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What is WebView?
WebView allows web content to be displayed from the application itself.
Many applications use WebView for all manner of tasks, either as a small aspect of the software's functionality, or it is the base of how the software is used.
How is WebView used in PIXERA?
WebView is used to render and interact with User Interfaces in PIXERA.
The other Web Browser section of PIXERA, Web Browser Resources, uses the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). This is similar to WebView in how it is used and its limitations. Learn more in the article CEF in PIXERA.
User Interfaces
Webview in involved in the below aspects of UIs.
- The UI Builder creates interfaces that run in a browser environment (HTML/CSS/JS).
- Can be opened in a browser and are connected to PIXERA via its control system.
- Elements like Buttons, Sliders, or Resource Browsers are essentially web components, which can trigger Actions (Timelines, Layers, etc.).
- Internally, PIXERA relies on embedded browser technology (WebView) to render and handle these web-based control interfaces.
Codec Limitation
The main limitation of WebView is that it is Open Source. This means it can only implement Open Source Codecs like VP8, VP9, and AV1. Other common codecs in web development, like H.264 and H.265, are not able to be used in WebView due to be Proprietary. If you try to do so they will show as not being able to load in the UI.
This is a general WebView limitation that then affects any software which uses it, such as PIXERA
For PIXERA, the limitation mainly affects the Elements Media Player and IFrame as they are limited to the mentioned codecs for displaying.
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