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by untog 2932 days ago
The downside with those is that the build of JavaScriptCore is significantly bigger than the one React Native currently ships with. It's quite a big dependency to have in an app, and a shame Google doesn't expose the system V8 runtime on Android in the same way Apple does with JavaScriptCore on iOS.
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kuschku 2932 days ago
Android stopped having a system V8 runtime several years ago. Ever since all webviews you use are just frames to a normal app that's updated over the normal app stores.
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untog 2931 days ago
Right, but you can use the system webview that way... so why not also use the V8 engine embedded inside the system webview?
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