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GeckoView wraps Mozilla's Gecko browser engine in a reusable Android library.

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-'''GeckoView is [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/ Firefox Quantum's] engine, packaged as a reusable Android library.'''
+'''GeckoView''' wraps Mozilla's [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software) Gecko browser engine] in a reusable Android library.
-Mozilla uses GeckoView to power [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/09/18/firefox-reality-now-available/ Firefox Reality], [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/mobile/#focus Firefox Focus], and more.
+Mozilla uses GeckoView to power [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/09/18/firefox-reality-now-available/ Firefox Reality], [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/mobile/#focus Firefox Focus], and other Android apps. GeckoView serves a similar purpose to Android's built-in WebView, but it has its own APIs and is ''not'' a drop in replacement.
-GeckoView serves a similar purpose to Android's built-in WebView, but it has its own APIs and is ''not'' a drop in replacement.
 == Why GeckoView? ==