Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?

[Jan Velecký <VV...@seznam.cz>]

Hello
is it possible embedding Android native view inside webview? Actually we are
able to embed webview inside native view, but we are not able to do inverse 
thing. Is there some way to do plugin, that we could instance in <object>/<
embed> tag inside webview?
It would be great if we can do so – imagine that possibilities: we could 
have integrated native PDF reader inside HTML page, or native Maps view and 
also ad banners flowing in content.

And if we cannot do that in Android browser, can we with Crosswalk?

Velda

Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?

[Jesse <pu...@gmail.com>]

It is possible, like all things, but considered not worth the effort.
Doing this would require reverse-engineering the webview, and becoming
completely tied to it's current implementation.  and Android could break it
at anytime, since there are no published apis.
If you would like to experiment, and go and do this, please do, we would
love to hear how it went. Otherwise, please accept the answers you have
been given and move on.

Cheers,
  Jesse



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On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 8:48 AM, julio cesar sanchez <jc...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Most of them don't work on mobile devices, and a webivew isn't a browser,
> it has more limitations
> You can create your own browser with native view support if you want, but
> you have to do it from scratch
>
> El lunes, 7 de septiembre de 2015, Jan Velecký <VV...@seznam.cz>
> escribió:
>
> > There must be a way to do this. There are plugins like Flash, Java, PDF
> > Reader or Silverlight which integrates itself into browser with some
> plugin
> > interface. Why not common native view?
> >
> > Velda
> >
> >
> > ---------- Původní zpráva ----------
> > Od: julio cesar sanchez <jcesarmobile@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > Komu: dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>
> > Datum: 3. 9. 2015 0:21:57
> > Předmět: Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?
> >
> > "Doing a quick search on Google, it isn't possible to put a native view
> > inside a webview, just over it so it might seem that it's inside, but
> it's
> > not
> > El 2/9/2015 23:11, "Jan Velecký" <VVelda@seznam.cz <javascript:;>>
> > escribió:
> >
> > > Hello
> > > is it possible embedding Android native view inside webview? Actually
> we
> > > are
> > > able to embed webview inside native view, but we are not able to do
> > inverse
> > > thing. Is there some way to do plugin, that we could instance in
> > <object>/
> > <
> > > embed> tag inside webview?
> > > It would be great if we can do so – imagine that possibilities: we
> could
> > > have integrated native PDF reader inside HTML page, or native Maps view
> > and
> > > also ad banners flowing in content.
> > >
> > > And if we cannot do that in Android browser, can we with Crosswalk?
> > >
> > > Velda
> > >"
>

Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?

[julio cesar sanchez <jc...@gmail.com>]

Most of them don't work on mobile devices, and a webivew isn't a browser,
it has more limitations
You can create your own browser with native view support if you want, but
you have to do it from scratch

El lunes, 7 de septiembre de 2015, Jan Velecký <VV...@seznam.cz> escribió:

> There must be a way to do this. There are plugins like Flash, Java, PDF
> Reader or Silverlight which integrates itself into browser with some plugin
> interface. Why not common native view?
>
> Velda
>
>
> ---------- Původní zpráva ----------
> Od: julio cesar sanchez <jcesarmobile@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> Komu: dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>
> Datum: 3. 9. 2015 0:21:57
> Předmět: Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?
>
> "Doing a quick search on Google, it isn't possible to put a native view
> inside a webview, just over it so it might seem that it's inside, but it's
> not
> El 2/9/2015 23:11, "Jan Velecký" <VVelda@seznam.cz <javascript:;>>
> escribió:
>
> > Hello
> > is it possible embedding Android native view inside webview? Actually we
> > are
> > able to embed webview inside native view, but we are not able to do
> inverse
> > thing. Is there some way to do plugin, that we could instance in
> <object>/
> <
> > embed> tag inside webview?
> > It would be great if we can do so – imagine that possibilities: we could
> > have integrated native PDF reader inside HTML page, or native Maps view
> and
> > also ad banners flowing in content.
> >
> > And if we cannot do that in Android browser, can we with Crosswalk?
> >
> > Velda
> >"

Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?

[Jan Velecký <VV...@seznam.cz>]

There must be a way to do this. There are plugins like Flash, Java, PDF 
Reader or Silverlight which integrates itself into browser with some plugin 
interface. Why not common native view?

Velda 


---------- Původní zpráva ----------
Od: julio cesar sanchez <jc...@gmail.com>
Komu: dev@cordova.apache.org
Datum: 3. 9. 2015 0:21:57
Předmět: Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?

"Doing a quick search on Google, it isn't possible to put a native view
inside a webview, just over it so it might seem that it's inside, but it's
not
El 2/9/2015 23:11, "Jan Velecký" <VV...@seznam.cz> escribió:

> Hello
> is it possible embedding Android native view inside webview? Actually we
> are
> able to embed webview inside native view, but we are not able to do 
inverse
> thing. Is there some way to do plugin, that we could instance in <object>/
<
> embed> tag inside webview?
> It would be great if we can do so – imagine that possibilities: we could
> have integrated native PDF reader inside HTML page, or native Maps view 
and
> also ad banners flowing in content.
>
> And if we cannot do that in Android browser, can we with Crosswalk?
>
> Velda
>"

Re: Embedding Android activity into WebView, is it possible?

[julio cesar sanchez <jc...@gmail.com>]

Doing a quick search on Google, it isn't possible to put a native view
inside a webview, just over it so it might seem that it's inside, but it's
not
El 2/9/2015 23:11, "Jan Velecký" <VV...@seznam.cz> escribió:

> Hello
> is it possible embedding Android native view inside webview? Actually we
> are
> able to embed webview inside native view, but we are not able to do inverse
> thing. Is there some way to do plugin, that we could instance in <object>/<
> embed> tag inside webview?
> It would be great if we can do so – imagine that possibilities: we could
> have integrated native PDF reader inside HTML page, or native Maps view and
> also ad banners flowing in content.
>
> And if we cannot do that in Android browser, can we with Crosswalk?
>
> Velda
>