Android may soon open Captive Portals in an Android Custom Tab instead of a WebView, making it easier to access some public Wi-Fi networks.

The Webview object is essential for viewing websites on the phone from your customized widget. The Android SDK uses XML to set up screens for the widget, so you must use XML to create a Webview ...

Android apps depend on the ability to render web content. Because WebView also depends on developers release apps that deal with this in a secure manner, users are at their mercy.

The just-released and latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android 4.4 KitKat, has made a big change to the WebView component: it is now powered by Chromium. Google says this is a ...