Android Authority

Android 15 comes with an important WebView change that could speed up apps

Android 15 Developer Preview 1 is locking an important working component of the Android System WebView into memory. This will prevent the Android system from killing the process and restarting it ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Create a Webview Inside a Widget for an Android

Android widgets let you add customized functionality to Android tablets and cellphones. The Webview object is essential for viewing websites on the phone from your customized widget. The Android SDK ...
Lifehacker

What to Do If Your Android Apps Keep Crashing When Loading Web Pages

Have your Android apps been crashing when trying to load a web page? You’re not alone; many users have been reporting these issues for weeks, and it appears Android’s WebView feature is to blame.
Bleeping Computer

Google Enables Safe Browsing Support in Android's WebView Browser

Google announced earlier this week plans to enable Safe Browsing support for the Android WebView component, a stripped-down browser that comes with all Android versions. The Safe Browsing API is a ...
The Next Web

KitKat’s WebView is powered by Chromium, enabling Android app developers to use new HTML5 and CSS features

The just-released and latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android 4.4 KitKat, has made a big change to the WebView component: it is now powered by Chromium. Google says this is a ...