cordova-plugin-inappbrowser does not work with latest cordova-ios 5.1.0. build fails with error "Unknown type name 'CDVUIWebViewDelegate'"

[rajashekaranugu]

Bug Report

This plugin doesnot support latest cordova-ios 5.1.0

when I use this plugin to build iOS app with latest cordova-ios 5.1.0 am getting build error, "Unknown type name 'CDVUIWebViewDelegate'"

Information

As every one is aware of the the deprecated API issue and warning email from apple in regards to usage of 'UIWebView' in ANY form in the App. I was trying to build the app using the instructions provided at "https://ionicframework.com/blog/understanding-itms-90809-uiwebview-api-deprecation/"

-using cordova-ios 5.1.0
- then cordova prepare ios
-ionic-web-view 4.1.2
-@ionic-native/in-app-browser 3.1.0 - "https://ionicframework.com/..."

While building am getting errors, which is related to inAppBrowser.
Error: "Unknown type name 'CDVUIWebViewDelegate'". seems like this plugin still using UIWebview class.

1. How can I solve this?
   Do I need to replace the above inAppBrowser Plugin with "@ionic-enterprise/inappbrowser".
   Am not on enterprise plan though.
2. What are the differences between these two inAppBrowser plugins?
3. Also am updating ionic-webView plugin from 1.2.1 to 4.1.2 and losing local storage, do we have
   any solution for this?

Really appreciate your help and time

Best
Raj

[breautek]

Duplicate of #583

But to quickly answer your question, inappbrowser still depends on UIWebview code and there is no official solution yet, but it is an issue that is known.

#584 may help you work around this issue temporarily.

apache/cordova-discuss#110 may peak your interest as well.

[breautek]

Regarding @ionic-enterprise/inappbrowser you may need to consult with someone who is more familiar with ionic on how you can use a pending cordova PR. I'm not familiar enough with the ionic framework to tell you if the package can simply be substituted/merged.

Also note that there is no guarantee that PR will land in master.

[rajashekaranugu]

@breautek thanks for the replay, sure will follow #584