Cookies-Phonegap-Plugin

Phonegap Plugin that enables you to clear all cookies stored on webview.

Why need to use Cookies Plugin?

In phonegap, contents (html/css/js files) are loaded from local resources with file:// protocol and when document.cookie is called, it returns an empty string. Phonegap handles cookies internally and stores on the browser within the application. Therefore, this plugin is required to clear internal cookies stored on the webview.

!! Please be careful, this plugin will clear all session, expired and other cookies whenever it's invoked.

Installation

You can simply add this plugin to your code base either using cordova-plugman or manually.

If you use command line interface (CLI), you can use the following link:

$ phonegap local plugin add https://github.com/kinsights/Phonegap-Cookies-Plugin.git

If you add this plugin manually,

• Add native files within src/ folder to your project.
• Then, add cookies.js source within www/ folder to your project.
• Finally, edit your cordova_plugins.js file and add the following code block.

 {
        "file": "plugins/com.kinsights.Cookies/www/cookies.js",
        "id": "com.kinsights.Cookies",
        "clobbers": [
            "window.cookies"
        ]
 }

file stands for javascript file path stored in your project. id stands for native code file path stored in your project.

• Add a new dependency for your plugin in config.xml

    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
      <!-- If your platform is iOS, add the following feature tag only -->
      <feature name="Cookies">
         <param name="ios-package" value="CDVCookies" />
      </feature>
      
      <!-- If your platform is Android, add the following feature tag only -->
      <feature name="Cookies" >
         <param
            name="android-package"
            value="com.kinsights.Cookies" />
      </feature>
    </xml>

• Done!

Usage

You can call directly window.cookies.clear() function on your JavaScript code. Also, you are capable of adding success and fail callback function parameters.

Sample Code :

window.cookies.clear(function successCallback() {
   console.log('successfully completed!!');
}, function failCallback(){
   // note: fail callback is optional 
   console.log('failed!!');  
});