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November 04, 2026 - - - 1.0.0-alpha01

Declaring dependencies

To add a dependency on web, you must add the Google Maven repository to your project. Read Google's Maven repository for more information.

Add the dependencies for the artifacts you need in the build.gradle file for your app or module:

Groovy

dependencies {
    implementation "androidx.web:web:1.0.0-alpha01"
    implementation "androidx.web:web-compose:1.0.0-alpha01"
}

Kotlin

dependencies {
    implementation("androidx.web:web:1.0.0-alpha01")
    implementation("androidx.web:web-compose:1.0.0-alpha01")
}

For more information about dependencies, see Add build dependencies.

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Web

Version 1.0

Version 1.0.0-alpha01

November 04, 2026

androidx.web:web:1.0.0-alpha01 is released. Version 1.0.0-alpha01 contains these commits.

API Changes

  • WebContent: Introducing a new API to hold a persistent web engine session state that can safely outlive individual UI views or Activities. (I41397)
  • WebContentView: Introducing a new specialized WebView designed to integrate with WebContent. (I41397)
  • DetachedWebContentView: A specialized WebContentView that WebContent attaches to when not attached to an Activity. (I41397)