WebView vs GeckoView for playing embedded YouTube's videos

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In my application I have a WebView loading a URL with an embedded YouTube video (using iframe). Using standard Android’s WebView, the playback is not smooth with random pauses and medium playback quality. In contrast to this, all running fine and the playback is comparable to running on PC when using GeckoView (based on FireFox engine).

Any idea what might be causing the problematic issues when using Android’s WebView? Issues not seen when using GeckoView?

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@acrolink Do you still have issues with this?

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Since observing those issues playing YouTube videos with WebView, I have just started to use GeckoView.

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