WebView: Different css interpretation depending on the Android API version

Question

I am using that simple CSS in an Android WebView.

.rounded{
  text-align: center;
  border-radius: 25px;
  border: 2px solid #FFFF014F;
}

It is working totally OK with an API 28 device. But with a 22 API device I am not getting the same result (The border is not being shown at all).

These are the two devices I am using (Both devices have the same resolution):

I suppose the css properties are being interpreted different depeding on the WebView or API version. (I am not sure about that)

I would like to have one single css file working the same way all over the Android versions. So:

Is there a way to correct that?
Is there a documentation where I could find what css properties I can use depending on the API version?

Have you checked that devices using API 22 can support the 8-digit representation for color? For example caniuse.com/#feat=css-rrggbbaa read the notes at the bottom and also please check this bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=618472 and go for @Kosh answer which is most probably more fail-safe over API versions. — user2560539
– user2560539, Commented Mar 22, 2020 at 18:42

Kosh · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-24 02:46:46Z

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Use rgba() color notation. It's supported better than HEX rgba.

Let's convert #FFFF014F :

Red: FF = 255
Green: FF = 255
Blue: 01 = 1
Alpha: 4F = 79/255 = .31

So the result is border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 1, .31);

body {background:navy}

span {
  display:inline-block;
  padding:.5em;
  margin:1em;
  text-align: center;
  border-radius: 25px;
  color:#fff;
}

.hex {border: 2px solid #FFFF014F}
.rgba {border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 1, .31)}

<span class="hex">#FFFF014F</span>
<span class="rgba">rgba(255, 255, 1, .31)</span>

edited Mar 24, 2020 at 2:46

answered Mar 17, 2020 at 17:17

Kosh

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