From 5ace06e9d2d9d9b1eb40a654593b34e4b793e944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: agrieve Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:10:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb5d8f9..807986b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ Makes your Cordova application use the [Crosswalk WebView](https://crosswalk-project.org/) instead of the System WebView. Requires cordova-android 4.0 or greater. +## Benefits + +Capabilities: such as WebRTC, WebAudio, and Accelerated 2D Canvas +Performance improvements +Consistent user experience and reduced testing effort across Android devices + +## Drawbacks + +Increased memory footprint +An overhead of ~30MB (as reported by the RSS column of ps) +Unlike the system WebVew, Crosswalk resources are not shareable between applications +Increased APK size (about 17MB) +Increased size on disk when installed (about 50MB) +Crosswalk Webview does not auto-update +You have to manually upgrade and re-publish your app to take advantage of any Crosswalk performance improvements + + ### Install The following directions are for cordova-cli (most people). Alternatively you can use the [Android platform scripts workflow](PlatformScriptsWorkflow.md).