Recently, we've started seeing this new entry in our crashlytics which says that android can't find the webview package on the device.
Here's the full stacktrace (classes from our source code have been replaced with ..... :
Fatal Exception: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #139: Binary XML file line #139: Error inflating class <unknown>
Caused by android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #139: Error inflating class <unknown>
Caused by java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Constructor.java)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:430)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:645)
at g.a.a.a.d.a(SourceFile:211)
at g.a.a.a.d.a(SourceFile:20)
at g.a.a.a.d$a.onCreateView(SourceFile:302)
at android.view.LayoutInflater$FactoryMerger.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:189)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:777)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:727)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:858)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:518)
at g.a.a.a.d.inflate(SourceFile:60)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:426)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:377)
at ......(SourceFile:148)
at ......(SourceFile:119)
at ......(SourceFile:28)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.a(SourceFile:1034)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.a(SourceFile:1182)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.c(SourceFile:1116)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(SourceFile:1642)
at ....(SourceFile:27)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.widget.ScrollView.measureChildWithMargins(ScrollView.java:1320)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.widget.ScrollView.onMeasure(ScrollView.java:345)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(SourceFile:1658)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:825)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:511)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onMeasure(SourceFile:1081)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.support.v7.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(SourceFile:139)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onMeasure(DecorView.java:716)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:2659)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1600)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1873)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1485)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:7078)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:910)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:712)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:646)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:896)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:836)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:203)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6369)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1088)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:949)
Caused by android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: android.webkit.WebViewFactory$MissingWebViewPackageException: Failed to load WebView provider: No WebView installed
at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProviderClass(WebViewFactory.java:395)
at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProvider(WebViewFactory.java:194)
at android.webkit.WebView.getFactory(WebView.java:2592)
at android.webkit.WebView.findAddress(WebView.java:1958)
at android.text.util.Linkify.gatherMapLinks(Linkify.java:599)
at android.text.util.Linkify.addLinks(Linkify.java:287)
at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:4474)
at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:4395)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:1472)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:727)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:723)
at me.grantland.widget.AutofitTextView.<init>(SourceFile:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Constructor.java)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:430)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:645)
at g.a.a.a.d.a(SourceFile:211)
at g.a.a.a.d.a(SourceFile:20)
at g.a.a.a.d$a.onCreateView(SourceFile:302)
at android.view.LayoutInflater$FactoryMerger.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:189)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:777)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:727)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:858)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:518)
at g.a.a.a.d.inflate(SourceFile:60)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:426)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:377)
at ....(SourceFile:148)
at ....(SourceFile:119)
at ....(SourceFile:28)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.a(SourceFile:1034)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.a(SourceFile:1182)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.c(SourceFile:1116)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(SourceFile:1642)
at ....(SourceFile:27)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.widget.ScrollView.measureChildWithMargins(ScrollView.java:1320)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.widget.ScrollView.onMeasure(ScrollView.java:345)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(SourceFile:1658)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:825)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:511)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onMeasure(SourceFile:1081)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.support.v7.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(SourceFile:139)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onMeasure(DecorView.java:716)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:2659)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1600)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1873)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1485)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:7078)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:910)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:712)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:646)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:896)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:836)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:203)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6369)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1088)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:949)
Caused by android.webkit.WebViewFactory$MissingWebViewPackageException: Failed to load WebView provider: No WebView installed
at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getWebViewContextAndSetProvider(WebViewFactory.java:294)
at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProviderClass(WebViewFactory.java:354)
at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProvider(WebViewFactory.java:194)
at android.webkit.WebView.getFactory(WebView.java:2592)
at android.webkit.WebView.findAddress(WebView.java:1958)
at android.text.util.Linkify.gatherMapLinks(Linkify.java:599)
at android.text.util.Linkify.addLinks(Linkify.java:287)
at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:4474)
at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:4395)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:1472)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:727)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:723)
at me.grantland.widget.AutofitTextView.<init>(SourceFile:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Constructor.java)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:430)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:645)
at g.a.a.a.d.a(SourceFile:211)
at g.a.a.a.d.a(SourceFile:20)
at g.a.a.a.d$a.onCreateView(SourceFile:302)
at android.view.LayoutInflater$FactoryMerger.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:189)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:777)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:727)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:858)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:518)
at g.a.a.a.d.inflate(SourceFile:60)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:426)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:377)
at ....(SourceFile:148)
at ....(SourceFile:119)
at ....(SourceFile:28)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.a(SourceFile:1034)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.a(SourceFile:1182)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.c(SourceFile:1116)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(SourceFile:1642)
at ....(SourceFile:27)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.widget.ScrollView.measureChildWithMargins(ScrollView.java:1320)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.widget.ScrollView.onMeasure(ScrollView.java:345)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(SourceFile:1658)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:825)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:511)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onMeasure(SourceFile:1081)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.support.v7.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(SourceFile:139)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1705)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:797)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:657)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:6249)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:214)
at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onMeasure(DecorView.java:716)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:20234)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:2659)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1600)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1873)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1485)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:7078)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:910)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:712)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:646)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:896)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:836)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:203)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6369)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1088)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:949)
We are seeing this on :
Android versions : 5,6,7
Devices Manufacturers: Lenovo, oneplus, samsung, motorola
And, the devices are not rooted.
After searching for a while, I am not able to find any appropriate cause (and handling) for this. Went through this question also but it doesn't have any solution.
Please help.
Edit : This is happening for a lot of our users, so I can't go and tell everyone to check/install webiew from the play store. Is there a better solution for this?
I figured out a probable problem here. As we know that webview has been shipping as a separate app from android 5.0, it may be the case that at the time my view is being inflated, the webview package is being updated by the os and therefore it can't find the webview pacakge for those few moments. I know it's a very borderline case but
So here's what I did (hacky solution but prevents crashes):
try {
// the inflating code that's causing the crash
} catch (Exception e) {
if (e.getMessage() != null && e.getMessage().contains("webview")) {
// If the system failed to inflate this view because of the WebView (which could
// be one of several types of exceptions), it likely means that the system WebView
// is either not present (unlikely) OR in the process of being updated (also unlikely).
// It's unlikely but we have been receiving a lot of crashes.
// In this case, show the user a message and finish the activity
}
}
Basically nothing but handling that exception. No rocket science there.