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Posted to dev@cordova.apache.org by Ian Clelland <ic...@google.com> on 2013/11/01 03:24:25 UTC
Re: Chromeview has arrived in Android 4.4!!!!
Joe -- I'm not sure what you mean -- it's definitely mentioned on
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html -- was there a more
definitive docs location you were hoping for?
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm cautiously optimistic. Disappointed this is documented on Google's site
> and not Android's site. That piece of minutiae matters.
> On Oct 31, 2013 12:14 PM, "Carlos Santana" <cs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm going to the store to buy a Bag of KitKat to celebrate "Happy
> > Halloween" !
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote:
> >
> > > omfg thank you google!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Steven Gill <stevengill97@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Celebrate!
> > > > https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/overview
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Carlos Santana
> > <cs...@gmail.com>
> >
>
Re: Chromeview has arrived in Android 4.4!!!!
Posted by Michal Mocny <mm...@chromium.org>.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Ian Clelland <ic...@google.com>
> wrote:
> > Joe -- I'm not sure what you mean -- it's definitely mentioned on
> > http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html -- was there a
> more
> > definitive docs location you were hoping for?
> >
>
> That's a relief. I am pulling the KitKat source now. (TIP: Don't do
> Android Source Dev and Chromium Dev on the same box, both use repo,
> but different versions)
>
> My main fear was that only Google devices would get KitKat WebView and
> that AOSP would get nothing, similar to how AOSP apparently doesn't
> have a Gallery or a default SMS client anymore. There are rumours
> that AOSP no longer has a dialer, but that would be batshit insane,
> since that would mean that it'd be next to impossible to make phone
> calls on AOSP. :(
>
> Also, I heard that the Galaxy Nexus wasn't getting KitKat, which makes
> no sense since the story was about supporting older hardware. No idea
> what older hardware means, to be honest. Technically my HTC One is
> "Older" than the Nexus 5.
>
It is about supporting 512m of ram, specifically, so that less expensive
new devices can still target new versions of Android instead of requiring
gingerbread.
I'm not sure about the specific story for galaxy nexus, but have also heard
rumour that i wont be supported. I imagine they tried and couldn't for
some good technical reason.
>
> Here's an Ars Technica article bashing Google that touches on it. I
> don't know how true this is, I'm still fetching 4.4 from the
> repository onto my laptop now, but I do know that there's the GApps
> bundle that's only allows on Open Handset Alliance devices (GMail,
> Hangouts, G+, Play Store, etc)
>
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
>
> Even if you disagree with this, it's still worth the read.
>
> Joe
>
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm cautiously optimistic. Disappointed this is documented on Google's
> >> site
> >> and not Android's site. That piece of minutiae matters.
> >> On Oct 31, 2013 12:14 PM, "Carlos Santana" <cs...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm going to the store to buy a Bag of KitKat to celebrate "Happy
> >> > Halloween" !
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > omfg thank you google!
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Steven Gill <
> stevengill97@gmail.com
> >> > > >wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Celebrate!
> >> > > > https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/overview
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Carlos Santana
> >> > <cs...@gmail.com>
> >> >
> >
> >
>
Re: Chromeview has arrived in Android 4.4!!!!
Posted by Ben Combee <be...@gmail.com>.
I did notice that they're using the API level of the app to enable a
"quirks mode", I assume to emulate some bugs of the earlier WebKit-based
webview. You have to be API level 19 (4.4) in order to fully get the
Chrome goodness. More at
http://developer.android.com/guide/webapps/migrating.html.
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Bond-Caron <
jbondc@gdesolutions.com> wrote:
> On Thu Oct 31 10:37 PM, Joe Bowser wrote:
> >
> > My main fear was that only Google devices would get KitKat WebView and
> that
> > AOSP would get nothing, similar to how AOSP apparently doesn't have a
> Gallery
> > or a default SMS client anymore. There are rumours that AOSP no longer
> has a
> > dialer, but that would be batshit insane, since that would mean that
> it'd be next
> > to impossible to make phone calls on AOSP. :(
> >
>
> Chromium will eventually get rolled into Play Services:
>
> https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/kitkat-release/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactoryProvider.java
>
> That seems to be confirmed:
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088#c100
>
> The good or bad news is WebView will eventually auto-update independent of
> Android releases.
>
> Still trying to figure out how it works, does anyone know where
> 'com.android.webview.chromium.WebViewChromiumFactoryProvider ' comes from?
> Is this from a built /system/framework/webviewchromium.jar ?
>
> Main implementation seems to be here:
>
> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/chromium/+/trunk/android_webview/java/src/org/chromium/android_webview/AwContents.java
>
>
RE: Chromeview has arrived in Android 4.4!!!!
Posted by Jonathan Bond-Caron <jb...@gdesolutions.com>.
On Thu Oct 31 10:37 PM, Joe Bowser wrote:
>
> My main fear was that only Google devices would get KitKat WebView and that
> AOSP would get nothing, similar to how AOSP apparently doesn't have a Gallery
> or a default SMS client anymore. There are rumours that AOSP no longer has a
> dialer, but that would be batshit insane, since that would mean that it'd be next
> to impossible to make phone calls on AOSP. :(
>
Chromium will eventually get rolled into Play Services:
https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/kitkat-release/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactoryProvider.java
That seems to be confirmed:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088#c100
The good or bad news is WebView will eventually auto-update independent of Android releases.
Still trying to figure out how it works, does anyone know where 'com.android.webview.chromium.WebViewChromiumFactoryProvider ' comes from?
Is this from a built /system/framework/webviewchromium.jar ?
Main implementation seems to be here:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/chromium/+/trunk/android_webview/java/src/org/chromium/android_webview/AwContents.java
Re: Chromeview has arrived in Android 4.4!!!!
Posted by Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Ian Clelland <ic...@google.com> wrote:
> Joe -- I'm not sure what you mean -- it's definitely mentioned on
> http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html -- was there a more
> definitive docs location you were hoping for?
>
That's a relief. I am pulling the KitKat source now. (TIP: Don't do
Android Source Dev and Chromium Dev on the same box, both use repo,
but different versions)
My main fear was that only Google devices would get KitKat WebView and
that AOSP would get nothing, similar to how AOSP apparently doesn't
have a Gallery or a default SMS client anymore. There are rumours
that AOSP no longer has a dialer, but that would be batshit insane,
since that would mean that it'd be next to impossible to make phone
calls on AOSP. :(
Also, I heard that the Galaxy Nexus wasn't getting KitKat, which makes
no sense since the story was about supporting older hardware. No idea
what older hardware means, to be honest. Technically my HTC One is
"Older" than the Nexus 5.
Here's an Ars Technica article bashing Google that touches on it. I
don't know how true this is, I'm still fetching 4.4 from the
repository onto my laptop now, but I do know that there's the GApps
bundle that's only allows on Open Handset Alliance devices (GMail,
Hangouts, G+, Play Store, etc)
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
Even if you disagree with this, it's still worth the read.
Joe
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm cautiously optimistic. Disappointed this is documented on Google's
>> site
>> and not Android's site. That piece of minutiae matters.
>> On Oct 31, 2013 12:14 PM, "Carlos Santana" <cs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm going to the store to buy a Bag of KitKat to celebrate "Happy
>> > Halloween" !
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote:
>> >
>> > > omfg thank you google!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Steven Gill <stevengill97@gmail.com
>> > > >wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Celebrate!
>> > > > https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/overview
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Carlos Santana
>> > <cs...@gmail.com>
>> >
>
>