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> Android webviews are VERY slow Huh? Since KitKat I think, WebView is updatable (and is on the App Store), plus browsers like Chrome and Firefox can provide
by floatboth 8y ago
> Android webviews are VERY slow
Huh?
Since KitKat I think, WebView is updatable (and is on the App Store), plus browsers like Chrome and Firefox can provide their own WebView implementation. Most people with non-ancient phones are probably using Chrome's engine in all WebViews.
And also, old engine doesn't even mean "slow".
Only Apple used to an actual problem here, because for a long long time there was no JS JIT in WebViews.
- mamcx 8y agoThat is the theory. Hold a iPhone and and android and run the same web-browser apps and look for yourself. I have tested several demos by ionic, framework7, etc... is amazing how slow are androids...
- robocat 8y agoMy guess is that the difference in speed is mostly due to hardware, not the browser. Apple hardware benchmarks well beats Android hardware: http://browser.geekbench.com/mobile-benchmarks http://browser.geekbench.com/mobile-benchmarks Given Safari can optimise for a single GPU target (which is also probably faster), it is likely the speed differences are not due to the browsers per se.
- mamcx 8y agoAnd that is the reality for a large section of users.