Is there a way to have a Webkit browser within an AIR app with JS/HTML only?

Question

I want to build an AIR app and embed a webkit browser while not using flex/flash, just Javascript and HTML. Is it possible? If so, how? If not, why not?

Answer 1

AFAIK AIR includes a webkit instance, so you can definitely make html-based AIR apps, here's Adobe's instructions for doing it in Dreamweaver:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7f7f.html

and here's how to do it with the SDK:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7ecc.html

Answer 2

Yes, it's possible. There's no need to embed WebKit, as it's baked into Adobe AIR.