I hate to bump an old thread like this, but I would like to know if there are any guides, blog posts, or whitepapers on doing this especially in the context of Android devices that do not have Google Play Services on them. Google is really is stubborn about granting the licensing rights to Google Play Services on hardware anything older than the current release. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for small embedded shops to turn out new Android firmware with the same speed that large-scale OEMs are able to do -- it feels as though we'll always be behind the major players. It also limits the use of Android on novel devices in niche markets where it would be helpful to have Google Play Service (not necessarily for the Store) where components like webview can get update on a more regular basis and apps that have Google services dependencies can run more reliability (it's amazing how few Android developers test for use on devices w/o Google Services).
Michael On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 12:35:20 PM UTC-5, Kyle wrote: > > I know Google has moved Android System WebView updates to the Play Store, > but it looks like updates are not being pushed to android.googlesource.com. > For example, vanilla AOSP Lollipop (5.1.1) looks like it builds version 39 > of Chromium, while my Nexus 5 (6.0.1) runs 47.0.2526.100. (There is no > AOSP marshmallow branch in external/chromium_org.) For non-Play Store > builds, is it possible to pull in a newer Chromium version directly from > chromium.org (particularly in the interest of security updates)? It > looks like there are directions on building system_webview_apk from > chromium.org ( > https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-android-webview), > > but how can I tell which Chromium release versions are compatible with my > AOSP version? > > Can anyone provide any insight on whether or not this is feasible? Or do > the Android System WebView updates from the Play Store contain additional > changes that aren't available from chromium.org? > -- -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-porting" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
