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Asked: 2026-06-15T03:40:21+00:00

today my problem is that I am developing an app that is using a

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today my problem is that I am developing an app that is using a WebSocket. On iOS everything is working out fine but on android the WebView doesn’t support the WebSocket. Whats the fastest/most elegant way to solve this problem?

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As this post is viewed quite often I want to share some possible solutions.

Solutions:

  1. Java Websocket Client Implementation & JavaScript Interface
  2. PHP Websocket Client Implementation & making a background (i.e. jQuery GET) request to the PHP-script (worked for me as I wanted to send only one line of message.)

Android Websocket Libraries

  1. http://autobahn.ws/
  2. http://code.google.com/p/weberknecht

Someone had the same issue and descriped how he worked around

  1. http://chpeck.tumblr.com/post/37273036645/socket-io-with-android-webview
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  1. Editorial Team

    Android webview doesn’t accommodate WebSocket. So you need to implement with some WebSocket library.

    jWebSocket
    http://jwebsocket.org/

    weberknecht
    http://code.google.com/p/weberknecht/

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