NJnjs12345·Dec 13, 2013
Looks like someone's trying to make it possible to bundle Chromium with your app: https://github.com/pwnall/chromeview
In 300ms tap delay removed on Chrome for Androidpwnall
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chromeview
Proof of concept Android WebView implementation based on Chromium code
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Proof of concept Android WebView implementation based on Chromium code
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Sep 2 | 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 9 | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 9 | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
4 sources> Anyone who wants a stop gap though, should check this out: https://github.com/pwnall/chromeview
A stop gap that adds at least 30mb to your application is a really shitty solution.
In A new breed of Chrome AppsI don't know if the convergence will happen, but they certainly need to fix WebView in Android to at least allow migration. It's still using the old Android Browser and is severely outdated (no WebSockets, etc).
My guess is that Chrome Packaged apps will be the replacement for WebViews on Android.
Anyone who wants a stop gap though, should check this out: https://github.com/pwnall/chromeview
In A new breed of Chrome AppsHow does your work compare to this?
https://github.com/pwnall/chromeview
In Google is defragging Android