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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 33307

How to run PhoneGap on a different WebView on Android?

PhoneGap/Cordova is running on the native webview on Android browsers which is the webkit version 534.30 up to Android 4.4. I searched for alternatives to use a newer webview, e.g., Chromium based. Here is what I found:

  1. https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps
  2. CrossWalk
  3. cocoonjs

There are some drawbacks. When you add a compiled Chromium webview to your PhoneGap app you get up to 40MB in app size which is very much.

Is there another way to use a different webview on Android than the native webview without increasing the app size to much?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 477

Answers (1)

Txus Ordorika
Txus Ordorika

Reputation: 76

Think a webview is almost a complete browser. Currently the only option available for creators is to compile a free browser and add webview interface.

You can take a look to all the features supported by a chromium-based webview in the following link: http://support.ludei.com/hc/en-us/articles/202308176-Webview-Supported-APIs

Upvotes: 1

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