MIGRATED: App crashes on startup on select environments (Samsung + Android 7 + outdated system WebView) (#18322)

[jamonholmgren]

MIGRATED: App crashes on startup on select environments (Samsung + Android 7 + outdated system WebView) (#18322)

[Ehesp]

This is currently out of our control. Closing for now, however if a fix is discovered please let us know when a reproduction/PR and we'll investigate further 👍

[cristianoccazinsp]

Looks like this crash is back (or was never resolved). Any ideas?

[nishantWM]

Shouldn't this be as simple as adding a check for android.software.webview before calling it? There's a suggested way here

[hzz780]

Failed to load WebView provider: No WebView installed

emmmm, maybe you choose the wrong image.

Please use Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image
Please use Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image
Please use Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 System Image

[hzz780]

It is a sad story.

[lfoliveir4]

Looks like this crash is back (or was never resolved). Any ideas?

[otaviogaiao]

It's happening to my app too. Any workaround ?

[27leaves]

I also just got a crashlytics report about this. (using react-native)

Fatal Exception: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: android.webkit.WebViewFactory$MissingWebViewPackageException: Failed to load WebView provider: No WebView installed
       at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProvider(WebViewFactory.java:363)
       at android.webkit.CookieManager.getInstance(CookieManager.java:50)
       at com.facebook.react.modules.network.ForwardingCookieHandler.getCookieManager(ForwardingCookieHandler.java:136)
       at com.facebook.react.modules.network.ForwardingCookieHandler.get(ForwardingCookieHandler.java:53)
       at okhttp3.JavaNetCookieJar.loadForRequest(JavaNetCookieJar.kt:47)
       at com.facebook.react.modules.network.ReactCookieJarContainer.loadForRequest(ReactCookieJarContainer.java:44)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.BridgeInterceptor.intercept(BridgeInterceptor.kt:74)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.kt:109)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.intercept(RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.kt:76)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.kt:109)
       at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealCall.getResponseWithInterceptorChain$okhttp(RealCall.kt:201)
       at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealCall$AsyncCall.run(RealCall.kt:517)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)