Worklight application does not run on device when cordova is updated to 2.9

Question

I was receiving this error

"Could not find class 'android.webkit.WebResourceResponse', referenced from method org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebViewClient.generateWebResourceResponse"

when running a simple android application on an android device. I updated the cordova.jar file within the "libs" folder within the android project folder by downloading the new cordova-2.9.jar file, renaming it to "cordova.jar" and replacing it with the original jar file. Now when I run the app logcat shows no error or warnings but the screen is black and the last seven logcat messages are

07-15 15:07:14.226: D/CordovaWebView(24584): >>> loadUrlNow()

07-15 15:07:14.326: D/CordovaActivity(24584): onMessage(onPageStarted,file:///data/data/com.PrototypeApp/files/www/skinLoader.html)

07-15 15:07:14.366: D/webkit-timers(24584): [JWebCoreJavaBridge::resume] >> do resume

07-15 15:07:14.486: D/dalvikvm(24584): GC_CONCURRENT freed 344K, 44% free 3415K/6023K, external 0K/0K, paused 2ms+3ms

07-15 15:07:15.167: D/Cordova(24584): onPageFinished(file:///data/data/com.PrototypeApp/files/www/skinLoader.html)

07-15 15:07:15.177: D/CordovaActivity(24584): onMessage(onPageFinished,file:///data/data/com.PrototypeApp/files/www/skinLoader.html)

07-15 15:07:17.189: D/CordovaActivity(24584): onMessage(spinner,stop)

No initialization happens of the js and html files within my common and android folder. I am using android api 10 and my phone is android 2.3.4. Does anyone know why there is no initialization or how to fix my problem? Thank you

Answer 1

Some background:
The error you see is in fact an Apache Cordova defect , fixed in Cordova 2.7. Worklight uses Cordova 2.6.

The defect affects a subset of devices that also happen to use Android OS v2.x; some devices will only show an error in LogCat, others may crash.

This issue will be addressed in a near-future release of Worklight 6.0.0.x.

That said,
Worklight does not support the "upgrade" method (or any method) for Cordova that you've tried to do.