GDK Request: Webview to have same crosshairs overlay control as Glass Browser

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In the standard Google Glass browser, you can place two fingers on the touchpad 
and move your head around to pan the web page. It also overlays a crosshairs 
that can be used to select links.

This feature needs to be there if implementing a webview within your Glass app.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by MikeSmal...@googlemail.com on 9 Jan 2014 at 10:20

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hello,

Could you explain your use-case? If you want to provide a browser functionality 
to your Glassware, why not launching an Activity with a browser intent instead?

You can do that with the ACTION_VIEW intent 
(http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_VIEW)
 and an "http" or "https" scheme in the intent URI.

Best,
Alain

Original comment by ala...@google.com on 9 Jan 2014 at 4:24

• Changed state: Pending
• Added labels: Component-GDK, Priority-Low

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Hello Alain,

Use case is as follows: 

We want to retain control of the view so we can get back to our app and we want 
to be able to call into the WebView to provide additional functionality.

Best,

Mike

Original comment by MikeSmal...@googlemail.com on 10 Jan 2014 at 8:23

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Hello,

Sorry for the late reply... Could you provide more details as to your use-case? 
What would the user experience be like?

The reason I'm asking is to understand what a user would do on your app and how 
you expect the user to interact with the WebView.

Thanks!
Alain

Original comment by ala...@google.com on 14 Jan 2014 at 11:57

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Sorry to dredge this back up, but the ability to pan and scroll a webview is 
ESSENTIAL for us.

I cannot believe you cannot! Correct me if mistaken? You CANT even 'scroll' a 
webview on Glass? At least, that's what i've seen.

The use case for this is content delivery, we have a system by which there is a 
native application and various 'modules' from our custom CRM loaded into the 
app, by way of providing live 'code changes' from a web panel and hide any real 
knowledge that it is in fact a webview.

Original comment by Br...@live.co.uk on 4 May 2014 at 10:11

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Check out my workaround uploaded to Github here: 
https://github.com/mikesmales/GoogleGlassCrosshairs

Original comment by MikeSmal...@googlemail.com on 17 May 2014 at 7:35