I have requested the review gates as mentioned by Domenic, but I do want to point out that this feature has been in production since 2015 in Chrome, and that we're just closing the loop in bringing it to WebView.
Sincerely, [image: Google Logo] Peter Birk Pakkenberg Software Engineer pb...@chromium.org On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 at 01:14, Domenic Denicola <dome...@chromium.org> wrote: > LGTM2 > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 3:49 AM Mike Taylor <miketa...@chromium.org> > wrote: > >> LGTM1 >> On 7/18/24 10:34 PM, Domenic Denicola wrote: >> >> Always exciting to get full cross-platform support! >> >> Can you request the privacy / security / enterprise / debuggability / >> testing review gates on ChromeStatus? After those are in progress I'll be >> happen to LGTM. >> >> On Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 9:00:41 PM UTC+9 Peter Pakkenberg wrote: >> >>> >>> Specification >>> >>> https://w3c.github.io/permissions/ >>> >>> Summary >>> >>> This Intent to Ship covers the launch of the Web Permission API in >>> WebView, an API that has already launched in other browsers and embedders. >>> >>> WebView has a more limited permission model than other embedders, >>> namely, it doesn’t support separating “checking permission state” from >>> “requesting permissions”, and the Permission API implementation we ship >>> will reflect this. In particular, the API will respond with “denied” for >>> APIs that are not supported by WebView, “granted” for permissions that >>> WebView automatically grants (midi, sensors) and “prompt” for APIs where >>> permission is handled by sending a callback to the WebView-embedding app >>> <https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebChromeClient#onPermissionRequest(android.webkit.PermissionRequest)> >>> (camera, microphone, midi-sysex). WebView does offer support for persistent >>> permissions for the Geolocation API, so in apps that use that feature, >>> WebView will respond with “granted” or “prompt” depending on the choices >>> made by the embedding app. >>> >>> Blink component >>> >>> Blink>PermissionsAPI >>> <https://g-issues.chromium.org/issues?q=status:open%20componentid:1456441&s=created_time:desc> >>> >>> Mobile>WebView >>> <https://g-issues.chromium.org/issues?q=status:open%20componentid:1456456&s=created_time:desc> >>> >>> TAG review >>> >>> None >>> >>> TAG review status >>> >>> Not applicable >>> >>> Risks >>> Interoperability and Compatibility >>> >>> The API is already implemented in all major browsers >>> <https://caniuse.com/permissions-api>. This Intent to Ship covers the >>> launch in WebView. >>> >>> WebView application risks >>> >>> Does this intent deprecate or change behaviour of existing APIs, such >>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >>> >>> This launch does not change any existing behaviour in WebView. However, >>> websites should be aware that they will now be able to use the >>> permissions.query API, which was previously not exposed, and for some APIs >>> (microphone, camera, and MIDI SysEx), they will always get a response of >>> “prompt”. This reflects the fact that these permissions are always >>> forwarded to the embedding app >>> <https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebChromeClient#onPermissionRequest(android.webkit.PermissionRequest)> >>> . >>> >>> Debuggability >>> >>> None >>> >>> >>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, >>> Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)? >>> >>> Yes >>> >>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> >>> ? >>> >>> Yes <https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/tree/master/permissions>, >>> where results will be published to wpt.fyi >>> <https://wpt.fyi/results/permissions?label=master&label=experimental&product=chrome&product=firefox&product=safari&product=android_webview&aligned> >>> >>> Flag name on chrome://flags >>> >>> None >>> >>> Finch feature name >>> >>> WebPermissionsApi >>> >>> Requires code in //chrome? >>> >>> False >>> >>> Tracking bug >>> >>> https://issues.chromium.org/issues/348635849 >>> >>> Measurement >>> >>> Reuse existing use counter for permissions.query. >>> >>> Availability expectation >>> >>> Available in all major browsers. This also adds the API to WebView >>> >>> Adoption expectation >>> >>> Already widely adopted. >>> >>> Adoption plan >>> >>> Already widely adopted. >>> >>> Non-OSS dependencies >>> >>> Does the feature depend on any code or APIs outside the Chromium open >>> source repository and its open-source dependencies to function? >>> >>> No. >>> >>> Estimated milestones >>> >>> Shipping on WebView >>> >>> 128 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Anticipated spec changes >>> >>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues >>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may >>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of >>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way). >>> >>> None >>> >>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status >>> >>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/6376494003650560 >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/e70b074b-addd-438e-b9f1-f0cc839fa00cn%40chromium.org >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/e70b074b-addd-438e-b9f1-f0cc839fa00cn%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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