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The web browser used on older (pre 4.4) and non-Google experience versions of Android, based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine

The web browser available in Android is based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. The browser scores 100/100 on the Acid3 test on Android 4.0.

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Galaxy S4 stock browser CSS3 border-radius support?

This is a very specific question, that I can't find any documented evidence to support, but have rather a lot of empirical evidence, although only based on a single phone. The single Galaxy S4 that we have available in the office doesn't appear to…
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Performance problems with HTML5 Canvas in some mobile browsers.

Hi I have a Webapp that should be able to run on both Smartphone and Desktop Browsers alike. While I was expecting to get some curious behaviour on small devices like the Iphone, I was pretty confident that it would run well on an Android Galaxy Tab…
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Autostart html5 video using android 4 browser

I want to auto-start android html5 video using android 4 ice cream sandwich browser. I tried many java-script functions and autobuffer autoplay tags of html5 video. But nothing worked. I start android chrome client in webview via android app and…
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Android browser / Samsung Galaxy SII scrolling bug on web forms. Select list hitboxes don't scroll

EDIT: I've uploaded a video to youtube demonstrating the bug here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkDYlgtX5Hk I've got a really weird bug that I found testing my new web application on a Samsung Galaxy S2 running Android 4.03 ICS. What happens is…
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Samsung Galaxy Tablet does not allow entering floating point numbers to inputs with "number" type

Our client wants us to display numeric keyboard for an input field so basically I created a field like: However, Galaxy Tablet erases "." and merges numbers before and after it, also…
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Android browser - remove outline border when anchor is focused

I am using on my Android app a webview which loades an external page. It has a few anchors ( tags). When I press on it, yellow border appears. How can I prevent it and remove this border ? I've tried following tricks: //…
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Why android webview is much slower than the native android browser?

In my application, i have some external urls to load, for which i am using a custom webview. but the performance of this webview is very very slow. If i open the same url in native android browser, it works fine. but in the webview, it just takes a…
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How to make :checked work on Android Browser?

I'm trying to make a form that has a list of default options, and which can also expand to show a couple of exta options. I do this with the following CSS code: .myForm .moreOpts {display:none;} .myForm #more:checked +*+ .moreOpts…
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can we get chrome browsing history/bookmarks in our android app

can we get chrome browsing history/bookmarks like we get in default browser using READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS permission? PS:I Just want to know is it possible?
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HTML5 canvas issues on Android 4.1.1

Now that Android 4.1.1 is out there on some phones I noticed that issues start to pop out using default browser and this OS. In my case I have an application that uses web views (meaning default browser) and a lot of canvas. I want by having this…
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How to enable Safe Search in my Android browser

Requirement I have requirement in my browser to enable/disable safe search while browsing. On Google Safe Search Page Block explicit results on Google using SafeSearch You can filter explicit search results on Google, like pornography, with the…
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Is it possible to detect samsung stock browser

Because the canvas bug of samsung stock browser, my program will cause error. (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39247) So I want to disable canvas on all Samsung stock browser. Could I detect it by navigator object or other way? I…
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Enable Android device to access IIS Express whilst on same network

I am looking for a way to easily test the mobile version of my site in development. I have set up IIS Express, such that I can access locally using: http://localhost:1025/AppName/ or by using my PC name…
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Detect and Handle Pop-ups in Webview and open url in new Tab or window

I just want to know is there is any other way to handle pop up for websites in android Webview and opening in new tab or open in new window using webview. open urls which are generally opened in new window in normal browser. I am still learning the…
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