REPRODUCIBILITY: 100% (always)
OSVERSION: 4.5.0.18
HARDWARE: Sony Xperia 10 III - xqbt52 - xqbt52 - 1.0.1.18 - aarch64
UI LANGUAGE: Nederlands (user: nl_NL, os: nl_NL.utf8)
REGRESSION: not specified
DESCRIPTION:
Android Webview is used in a lots of Android applications, and even in the latest Android runtime supplied with Sailfish 4.5 on X10III, is a very old one, version 83. Version 83 is from the beginning of 2020.
Some Android apps like Tutanota already require a newer version and do not work anymore on Sailfish.
So although Android 10 or 11 will be absolutely fine for most apps in the near future, Android WebView 83 isn’t. We can expect more and more apps to break as time goes by. This is even a bigger problem for devices stuck on Android 10 or older.
My banking app “Rabobank” also stopped working on Sailfish 4.4 as it “upped” requirement to version 83(it works again on Saifish 4.5, but for how long?).
As auto update for WebView isn’t possible due various reasons(no Google play store and possible others) it would be very helpful if Jolla at least makes it possible(or explores the possibility) to install a secondary Android WebView. This feature(multiple Android WebViews) is normally used for debugging purposes on real android. But this is not allowed in the Jolla Android image.
See link Installing SystemWebView · bromite/bromite Wiki · GitHub for relevant information about this subject.
PRECONDITIONS:
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
- Install Tutanova app
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Working app
ACTUAL RESULTS:
App not working
MODIFICATIONS:
- Patchmanager: yes
- OpenRepos: yes
- Chum: yes
- Other: none specified
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Device Owner User: defaultuser
Home Encryption: enabled