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Torne: we don't have a way for service workers to be activated in webview other than directly by a page that's currently being shown
Torne: it's extremely nontrivial to design :/
Torne: sync in particular is very hard because the sync event would have to come from *the embedding app*
Torne: not from chrome
Torne: so the app would have to have registered for sync, and then when that happens, tell webview somehow
Torne: in a way that can start up the right service workers
Torne: right now the only use of service worker that really makes sense in webview is the cache api
Torne: and even that has some open questions assocaited
ccapndave: Chrome for Android can do background sync though, can it?
Torne: yes, because *chrome* registers as needing sync, notifications, push, etc
Torne: on websites' behalf