[Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>]

Hey

I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at this
as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.

Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?

Joe

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Simon MacDonald <si...@gmail.com>]

I have not tried it but I think it is a worthwhile effort that I currently
do not have the time to look into.


Simon Mac Donald
http://hi.im/simonmacdonald



On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey
>
> I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
> on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at this
> as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
> current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
> only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
>
> Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
>
> Joe
>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Simon MacDonald <si...@gmail.com>]

Star this issue everyone:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
Simon Mac Donald
http://hi.im/simonmacdonald


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org> wrote:
> That's great that you got it running Joe!
>
> I know that there has been a good amount of webview activity within the
> chrome repo lately. My understanding is that it's still pretty rough /
> crashy though. I'm planning on playing around with it around the feb/march
> timeframe (and hoping that it will be in better shape by then) :).
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No.  I compiled on my Ubuntu box. I don't know how you'd get it working on
>> OS X.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 16Mb is way less than I expected. Were able to compile on OS X ?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Filip Maj <fi...@adobe.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Nice work Joe. One step closer.. .. ..
>> >> On 12/6/12 4:38 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I played around with it this afternoon and I got it to build.  The
>> >> >score on html5test has it right on par with my desktop chrome for the
>> >> >most part.  That being said, there's a lot of problems with it, such
>> >> >as the footprint.  It currently weighs in at 16 MB.  It'd be cool if
>> >> >we could use it as a library with the uses-library in the Android
>> >> >manifest, but I think we're still stuck with the stock browser if we
>> >> >want things to just work.
>> >> >
>> >> >So, while it may make for a cool tech demo, using Chrome for Cordova
>> >> >is a long ways off.
>> >> >
>> >> >It's nice to have something that compiles though, even with a minor
>> tweak!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >> I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good
>> >> >>ubuntu
>> >> >> machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that
>> it
>> >> >> would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I
>> >> >>would
>> >> >> look into it if I had the pre-requisites.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com>
>> >> >>wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using
>> >> >>>Chrome's
>> >> >>> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort
>> >> >>>on the
>> >> >>> chrome/chromium side.
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>> Jarrod Overson
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > Hey
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's
>> going
>> >> >>> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at
>> >> >>>this
>> >> >>> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than
>> the
>> >> >>> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having
>> PhoneGap
>> >> >>> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Joe
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Andrew Grieve <ag...@chromium.org>]

That's great that you got it running Joe!

I know that there has been a good amount of webview activity within the
chrome repo lately. My understanding is that it's still pretty rough /
crashy though. I'm planning on playing around with it around the feb/march
timeframe (and hoping that it will be in better shape by then) :).


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> No.  I compiled on my Ubuntu box. I don't know how you'd get it working on
> OS X.
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 16Mb is way less than I expected. Were able to compile on OS X ?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Filip Maj <fi...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Nice work Joe. One step closer.. .. ..
> >> On 12/6/12 4:38 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I played around with it this afternoon and I got it to build.  The
> >> >score on html5test has it right on par with my desktop chrome for the
> >> >most part.  That being said, there's a lot of problems with it, such
> >> >as the footprint.  It currently weighs in at 16 MB.  It'd be cool if
> >> >we could use it as a library with the uses-library in the Android
> >> >manifest, but I think we're still stuck with the stock browser if we
> >> >want things to just work.
> >> >
> >> >So, while it may make for a cool tech demo, using Chrome for Cordova
> >> >is a long ways off.
> >> >
> >> >It's nice to have something that compiles though, even with a minor
> tweak!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good
> >> >>ubuntu
> >> >> machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that
> it
> >> >> would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I
> >> >>would
> >> >> look into it if I had the pre-requisites.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com>
> >> >>wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using
> >> >>>Chrome's
> >> >>> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
> >> >>>
> >> >>> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort
> >> >>>on the
> >> >>> chrome/chromium side.
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Jarrod Overson
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > Hey
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's
> going
> >> >>> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at
> >> >>>this
> >> >>> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than
> the
> >> >>> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having
> PhoneGap
> >> >>> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Joe
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
> >>
> >>
>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>]

No.  I compiled on my Ubuntu box. I don't know how you'd get it working on OS X.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 16Mb is way less than I expected. Were able to compile on OS X ?
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Filip Maj <fi...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>> Nice work Joe. One step closer.. .. ..
>> On 12/6/12 4:38 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I played around with it this afternoon and I got it to build.  The
>> >score on html5test has it right on par with my desktop chrome for the
>> >most part.  That being said, there's a lot of problems with it, such
>> >as the footprint.  It currently weighs in at 16 MB.  It'd be cool if
>> >we could use it as a library with the uses-library in the Android
>> >manifest, but I think we're still stuck with the stock browser if we
>> >want things to just work.
>> >
>> >So, while it may make for a cool tech demo, using Chrome for Cordova
>> >is a long ways off.
>> >
>> >It's nice to have something that compiles though, even with a minor tweak!
>> >
>> >
>> >On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good
>> >>ubuntu
>> >> machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that it
>> >> would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I
>> >>would
>> >> look into it if I had the pre-requisites.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com>
>> >>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using
>> >>>Chrome's
>> >>> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
>> >>>
>> >>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
>> >>>
>> >>> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort
>> >>>on the
>> >>> chrome/chromium side.
>> >>> --
>> >>> Jarrod Overson
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > Hey
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
>> >>> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at
>> >>>this
>> >>> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
>> >>> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
>> >>> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Joe
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>>
>>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com>]

16Mb is way less than I expected. Were able to compile on OS X ?


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Filip Maj <fi...@adobe.com> wrote:

> Nice work Joe. One step closer.. .. ..
> On 12/6/12 4:38 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I played around with it this afternoon and I got it to build.  The
> >score on html5test has it right on par with my desktop chrome for the
> >most part.  That being said, there's a lot of problems with it, such
> >as the footprint.  It currently weighs in at 16 MB.  It'd be cool if
> >we could use it as a library with the uses-library in the Android
> >manifest, but I think we're still stuck with the stock browser if we
> >want things to just work.
> >
> >So, while it may make for a cool tech demo, using Chrome for Cordova
> >is a long ways off.
> >
> >It's nice to have something that compiles though, even with a minor tweak!
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good
> >>ubuntu
> >> machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that it
> >> would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I
> >>would
> >> look into it if I had the pre-requisites.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using
> >>>Chrome's
> >>> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
> >>>
> >>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
> >>>
> >>> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort
> >>>on the
> >>> chrome/chromium side.
> >>> --
> >>> Jarrod Overson
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Hey
> >>> >
> >>> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
> >>> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at
> >>>this
> >>> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
> >>> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
> >>> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
> >>> >
> >>> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
> >>> >
> >>> > Joe
> >>> >
> >>>
>
>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Filip Maj <fi...@adobe.com>]

Nice work Joe. One step closer.. .. ..
On 12/6/12 4:38 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I played around with it this afternoon and I got it to build.  The
>score on html5test has it right on par with my desktop chrome for the
>most part.  That being said, there's a lot of problems with it, such
>as the footprint.  It currently weighs in at 16 MB.  It'd be cool if
>we could use it as a library with the uses-library in the Android
>manifest, but I think we're still stuck with the stock browser if we
>want things to just work.
>
>So, while it may make for a cool tech demo, using Chrome for Cordova
>is a long ways off.
>
>It's nice to have something that compiles though, even with a minor tweak!
>
>
>On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good
>>ubuntu
>> machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that it
>> would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I
>>would
>> look into it if I had the pre-requisites.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using
>>>Chrome's
>>> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
>>>
>>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
>>>
>>> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort
>>>on the
>>> chrome/chromium side.
>>> --
>>> Jarrod Overson
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hey
>>> >
>>> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
>>> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at
>>>this
>>> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
>>> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
>>> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
>>> >
>>> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
>>> >
>>> > Joe
>>> >
>>>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com>]

I played around with it this afternoon and I got it to build.  The
score on html5test has it right on par with my desktop chrome for the
most part.  That being said, there's a lot of problems with it, such
as the footprint.  It currently weighs in at 16 MB.  It'd be cool if
we could use it as a library with the uses-library in the Android
manifest, but I think we're still stuck with the stock browser if we
want things to just work.

So, while it may make for a cool tech demo, using Chrome for Cordova
is a long ways off.

It's nice to have something that compiles though, even with a minor tweak!


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good ubuntu
> machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that it
> would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I would
> look into it if I had the pre-requisites.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using Chrome's
>> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
>>
>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
>>
>> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort on the
>> chrome/chromium side.
>> --
>> Jarrod Overson
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey
>> >
>> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
>> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at this
>> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
>> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
>> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
>> >
>> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
>> >
>> > Joe
>> >
>>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Anis KADRI <an...@gmail.com>]

I was going to try it out but last time I checked it needed a good ubuntu
machine to compile (didn't work on OSX). At any rate, remember that it
would have footprint of ~30Mb. I think it is worth the effort too. I would
look into it if I had the pre-requisites.


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using Chrome's
> content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:
>
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088
>
> That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort on the
> chrome/chromium side.
> --
> Jarrod Overson
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey
> >
> > I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
> > on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at this
> > as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
> > current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
> > only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
> >
> > Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
> >
> > Joe
> >
>

Re: [Android] Chrome Content Shell

[Jarrod Overson <js...@gmail.com>]

Us folk on the sidelines want to know what's going on with using Chrome's
content shell on android too. Seems to be tracked here:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088

That issue made me assume that it wasn't possible yet without effort on the
chrome/chromium side.
--
Jarrod Overson


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joe Bowser <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey
>
> I know that I brought this up before, but I'm wondering what's going
> on with Chrome Content Shell, and whether we can start looking at this
> as an option for having a WebView on Android that sucks less than the
> current one that we have access to.  It's kinda weird having PhoneGap
> only score 253 on HTML5 Test when Chrome is now stock.
>
> Anyone tried this out? Does it build? Is this horribly off-topic?
>
> Joe
>