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		pornel 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta AI App built with Llama 4 There is SCSafariController, and even Android has CustomTabs API for private in-app browsers. It's just very inconvenient for Meta/Facebook. WebView is very useful for UIs. You're probably using it more than you know in the "native" apps.

consumer451 6 months ago [–]

I’ve never worked on iOS apps before, but after writing my comment I looked into it. Yes, I absolutely use WebView all the time without knowing it.

Still, would be cool if I had a setting for each app that allows forcing opening 3rd party URLs in Safari, and not WebView, if that is feasible.

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