Is the Websocket protocol supported on Android?

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I haven't been able to find much information on the state of Websocket implementation. Is it currently supported in the stock Android browser? If not, are there any browsers for Android that do support it?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '11 at 04:31

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Neither Gingerbread nor Honeycomb browsers support web sockets. However, Firefox Beta v.7 and Firefox Aurora (which is a nightly of v. 8) both support the current spec of web sockets off the box.

answered Sep 15 '11 at 04:31

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '11 at 20:04

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No, the stock Android browser (Chrome) doesn't have support for Websocket. But other browsers e.g. Opera has support for it in the latest release, but it's disabled.

See Compatibility tables for support of HTML5

answered Apr 18 '11 at 20:04

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 20 '11 at 19:56

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The browser in Honeycomb 3.2 does support WebSockets.

edited Dec 20 '11 at 19:56

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answered Sep 29 '11 at 23:06

Chris

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Could you backup this answer with an link (maybe to an changelog entry or announcement)? – Flow Oct 06 '11 at 08:18

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 03 '12 at 20:03

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Just did a little investigation...

My Xoom (currently up to date), does NOT support the following:

WebSockets,
SSE (Server Sent Events),
WebWorkers,
getUserMedia();

:( x4

answered Mar 03 '12 at 20:03

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I think the answer would be more awesome if you also tell how you did the investigation. – roxan Mar 04 '12 at 03:57

Is the Websocket protocol supported on Android?

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