Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, and Twitter are a few popular Android apps that use Android System WebView for showing web-based content. If you’ve used any of these apps, you’ve likely experienced ...

Android System WebView has been a massive topic in the past few days, particularly as smartphone users that run the open-sourced operating system from Google have been crashing apps like YouTube ...

Update (8:26 PM ET): Google has confirmed the issue and its link to the WebView app. According to a spokesperson, "We are aware of an issue with WebView causing some apps on Android to crash.

Update: Google has said that it has fixed the WebView bug. You should update the Android System WebView app and Google Chrome through the Google Play Store to resolve the issue. If you’re using ...

Modern Android phones hide a menu called Developer Options. Most people never touch it. But if you've ever wanted to understand what your phone is doing under the hood, this is where you look.

An odd bug last month saw random Android apps crashing left and right for seemingly no reason at all. It was eventually and correctly traced to Android's WebView component and, fortunately, some ...

Facebook wants to address how every time Android System WebView is updated via the Play Store, apps that use it crash as part of the natural upgrade process. In the future, there will just be one ...

Android apps were crashing for some users, but Google now has a fix. The issue is due to a system component called Android System WebView that lets Android apps display web content.

They suggest that if you are running Android 12 Beta 1 and are seeing random app crashes and problems, just disable Android System WebView then reenable. It’s a nice easy fix that isn’t too ...

WebView-based apps can store data through APIs like localstorage, WebSQL, and indexedDB, and apps that use these APIs will suddenly stop finding their data after the user upgrades to Chrome 79.