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1*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerBuilding the Chromium-based WebView in AOSP is no longer supported or required.
2*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerWebView can now be built entirely from the Chromium source code.
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4*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerDocs on how to build WebView from Chromium for use in AOSP are available here:
5*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerhttps://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/android_webview/docs/aosp-system-integration.md
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7*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerFor questions about building WebView, please contact our mailing list:
8*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerhttps://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!forum/android-webview-dev
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12*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe prebuilt APKs provided here are built from Chromium upstream sources; you
13*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workershould check the commit message to see the version number for a particular
14*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerprebuilt. The version number is formatted like "12.0.3456.789" and matches the
15*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workertag in the Chromium repository it was built from.
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17*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerIf you want to build your own WebView, you should generally build the latest
18*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerstable version, not the version published here: newer versions have important
19*9e17ed14SAndroid Build Coastguard Workersecurity and stability improvements.
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