Chrome and Android: Past, Present, Future

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Tracks the evolution of Chrome and Android web integration: WebView became an updatable APK on Android 5.0 but Android 6.0 WebView has many no-op methods, and cold launches of browser contexts can differ by 2–4 seconds. Presents Custom Tabs (intent-based browser embedding with UI color/animation customization, shared cookies/data-saver, but no JS interfaces or fine-grained navigation callbacks), shows a starter-kit repo, Chrome inspector debugging, Web App Manifest and App Install Banner, and a demo of Google’s App Streaming prototype under severe network limits.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:58WebView history
3. 2:46Chrome Custom Tabs
4. 4:11Customizing tabs
5. 6:20Custom Tabs benefits
6. 8:49WebView limits
7. 10:13Debugging WebView
8. 11:39Web App Manifest
9. 12:40App Install Banners
10. 14:25Streaming apps
11. 17:56Try Now feature
12. 19:20Future of Chrome & Android
13. 20:24Chrome for Android devs
14. 21:52Q&A

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