Addressing the "Refused to Load Script" Error in Android 5.0.0 Devices

When deploying Cordova apps to Android devices running Lollipop or later, developers may encounter the "Refused to load the script" error. This error arises from the stricter Content Security Policy (CSP) implemented in these versions of Android.

The CSP directive ensures that scripts are loaded only from trusted sources. By default, it allows scripts from the origin of the web page ('self') and enables 'unsafe-eval' and 'unsafe-inline' for testing purposes. However, this policy can be restrictive when incorporating scripts from third-party sources.

To resolve this issue, developers can modify the CSP directive in the index.html file of their project. By adding the following line to the directive, they can specify additional trusted sources:

For instance, if the remote JavaScript file is located at http://Guess.What.com/MyScript.js, the corrected meta tag would be:

By incorporating this modification, the CSP policy explicitly trusts the remote source and allows the script to be loaded successfully.