From e899cc3f097f2d12f5d0c2d0c94b5441e83a2ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damian Tarnawsky <damian@ionic.io>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:19:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Resolves issue 290: InAppBrowser will not destroy WebView
 after being closed (by invoking ref.close()) causing memory leaks

---
 src/android/InAppBrowser.java | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/android/InAppBrowser.java b/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
index 76dc150..e8e5689 100644
--- a/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
+++ b/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
@@ -536,6 +536,14 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
                             dialog.dismiss();
                             dialog = null;
                         }
+
+                        if (url.equals(new String("about:blank"))) {
+                            inAppWebView.onPause();
+                            inAppWebView.removeAllViews();
+                            inAppWebView.destroyDrawingCache();
+                            inAppWebView.destroy();
+                            inAppWebView = null;
+                        }
                     }
                 });
                 // NB: From SDK 19: "If you call methods on WebView from any thread