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Update WebView renderer docs.
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Update the renderer docs to explain that from Android 11 all devices use
multiprocess mode, regardless of memory.

Change-Id: If4d57689f4fa41f0f5eab2f3b74fccdba92c372a
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4093794
Auto-Submit: Richard Coles <torne@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Nate Fischer <ntfschr@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Nate Fischer <ntfschr@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1081705}
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tornewuff authored and Chromium LUCI CQ committed Dec 9, 2022
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## Out-of-process renderer

Starting in Oreo (API 26) WebView has a single out-of-process renderer (we
sometimes refer to this as "multiprocess mode"). This is enabled for high-memory
devices (low-memory devices still use an in-process renderer as before).
sometimes refer to this as "multiprocess mode"). This is enabled for all 64-bit
devices, for 32-bit devices with high memory, and for all devices starting in
Android 11 (API 31). Low memory 32-bit devices running API26-30 still use an
in-process renderer as before.

The out-of-process renderer is enabled by a new Android API
(`android:externalService`), to create sandboxed processes which run in the
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