Android System WebView allows your device to display web-based content inside regular apps without resorting to a web browser like Chrome.

If Gmail and other Android apps on your phone are crashing -- you're not alone.

Android System WebView is an essential part of the Android OS that lets apps display web content without starting a separate web browser app.

Google's WebView app, which allows developers to render webpages without having to open an external browser, is now in the Play Store for all devices running Lollipop.

That was the exact scenario that faced Android users when the latest Chrome 79 version started rolling out, causing a specific set of apps to lose their data.

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Facebook is preparing to launch a new in-app browser on Android, replacing the standard Android System WebView with a more stable solution. Unlike other Android apps that open web links in an ...

Following Android users worldwide experiencing repeated app crashes last month, Google today released an explanation behind what went wrong and how future WebView problems will be remedied. This ...

A leading US academic will shortly publish a paper highlighting potential security problems with the WebView platform, the coding system used to create many of the most popular Google Android apps.