WebView Guardian

Using @capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian

Capacitor plugin to Detect when the WebView was killed in the background and relaunch it on foreground.

Install

bun add @capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian
bunx cap sync

What This Plugin Exposes

• startMonitoring - Starts observing foreground events and automatically checks the WebView health.
• stopMonitoring - Stops any automatic foreground monitoring.
• getState - Returns the latest known monitoring state.
• checkNow - Forces a WebView health probe immediately.

Example Usage

startMonitoring

Starts observing foreground events and automatically checks the WebView health.

import { WebviewGuardian } from '@capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian';

await WebviewGuardian.startMonitoring();

stopMonitoring

Stops any automatic foreground monitoring.

import { WebviewGuardian } from '@capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian';

await WebviewGuardian.stopMonitoring();

getState

Returns the latest known monitoring state.

import { WebviewGuardian } from '@capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian';

await WebviewGuardian.getState();

checkNow

Forces a WebView health probe immediately.

import { WebviewGuardian } from '@capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian';

await WebviewGuardian.checkNow();

Full Reference

• GitHub: https://github.com/Cap-go/capacitor-webview-guardian/
• Docs: /docs/plugins/webview-guardian/

Keep going from Using @capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian

If you are using Using @capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian to plan native media and interface behavior, connect it with @capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian for the implementation detail in @capgo/capacitor-webview-guardian, Getting Started for the implementation detail in Getting Started, Using @capgo/capacitor-live-activities for the native capability in Using @capgo/capacitor-live-activities, @capgo/capacitor-live-activities for the implementation detail in @capgo/capacitor-live-activities, and Using @capgo/capacitor-video-player for the native capability in Using @capgo/capacitor-video-player.