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Backend

  • Package: NativeWebView.Platform.Android
  • Platform enum: NativeWebViewPlatform.Android
  • Native engine: android.webkit.WebView

Current Repo Implementation Status

  • NativeWebView: implemented when NativeWebView.Platform.Android is built with the .NET 8 Android workload. The runtime path uses a backend-owned child View attachment plus android.webkit.WebView.
  • Minimum runtime version for the current backend package: Android 7.0 / API 24+.
  • NativeWebDialog: unsupported in the current implementation.
  • WebAuthenticationBroker: implemented when NativeWebView.Platform.Android is built with the .NET 8 Android workload. The runtime path uses a dedicated authentication activity and android.webkit.WebView.
  • Check NativeWebViewPlatformImplementationStatusMatrix.Get(NativeWebViewPlatform.Android) in code when you need the honest current repo status.

Platform Engine Capability

  • Embedded view
  • GPU surface rendering
  • Offscreen rendering
  • Authentication broker
  • Context menu and zoom
  • New window interception
  • Environment and controller options
  • Native handles
  • Cookie manager and command manager

Unsupported in the Current Implementation

  • Dialog backend
  • Desktop-only print UI and DevTools behaviors
  • Per-instance proxy application
  • WebAuthenticationBroker.UseHttpPost

Registration

factory.UseNativeWebViewAndroid();

Diagnostics Notes

Diagnostics use ANDROID_API_LEVEL for minimum API-level enforcement (24+). The real runtime path is compiled from the Android-targeted backend assembly; the default net8.0 build remains a contract/stub asset for non-Android hosts.

Proxy Notes

  • AndroidX ProxyController applies proxy overrides process-wide for the app, not per WebView instance.
  • The current embedded Android NativeWebView runtime does not integrate that app-wide override, so per-instance proxy configuration remains unsupported.

Authentication Notes

  • The current Android WebAuthenticationBroker implementation launches a dedicated activity-hosted WebView session and completes when navigation reaches the callback scheme/host/path.
  • Popup windows are redirected back into the active auth WebView session.
  • UseHttpPost is not currently implemented on the Android runtime path.