The value of this header is the application's APK name.

When a user installs and runs an application that uses a WebView to embed web content, the WebView will add the X-Requested-With header to every request sent to servers. Let’s start with privacy and the X-Requested-With header deprecation. So what’s new in WebView? # X-Requested-With header One of WebView’s biggest strengths is its powerful API for controlling and modifying the web content that is being loaded. For example, you can embed different Web UI into your app such as ads, widgets, or even in-app browsers. It is a great way to seamlessly integrate Web UI in native Android app experiences. WebView is the most commonly used way to embed web content into Android apps, as the vast majority of Android apps use WebView.

Integrated features for PWA, like Richer Install UI and Play billing API in Trusted Web Activities.

Custom Tabs now supports partial custom tabs.

Privacy improvements and better support for large screens, such as support for image drag and drop in WebView.

Here are the latest updates to these tools. Whatever the use case, Android has many tools to make it possible. There are many reasons for developers to bring the web to Android: maybe reusing a web widget in an Android app, incorporating first-party or third-party content, even bringing their entire web app to the platform.

Drag and drop desktop app builder