Not exact matches
Android Oreo enables the multi-process mode for
WebView components
from Nougat as the default and adds a new set of APIs that provide version information, better ways to terminate a web view window, a method to determine the priority of rendering a web view, and the Google Safe Browsing API.
A months - old feature
from Chrome, Google has now expanded
WebView connection compression system - wide.
In June we introduced preview support for, which is now supported by default in Microsoft Edge starting with Microsoft EdgeHTML With this change, Hosted Web Applications and the
WebView in any Universal Windows Application can now benefit
from asm - optimized... Read more
Google removed the Android
webview Flash flaw
from Android 4.4 KitKat, but 82 percent of devices couldn't update to the new version of the OS because mobile carriers and manufacturers delayed or did not deliver the update, Bluebox said.
This means developers can now try out upcoming versions of the
WebView and make adjustments to their apps and offer feedback to Google before it goes public — a welcome change
from the olden days of having...
WebView has been split off
from the rest of the web browsing code in Android, allowing Android Instant Apps to function securely.
Android Oreo is mostly designed to improve the security and functionality of its devices, and it takes quite a few cues
from iOS in doing so — Oreo focuses on limiting what apps can do in the background, gives apps tools for creating adaptive icons, adds wide - gamut color support for third - party apps, audio and
WebView enhancement APIs, and more.