How to ensure cross-browser support for WebView in an Android application with different user agents?
I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. Currently developing an Android application that uses a WebView to display web content. I've noticed inconsistencies in how certain features render across different browsers, particularly when loading the same URL. My goal is to ensure that the content behaves similarly whether it's opened in Chrome or a third-party browser like Firefox or Opera. I've tried setting the user agent string to mimic different browsers by using the following code snippet: ```java webView.getSettings().setUserAgentString("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.121 Safari/537.36"); ``` This works to some extent, but I still see variations in JavaScript execution and CSS rendering. For instance, certain CSS transitions don't animate properly in Firefox compared to Chrome. In addition, I enabled JavaScript as follows: ```java webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); ``` While this improves functionality, it hasn't resolved the rendering issues. I've explored using various WebView clients, hoping to intercept and modify requests, but it adds complexity. My implementation looks like this: ```java webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { @Override public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) { // Custom logic here } }); ``` However, it hasn't clarified how to handle discrepancies in styling or functionality across different browsers. For troubleshooting, I've utilized both Chrome DevTools and Firefox Developer Edition to inspect elements and look for any discrepancies. They often show that certain features leverage browser-specific implementations, especially when it comes to CSS Grid and Flexbox. I'm curious if there are any best practices or libraries that could help streamline cross-browser compatibility in a WebView context. Any suggestions on how to approach this challenge more effectively would be greatly appreciated! My development environment is Ubuntu 20.04. Any feedback is welcome!