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How to manually update android browser with latest (nightly) webkit?

Hello!
Is it possible to update WebKit behind the Android 1.5/1.6/etc (prior to 2.2) browser?
I know latest nightly WebKit builds has great HTML5 support.
So, my intention is to provide html5 video streaming (and other features) support on all those droids.
Previously I was able to update WebKit engine on different devices with older Safari to meet my requirements (on any mac os x distros it's easy as updating WebKit.framework).

Thanx.

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Is it possible to update WebKit behind the Android 1.5/1.6/etc (prior to 2.2) browser?

Not without rebuilding the firmware, and even then, you will probably have extensive work to do.

CommonsWare  2010-07-22 00:43:47
Ok, thanx. So, what is a minimum requirements (in terms of Android versions) for working html5 video support? Or, maybe, there is other way to stream rtsp/h.264aac/mp4 video on all those droids? Maybe I can autoopen links (videos) in built-in media player?
headwire  2010-07-23 14:01:11
@headwire: I think HTML5 video arrived in Android 2.0. Whether it works for `WebView` versus the full Browser application, though, I do not know. "Or, maybe, there is other way to stream rtsp/h.264aac/mp4 video on all those droids?" -- sure, use `MediaPlayer` and a `SurfaceView`, or perhaps a `VideoView`.
CommonsWare  2010-07-23 14:35:25

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