'Is Android Webview is same as the Chrome browser?

I am having the webview, which will be created using the following code.

  WebView mWebView=new WebView(this);
  mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
  mWebView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());       
  mWebView.addJavascriptInterface(new AndroidJavaInterface(), "JavaInterface");

Is this webview is same as the chrome.? If I am loading any URL into this webview using loadurl() method, and running in two different devices, Is the webview is same in all the devices?. I think it will run on the customized mWebView or Is the app pick the device's default browser for loading URL?

EDIT 1: I have created the webview in android version 2.2. That is API 8. If I am running the app in android 4.1 device. Is the webview version is changed or the webview is remain same for all the devices with different versions?

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Solution 1:^[1]

No, Webview widget is not Chrome.

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You can implement a WebView adding some behaviour like Javascript and Java, but IT WILL NEVER BE LIKE A BROWSER (less performance,less capability...).

Solution 3:^[3]

Well according to my knowledge WebView and Chrome browser are different.

WebView is an Android widget which is used to display local and remote web pages. Even though it has got some features of a browser like rendering JavaScript, it cannot be considered as a fully fledged browser.

Please refer Developer Site for more details.

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Solution 1	Marcin Orlowski
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