Android Cordova Plugin that uses draw over all apps feature to display a HTML Web view

This plugin was successfully tested on Android 5.1 , also on Marshmallow (Android 6.0).

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-drawoverapps

It is also possible to install via repo url directly

cordova plugin add https://github.com/ahmedwahba/cordova-plugin-drawoverapps

• window.overApps.checkPermission
• window.overApps.startOverApp
• window.overApps.closeOverApp

This to check draw-over-apps permession and open system permission window to be granted

  window.overApps.checkPermission(function(msg){
         console.log(msg);
  });

start service function display the over-all head or the web view according to options. If successful the success is called, otherwise the failed is called instead.

window.overApps.startOverApp(options, success, failed);

• path: file path to display as view content, this file should be located in WWW root folder.
• hasHead: display over app head image which open the view up on click , by default true.
• dragToSide: enable auto move of head to screen side after dragging stop , by default true.
• enableBackBtn: enable hardware back button to close view, by default true.
                          should be disabled to be able to use keyboard.
• enableCloseBtn: whether to show native close btn or to hide it , by default true
• verticalPosition: set vertical alignment of view , values are top - center - bottom , by default center.
• horizontalPosition: set horizontal alignment of view , values are right - center - left , by default center.

var options = {
      path: "test.html",          // file path to display as view content.
      hasHead: true,              // display over app head image which open the view up on click.
      dragToSide: false,          // enable auto move of head to screen side after dragging stop. 
      enableBackBtn: false,       // enable hardware back button to close view.
      enableCloseBtn: true,      //  whether to show native close btn or to hide it.
      verticalPosition: "top",    // set vertical alignment of view.
      horizontalPosition: "left"  // set horizontal alignment of view. 
 };
 
 window.overApps.startOverApp(options,function (success){
   		console.log(success);
 },function (err){
   		console.log(err);
 });

It closes over app web view , called inside app itself only .

window.overApps.closeOverApp();

It closes over app webview from one of the webview UI or event

OverApps.closeWebView();

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