img is a dead end

[purplecabbage]

If for some reason, the PhoneGap app redirects itself to an image, there is no way for the phonegap-connect to inject it's multi-tap back behaviour, so effectively the user is stuck and must force-quit the app and restart it.

I observed this on iOS. Seems to me, the only way around this is to have some native portions that are available regardless of what is inside the app.

This might seem like an unlikely event, but any javascript error can potentially also break this functionality if javascript stops executing.

[jcesarmobile]

maybe with a native gesture? like UIScreenEdgePanGestureRecognizer (ios 7 only)

[purplecabbage]

Yes, it would have to be a function of the native container, thus implemented differently on each device.

[mwbrooks]

Sorry about the slow response @purplecabbage

The issue is totally legit and a result of our initial design. We opt'd for a simple implementation that we could ship early. Once WP8 is supported, we'll be switch to a native implementation to fix a few known issues:

• navigating to non-HTML assets loses the navigation
• navigating to websites not served by connect-phonegap loses navigation

There is a high chance that we'll be dropping the hidden gestures all together in favour of a moveable native modal control.

I'll leave this issue open for now as a reminder of what's to come!