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thecowan / wallpanel-android

WallPanel is an Android application for Web Based Dashboards and Home Automation Platforms
https://wallpanel.app
Apache License 2.0
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Performance hit while using WebView - consider alternatives? #229

Closed jkaberg closed 3 years ago

jkaberg commented 3 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Using the very latest of Wallpanel in combination with Home Assistant on a Lenovo Tab M10 HD (with Android 10) results in awfull slugish performance. From my tests Chrome and Firefox works just fine with Home Assistant on the very same tablet, so I assume this to be an WebView issue

Describe the solution you'd like Change WebView with something modern and better? Atleast an option todo so, and for legacy devices keep WebView?

Describe alternatives you've considered GeckoView or something else?

thanksmister commented 3 years ago

I don't think GeckoView is an option given how out of date that library is with the rest of Android. I have tried it before but it restrains the version of Android you can support to older versions only. You really have no choice, you can turn on hardware acceleration option in the settings or use a dashbaord other than lovelace for HA, something like Tileboard would be better. Have you also looked for a WebView updated in Google Play, it's possible there is a new version.

spudje commented 3 years ago

I have similar experience on the little brother tablet Lenovo Tab M8 :) It became almost unusable. I also noticed the app won't stay in front of the lock screen anymore. This used to work, even without "pinning" the app.

thanksmister commented 3 years ago

There are not real viable alternatives to using WebView. There are options to install the open source version of WebView which may give users some benefits, especially those running custom OS from manufacturers. But there is no other solution I can offer. Closing this as won't fix.

LeoLTM commented 2 years ago

I have a similar problem: Old tablet (Android 4.4), no way to update WebView, no custom ROM available. The lovelace login screen won't show in the WallPanel app, but Opera and Firefox do just fine (they just don't have WallPanels functionality).

So GeckoView is really no option for you? I think, it's built into Firefox Klar afaik, and this works very well. I don't know what Opera uses but that'd be another one to consider.