v0.2.5

Release Notes

New Features

Type-Safe Bindings

• bind_typed() method with automatic JSON ↔ Crystal type conversion
• Support for 1, 2, and 3 parameters (Int32, Int64, Float64, String, Bool)
• Eliminates manual JSON handling boilerplate

RAII Resource Management

• with_window() for automatic cleanup
• Ensures destroy() is called even on exceptions

Lifecycle Hooks

• on_load callback for page load events
• on_navigate callback for navigation tracking

Async/Fiber Support

• eval_async() - non-blocking JavaScript execution with callbacks
• eval_with_channel() - fiber-friendly async evaluation

Multi-Window Management

• WindowManager class for managing multiple windows
• Automatic cleanup with with_manager()

Better Error Handling

• Error context information (e.g., "navigating to URL")
• More informative error messages

Native Handle Access

• native_handle() method for platform-specific handles
• Access to UI_WINDOW, UI_WIDGET, BROWSER_CONTROLLER

Examples

• typed_bindings_example.cr - Type-safe bindings demo
• advanced_features.cr - All advanced features demo
• multi_window.cr - Multi-window management demo

Bug Fixes

• Fix Linux CI by adding apt-get update before installing dependencies
• Fix CI tests by making lifecycle hook tests headless-safe

v0.2.4

updated Webview library to 0.12.0. Thanks to @mamantoha

Added type annotations to window method

Fixed bind method bug. Thanks to @Ragmaanir for finding and proposing the fix.

Use `webview.dll` on Windows

Thanks @konovod for his patch and instruction to use webview on Windows.

Re-ordered overloaded methods

closes #19

Updated webview library to latest version

• Updated webview to its latest version 0.10.0
• Added new methods to Webview class
• Bumped Shard version to 0.2.0

Breaking Change

Webview.window no longer works with data:text/html. Invoke Webview#html method to set the HTMLs. README examples are updated accordingly.

Updated webview.h to its latest version

v0.1.5

Updated webview.h to its latest version

Updated for Crystal 1.0

v0.1.4

Updated for Crystal 1.0

Updated Makefile for Linux Compilation

v0.1.3

Updated Makefile for Linux compilation

Updated for Crystal 0.36.0

v0.1.2

Updated for Crystal 0.36.0