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The WebView in Android L can be updated via the Play Store, so you need to check the latest version on the device under App Settings. The developer preview version number is 36.0.0.0.Ĭaution: You cannot publish apps using the L Developer Preview to the Google Play store. The updated WebView shipped with Android 4.4.3 has the version number 33.0.0.0.Ī developer preview WebView is shipping with the Android L Developer Preview. This WebView does not have full feature parity with Chrome for Android and is given the version number 30.0.0.0.

The WebView shipped with Android 4.4 (KitKat) is based on the same code as Chrome for Android version 30.

# WebView FAQ # What version of Chrome is it based on?

The new WebView also supports remote debugging using the Chrome DevTools. If you're primarily planning to show external web content inside of your app, you should consider Custom Tabs instead.įor tips on scaling WebView content for mobile devices, see Pixel-Perfect UI in the WebView. If you're a web developer looking to start developing a WebView-based Android application, see Getting Started: WebView-based Applications for Web Developers. To see what version of Chrome is currently used on a Lollipop device, simply go to Settings < Apps < Android System WebView and look at the version. In Android 5.0 (Lollipop), the WebView has moved to an APK so it can be updated seperately to the Android platform. New Webviews also share the same rendering engine as Chrome for Android, so rendering should be much more consistent between the WebView and Chrome. WebViews now include an updated version of the V8 JavaScript engine and support for modern web standards previously missing in old WebViews. Since Android 4.4 (KitKat), the WebView component is based on the Chromium open source project.