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Voyager semi broken from outdated webview

Voyager semi broken from outdated webview - Lemmy.World

I got an automatic Voyager update from F-droid and now it complains of an out of date Webview version and tells me to update Webview from the Play store. But I don’t use the Play store and don’t want to enroll an account there. I get all my apps from F-droid. Is there a fix or workaround from this? thanks. Android 14 on Motorola Stylus 5g 2023 if that matters.

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danglybits27 Mar 16

I use Aurora Store installed from F-Droid to update Webview (and install or update any other apps from Play Store.) There’s an anonymous login option or you can sign in, though I’ve never done that.

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solrize Mar 16

Any trouble with or from the web view update itself?

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danglybits27 Mar 16

My apologies, I should have said “I used.” I actually very recently discovered a module to replace Google’s Webview with Open Webview (rooted device), and it’s worked nicely so I likely will not see that particular update. Sorry!

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solrize Mar 16

Well I can probably get the Google APK one way or another. I’m just slightly afraid to install it.

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aeharding

You dont need the Android System Webview in particular. Android supports alt webviews. The important part is to make sure its based on Blink 140 or newer (haven’t tested other engines).