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Mobile version of Google's Chrome browser for IOS devices.

Released on the App Store on June 26, 2012. It supports the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, and requires that the device have at least iOS version 4.3 installed.[213] Per Apple's requirements for browsers released through the App Store, this version of Chrome uses the iOS WebKit, that is the mobile Safari iOS engine and components, but restricted from using their Nitro JavaScript engine.

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Chrome IOS - Is it just a UIWebView?

I'm not sure this is a suitable question for here but is the new Chrome app for IOS just a UIWebView? If so then would it be safe to assume that there shouldn't be any rendering differences between it and mobile Safari?
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Issue with window.close and chrome

I'm trying to close a child window with JavaScript, and in Firefox everything works fine but in Chrome the window doesn't close. Here is what I'm using $(document).ready(function() { if (window.opener && !window.opener.closed) …
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Do all browsers on iOS use WKWebview or UIWebVIew?

I am curious about third part browser on iOS（Chrome or FireFox） Does all of them use the WkWebview or UIWebVIew to show then web page, but do many extra work like cache etc? So, if I want to write a browser on iOS, I must use WkWebview to show the…
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window.close() doesn't work on iOS

I open a new window with window.open() to redirect users to the oauth login page. However, after successful login when the user is redirected back to my app the previous window with the window.open call does not close itself in ios. On the iPad it…
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How to download a blob file from Chrome iOS in Javascript?

How to download a blob file from Chrome iOS in Javascript ? I'm working on download files (pdf, excel, txt, png) from iOS. iOS hasn't a file systems which is a problem for downloads. I create a code which download a blob file depending of the OS and…
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Disable Chrome's pull-to-refresh on iPhone

I am implementing a drawing app on my site and trying to prevent overscroll while the user draws on the canvas. Despite trying several reported solutions, I cannot disable Chrome's pull-to-refresh. According to…
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iOS Chrome not respecting safe-area-inset for notch

I have an issue where a landscape version of Chrome is adding white space to the left and right of my screen. Here are the specs: I have a "kitchen sink" approach where I've tried everything to remove these white bars and make the background…
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Is there a work around for viewport-fit=cover on Chrome iOS?

Hello I was wondering if there was a workaround, or equivalent, for safari's viewport-fit=cover to extend a site past the iPhone notch, but for Chrome.
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Can I stop Chrome from eating my global property?

Chrome on iOS appears to create an XMLHttpRequest object when you include an external JavaScript file. It seems to assign this object to a global variable with the identifier a, overwriting anything you may have already had in there. Test…
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window.opener not set in iOS Chrome

In one file, I have go In t2.html I have On Safari on iOS, and on Chrome on the Mac and on pretty much every other browser, it prints out [object Window] like…
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Latest version of iOS Chrome not downloading blobs correctly (pdf)

The below code samples works with: Chrome Android Chrom Windows Safari iPhone Safari Mac Chrome Mac Doesn't work with: Chrome iPhone Sample 1 var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest(); var URLToPDF = fileUrl; oReq.open('GET', URLToPDF,…
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How do you go to the previous route in iron-router?

I'm using an event handler to go to the previous URL/route: 'click #back': -> history.back() This works in Chrome desktop, Chrome devtools mobile device view, and in Safari on a physical device itself (iOS 8.1.2), but not in Chrome on the device.…
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Unique tab ID appended to user agent string in Chrome for iOS?

As I was testing my web app in Chrome for iOS (both iPhone and iPad), I noticed a weird ID appended to user agent string, e.g.: alert(navigator.userAgent) would produce something like this (note the "3810AC74-327F-43D7-A905-597FF9FDFEAB" part…
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Chrome on iPhone overflows content on empty page (on new tab only, not reload)

On IOS Chrome, the body overflows on a new tab or page with no content, but if the page is reloaded, the problem is fixed. It poses a problem for any element positioned at the bottom (absolute or fixed). Here is the code to reproduce the…
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How can I use iOS Chrome's "Open in" feature on iOS with PDF behind secured website or with a large data URL?

I'm working on a website which serves PDF files (generated on the fly) for viewing and downloading by the user. The user needs to save these, sign them (using any 3rd party PDF app), then upload them. For this particular question we are focused on…
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