webview-survey

1. Do most of your users use WebViews or browsers to run your web application(s)?

• WebViews
• Browsers

2. What do you use WebView for?

• Hybrid apps (Apache Cordova, Capacitor…)
• Browser apps
• Mini apps
• Internal/Information pages
• Ads
• Offline web content
• External links

3. What WebView features do you use?

• CSS injection
• JavaScript injection
• Cookies
• WebStorage (localStorage, sessionStorage…)
• Video Playback
• WebSockets
• Other [ comment ]

4. What are your top pain points with using WebView?

• Missing web features
• WebView bugs
• Inconsistency
• Performance
• Security
• Other [ comment ]

5. What specific platforms do you develop on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• HarmonyOS/OpenHarmony
• Other

6. Which WebView implementation do you use?

• Android WebView
• Custom Tabs
• SFSafariViewController
• UIWebView (deprecated)
• WKWebView
• WebView2
• X5 WebView (Tencent Browser Services WebView)
• HarmonyOS ArkWeb
• Other [ comment ]

7. Do you know how to file bugs and search for documentation about WebView?

• Yes
• No
• Unsure

8. Do you feel WebView documentation is adequate?

• Yes
• No
• Unsure [ comment ]

9. How do you keep track of web platform features that are available in WebViews?

• Blogs
• Release notes
• Announcements
• Social Media
• [ other ]

10. What programming language is utilized in your embedding solution?

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11. How are you achieving consistent behavior and rendering across different platforms and devices using WebView?

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12. What approaches do you take to test WebViews and ensure their behavior remains consistent across various devices and platforms?

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13. Are there features or functionality missing from Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) that, if added, would motivate you to maintain a PWA instead of your WebView-based solution?

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14. How do you decide when to use either a WebView or navigating to a browser app?

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15. How do you work around some of the shortcomings of WebView today?

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16. What are your thoughts about WebView from a privacy and security point of view?

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17. Are there features or functionality that need to be added to the WebView you use? (e.g., prerender, WebviewPool,...)

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