+1 - would love PiP on Android as well. On Monday, April 29, 2024 at 8:43:26 AM UTC-4 ari picker wrote:
> Thank you for all your work on PiP, it's awesome! > I am very interested in PiP on Android. Is any progress being made, and is > there an ETA for PiP landing on Android? > > On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 12:25:11 PM UTC-5 Tommy Steimel wrote: > >> In the future, we may be able to do something on Android that doesn't >> support input without any change to Android APIs. If we wanted input in the >> PiP window, it would require changes to Android itself. That said, we >> haven't seen any interest from web developers for an inputless document PiP >> on Android, and there isn't really anything you can do with an inputless >> document PiP that you can't do with a canvas-back video PiP, so we haven't >> pursued anything on Android. >> >> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 7:06 AM Philip Jägenstedt <foo...@chromium.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Domenic for mentoring and vouching :) I took a very cursory look >>> at the API shape and sent a small fix >>> <https://github.com/WICG/document-picture-in-picture/pull/81>, thanks >>> for reviewing that. >>> >>> The concerns on https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/41 >>> are device independence and portability. For the Android support, can you >>> say anything about future expectations? Is this feature simply not >>> important on mobile and it might be a desktop-only API for the >>> foreseeable future, or would Android support make sense for some use cases? >>> If so, does it seem tractable given the requisite changes to Android APIs? >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 4:16 AM Domenic Denicola <dom...@chromium.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I was the spec mentor for Tommy's work on this feature, and am chiming >>>> in to provide the requested spec maturity summary >>>> <https://www.chromium.org/blink/launching-features/#:~:text=If%20your%20specification%20isn%27t%20a%20modification%20of%20an%20existing%20specification%2C%20include%20a%20one%2Dline%20spec%20maturity%20summary%20from%20someone%20outside%20your%20team%20(like%20your%20spec%20mentor)%20who%20has%20done%20a%20review.> >>>> . >>>> >>>> I'm very happy with the spec work for this feature. Tommy worked hard >>>> to incorporate all my feedback about how to ensure everything was >>>> rigorously defined, and integrated well with existing concepts like >>>> opening >>>> new windows (navigables). The monkey patches are small, focused, and easy >>>> to understand. >>>> >>>> There is some TAG feedback that seems to wish this was part of >>>> window.open() or some other more-general API, but I think that advice is >>>> not correct, and the current API design is good, due to the >>>> singleton-per-top-level-traversable nature of a document PiP window. In my >>>> opinion this makes the window.documentPictureInPicture entrypoint, with >>>> its >>>> requestWindow(), window, and onenter properties, a good API for the use >>>> case. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:51 AM 'Tommy Steimel' via blink-dev < >>>> blin...@chromium.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Contact emailsste...@chromium.org, libe...@chromium.org, >>>>> y...@chromium.org >>>>> >>>>> Explainer >>>>> https://github.com/WICG/document-picture-in-picture/blob/main/README.md >>>>> >>>>> Specificationhttps://wicg.github.io/document-picture-in-picture >>>>> >>>>> Summary >>>>> >>>>> Document PiP adds a new API to open an always-on-top window that can >>>>> be populated with arbitrary HTMLElements. This is an expansion upon the >>>>> existing HTMLVideoElement API that only allows for an HTMLVideoElement to >>>>> be put into a PiP window. This allows web developers to provide a better >>>>> PiP experience to users. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Blink componentBlink>Media>PictureInPicture >>>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EMedia%3EPictureInPicture> >>>>> >>>>> TAG reviewhttps://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/798 >>>>> >>>>> TAG review statusIssues open >>>>> >>>>> Risks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Interoperability and Compatibility >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Gecko*: No signal ( >>>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/670) >>>>> >>>>> *WebKit*: No signal ( >>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/41) no official >>>>> position, but have some concerns >>>>> >>>>> *Web developers*: Positive ( >>>>> https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-document-picture-in-picture/5736/2?u=steimel) >>>>> >>>>> In addition to the linked comment, we have some signals from partners >>>>> that >>>>> this would be valuable, and are checking to see if they are OK making >>>>> that >>>>> public >>>>> >>>>> *Other signals*: >>>>> >>>>> WebView application risks >>>>> >>>>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such >>>>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >>>>> >>>>> N/A since we are not enabling this API on Android >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Debuggability >>>>> >>>>> The new methods and properties proposed in this spec will show up in >>>>> autocomplete functionality (e.g. window.documentPictureInPicture). The >>>>> enter event will support event listener breakpoints in the >>>>> "Picture-in-Picture" category. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, >>>>> Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)?No >>>>> >>>>> At least initially, we're not supporting Android since the Android >>>>> APIs don't easily support always-on-top windows with arbitrary interaction >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> >>>>> ?Yes >>>>> >>>>> Flag nameblink::features::kDocumentPictureInPictureAPI >>>>> >>>>> Requires code in //chrome?True >>>>> >>>>> Tracking bughttps://crbug.com/1315351 >>>>> >>>>> Launch bughttps://crbug.com/1269059 >>>>> >>>>> MeasurementWe have UseCounters for the documentPictureInPicture APIs >>>>> >>>>> Availability expectationFeature is available only in Chromium >>>>> browsers for the foreseeable future >>>>> >>>>> Adoption expectationFeature is used by specific partner(s) to provide >>>>> functionality within 12 months of launch in Chrome >>>>> >>>>> Adoption planFeature is already being used in the OT by partners who >>>>> plan to continue using the feature in stable >>>>> >>>>> Non-OSS dependencies >>>>> >>>>> Does the feature depend on any code or APIs outside the Chromium open >>>>> source repository and its open-source dependencies to function? >>>>> N/A >>>>> >>>>> Estimated milestones >>>>> Shipping on desktop 116 >>>>> OriginTrial desktop last 115 >>>>> OriginTrial desktop first 111 >>>>> >>>>> Anticipated spec changes >>>>> >>>>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >>>>> interop issues. 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