# delight-im/Android-AdvancedWebView

Enhanced WebView component for Android that works as intended out of the box

Repository: https://github.com/delight-im/Android-AdvancedWebView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-advancedwebview
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, webview, android-webview, mobile, mobile-development, web, web-app, web-application
Last push: 2021-04-02T13:32:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4256, "days_push": 1979, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2412, forks 577 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.462043+00:00)

## What it is
An enhanced WebView component library for Android that fixes common WebView quirks and works out of the box. It provides a drop-in replacement for the standard Android WebView with sensible defaults and lifecycle-aware callbacks.

## Use cases
- embed web content in an android app
- handle file uploads from a webview
- detect page load errors and downloads in webview
- block external page requests in an embedded browser
- build a hybrid android app with web views
- handle back button navigation inside a webview

## When to choose
- you need a WebView that handles downloads, file uploads, and cookies correctly without manual setup
- you want lifecycle-aware WebView management in activities or fragments
- you need to intercept or control external link navigation

## When to avoid
- you are building with modern alternatives like Jetpack Compose or Crosswalk-based solutions
- you need a fully featured custom browser rather than an embedded component
- you require active development and recent updates, as the last release was in 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, web-scraping, file-upload
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: webview, android-library, hybrid-apps, jitpack, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- delight-im/Android-AdvancedWebView (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.462043+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:33:56.925194+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/delight-im/Android-AdvancedWebView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.462043+00:00, sha 13cc8c76caca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.