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minus-squareVoxel@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYou can’t change the System WebView unless you use root or an alternative Android distro that allows you to change it, like Iodé does. The Android System WebView by Google is hardcoded into an internal list as one of the very few allowed ones. https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-android-system-webview-3267814/ https://iode.tech/documentation/webview/
minus-squarepewpew@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoYou can change it in developer settings on Android 15, search for “WebView implementation”
minus-squareVoxel@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNo, it only lets you change it to those whitelisted by the OS, which is by default only the Android System Webview. Maybe its AOSP variant too. On older Android versions also Chrome, I don’t know if this is still the case with newer ones.
minus-squarepewpew@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOh ok, I changed it to Chrome Dev because the system webview couldn’t update with Aurora Store, so that’s why it works?
You can’t change the System WebView unless you use root or an alternative Android distro that allows you to change it, like Iodé does.
The Android System WebView by Google is hardcoded into an internal list as one of the very few allowed ones.
https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-android-system-webview-3267814/
https://iode.tech/documentation/webview/
You can change it in developer settings on Android 15, search for “WebView implementation”
No, it only lets you change it to those whitelisted by the OS, which is by default only the Android System Webview. Maybe its AOSP variant too. On older Android versions also Chrome, I don’t know if this is still the case with newer ones.
Oh ok, I changed it to Chrome Dev because the system webview couldn’t update with Aurora Store, so that’s why it works?
Yes.