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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How can I hit breakpoints (and see error line numbers) when debugging javascript on Android?

I'm trying to follow these instructions for debugging android javascript. I am aware of How can I debug javascript on Android?, but it's not clear to me how (or if) I can hit breakpoints - either using Chrome on the Android device, or the Android…
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wrong borders' width in android browser

On android devices with high density screens (devicePixelRatio of 1.5) the borders of html elements have wrong border width. The two boxes here: jsbin sample, appear correctly on the desktop but on the android - both in chrome and the stack browser…
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