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I found this question very similar to what I need but I need chrome. Because of many reasons android webView (as I discussed here ) is not compatible with my application's requirements.

So are there any ways to Use Chrome as render engine for Android webview

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Ata Iravani
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This is coming as the default in Android 4.4 KitKat. See https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/overview

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    The problem with this is that WebView on KitKat uses V8 version 30. (But V8 is on version 45-47), So your appliction could be incompatible. https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/webview/overview – eveevans Oct 08 '15 at 23:57
  • @eveevans Google has not done a good job of keeping this page updated. It currently lists up to WebView v36 but my device has v49. – Michael Apr 12 '16 at 02:24
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Here is a proof of concept for a view that uses the Chromium code and has a WebView-like API. https://github.com/pwnall/chromeview

Make sure to read the Issues section in the Readme. This is merely a starting point, it's not ready for production use.

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  • Do you know when they plan to use Chromium as the default webview engine? – bearfriend Apr 09 '13 at 16:27
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    I don't have any inside information on Google's plans. There is daily activity in the android_webview directory in the Chromium source tree, which means they're at least working towards it. Given the current issues, and the timeline for key lime pie, I would guess we won't have it there. So... 2014 at the earliest? – pwnall Apr 28 '13 at 04:01
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    I'm from the future, still nothing. – Jaeger May 24 '17 at 10:29
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In addition to @Hyangelo's answer, if anyone needs to support Chrome for Android versions 4.0-4.3, you can use crosswalk.

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