave my Html files and supporting files to my web desinger.Everything is fine in Pc and laptops.But in mobile i dont get my autorotation since it is responsive to my hand and mobile movement.I dont need that .it should be as it is like in Laptops..it seems like having a drift to ground.My web desinger says i have done everything from my side.he did mobile non responsive site still facing same problem.Anything i have to do a setting in kpt.if i give request desktop view in mobile chrome or uc browser i am getting what i want..thanks in advance

RevolutionViewing · February 20, 2018 at 12:40 PM

I know this is a little bit of an old thread now, but we ran into this problem last year using Cordova and managed to fix it by using crosswalk:

https://crosswalk-project.org/

Unfortunately, Crosswalk isn't being actively maintained anymore and it adds a pretty significant chunk to the filesize of the APK, so it's not an ideal solution. It works though, at least!

Participate now!