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Fing-Fong-Fooey

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Google announced an improved way for a web application to communicate with a server. The new method is called WebSockets. You can read more info here on WebSockets. Here is a quick test to see if your

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Adding Costco Gas Stations to Google Map

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What WebKit version is in what Android version?

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Posted by Jim Bergman on March 6, 2012 at 3:43 pm

In the data reported by my ScoreKeepr app, some useful stats on the version of WebKit used in a Android release.

Android version	WebKit version
Android 2.1-update1	530.17
Android 2.2	533.1
Android 2.2.1	533.1
Android 2.2.2	533.1
Android 2.2.3	533.1
Android 2.3.2	533.1
Android 2.3.3	533.1
Android 2.3.4	533.1
Android 2.3.5	533.1
Android 2.3.6	533.1
Android 2.3.7	533.1
Android 3.2.1	534.13
Android 4.0.1	534.3
Android 4.0.3	534.3

If you have any additional information, please leave it in the comments below, and I’ll update the post.

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Tags: android, mobile browser, webkit

Mobile Browser Reported Screen Sizes – Feb 2012

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Posted by Jim Bergman on March 4, 2012 at 10:59 pm

This is the second post in a series. If you missed the first post, you can read it here.

More information about Android screen sizes was gathered this last month, and is analyzed below.

Android phones
320 px width – 85% of devices queried – phone
360 px width – 4.5% of devices queried – phone
400 px width – 5% of devices queried – 5.3″ screen size
600 px width – 1% of devices queried – tablets
800 px width – 4.5% of devices queried – tablets

The screen sizes are becoming more varied with new devices with new screen sizes and resolutions becoming available, making it ever more challenging for the Android developer.

How is this information useful to you in developing apps?

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Tags: android, javascript, mobile browser, webkit

Mobile Browser Reported Screen Sizes – Jan 2012

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Posted by Jim Bergman on January 24, 2012 at 10:46 pm

UPDATE: this post is for Jan 2012, click here for the Feb 2012 report.

HTML5 / CSS3 development for mobile browsers needs to be aware of the reported screen size to effectively build a mobile site.

However, the screen resolution listed in the device specifications is NOT the same as what is reported by the mobile browser itself. Specifically, what is the window size information available via JavaScript using window.innerWidth and window.innerHeight. It is usually very different than the device’s screen resolution.
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Tags: android, javascript, mobile browser, webkit

Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ WebSocket support

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Posted by Jim Bergman on December 22, 2010 at 1:46 am

Android 2.3 Gingerbread beta was recently released to developers.

The Android 2.3 SDK information does not mention a browser upgrade or support for websockets specifically. So there is no official word from Google regarding websockets being included when Android 2.3 is released.

Taking a look at the beta 1 release of the Android 2.3 SDK, the browser in the emulator is the same version as in Android 2.2 FroYo. Here are screencaps from the browser in the Android 2.3 emulator and a screencap from the browser in Android 2.2. Note the browser version is the same in each screencap.

Considering that the browser in Android is based on the same open-source WebKit browser used in the iPhone and iPad, and Apple recently released websocket support in iOS 4.2, it is reasonable to predict that Google will include websocket support in the Android browser very soon, and hopefully in Android 2.3.

I posted this question to Quora. We’ll see if someone with more info can add to this.