Get continuous scroll events in iOS Chrome

Question

In Safari Mobile on iOS <8, all Javascript was paused while the user was scrolling. Since the release of iOS 8, this is no longer the case, as you can read here:

http://developer.telerik.com/featured/scroll-event-change-ios-8-big-deal/

This is great news. Executing Javascript while scrolling (if done right), opens the possibility for many usability enhancements (like sticky menus) and effects (like parallax).

Is there a way to get the same thing in Chrome Mobile on iOS?

The same website states that the first mobile browser that supported live scroll events was Chrome on Android 4.0. If that's the case, why is it still disabled in the newest Chrome on iOS?

Answer 1

This might be the answer:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423444

If the new Javascript handling is tied to the new Nitro Javascript Engine used in Safari Mobile (and in WKWebView), then we will have continuous scroll events in Chrome Mobile as soon as they switch to use WKWebView instead of UIWebView.

EDIT: As of version 48.0.2564.87, Chrome uses WKWebView on iOS, and continuous scroll events are working!