'In App browser vs Web View vs Embedded browser What's the difference?
Could anyone share an exact definition of In-App Browser, Web View or Embedded browser?
- Google uses the term,
embedded webvieworwebview. - Facebook uses the term,
embedded browser. - With my knowledge, I have used the term,
in-app browserfor tiktok/facebook/instagram's custom browser.
I have looked up and it seems like these 3 terms:
- In App browser
- Web View
- Embedded browser
refer to the same thing.
Is there any difference between the 3 terms? or Is it just 3 different words for the same thing.
Solution 1:[1]
I was wondering the same thing during a meeting where I was working with embedded browsers on desktop applications, the presenter was working with webviews on mobile, headless browsers and I was wondering what's the difference between all these things. I saw that I am not the only one wondering this. It seems like they're interchangeable/semantic.
I know in the Microsoft documentation it calls these 'embedded browsers' and it seems like on MacOS and mobile they're called 'webviews'.
Over here we can see that Microsoft states:
embedded browser control (also known as a webview)
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