WebView Android doesn't support Background Sync #25732
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Summary
WebView Android doesn't support Background Sync
Test results and supporting details
The evidence is in #18211.
In particular, this bug disabled Background Sync in WebView in 2016, and a comment from 2019 confirmed "no plans to support Background Sync in WebView right now".
Related issues
Fixes #18211.