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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Olivier Tilloy
<olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In the course of fixing https://launchpad.net/bugs/1399601, the
> WebView.getUAString() API is shortly going to be removed from version
> 0.2 of the Ubuntu.Web module.

The API removal now landed in vivid and RTM. Online docs will be updated.


> This change shouldn’t affect anyone, as I have verified that no
> application in the store currently uses it.
>
> Note that this isn’t following the normal process of marking an API
> deprecated for some time, then dropping it in a later version. We’re
> doing this because the API is broken by design, and because no-one
> uses it as of today.
>
> Also note that if your application uses version 0.1 of the module
> (named Ubuntu.Components.Extras.Browser), it won’t be affected.
>
> If you need to override the default user agent string in your
> application, have a look at
> http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-14.10/Ubuntu.Web.WebContext/#userAgent-prop.
>
> Questions and concerns welcome!
> Cheers,
>
>  Olivier