Yes, you are totally right. Should we make a another discussion for it or already vote? I would be for minimum supporting Android 9 (API Level 28). This would make development much more easier.
> Am 05.11.2026 um 15:58 schrieb Norman Breau via dev <[email protected]>: > > Sorry for the spam but -- Google currently uses API 29 > (https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:build/config/android/config.gni;l=63) > for their minimum API level for the android webview component. Meaning that > latest webview releases now is only available for users on Android 10 or > later. > > Not saying we should match that requirement, but it's definitely worth > considering bumping our minimum in the next major release. Based on > https://apilevels.com/ > > API 26 - 99.2% usage > API 28 - 98.2% usage > API 29 - 96.6% usage > > We'd have to investigate what kind benefits that would yield, but it would > also bump our "minimum" webview version probably quite significantly, leading > to better JS API support. I'm sure there would be a lot of simplification we > could start doing as well in the native code.
