loadUrl returns blank screen

[kapilrc]

Hi @leolabs @NeoLegends @mraerino

I am trying to airplay secondary screen (html page) by calling method

cordova.plugins.externalScreen.createScreenListener().then(res => {
    Externalscreen = res;
   ExternalScreen.loadUrl("path/to/html/page")
});

This path is relative to the app folder, is displaying blank.

Could you please help me understand it. Below is the code

let Externalscreen = await cordova.plugins.externalScreen.createScreenListener(); //works
Externalscreen.on("disconnect", r => console.log("disconnected", r), e => console.error("unable to disconnect", e)); //works
Externalscreen.on("connect", r => console.log("connected", r), e => console.error("unable to connect", e)) ////works
var url = await Externalscreen.loadUrl(".path/to/html-page"); //returns blank screen - not working
Externalscreen.emit("title", {name: "ABC"}) // couldn't try

If I get a demo doc it will be really helpful.

[NeoLegends]

I think you need to wait for the connected event to fire to be able to open a web view. That event tells you that an external screen is available / has been connected and that you can start putting data onto it. Without an externals screen, how would you show a web view? 🤷🏼‍♂️

So something like (untested, you might need to make adaptations):

externalScreen.on("connect", () => externalScreen.loadUrl("<some-url>"));

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In addition, for future issues, it will be much more helpful if you give us an actual example of what you're trying to achieve and some background information, and not just dump some code snippets and expect us to make sense of them. We built this plugin in our free time, released it into the open-source domain free of charge and while we strive to make it useful to the world, it takes us time to respond to issues, too. So, the more you help us by writing better issues, the more we can help you by being able to understand your issues better.

[kapilrc]

Created a pull request #4 that resolves the blank screen issue. Tested on Cordova 9.0.0 and iOS platform 6.0.0
I would share the sample app very soon that Airplays Secondary screen on TV.