{"id":208722,"date":"2021-03-23T11:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/weird-android-bug-is-crashing-a-host-of-apps-heres-how-to-fix-it\/"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:28:51","slug":"weird-android-bug-is-crashing-a-host-of-apps-heres-how-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/weird-android-bug-is-crashing-a-host-of-apps-heres-how-to-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#Weird Android bug is crashing a host of apps \u2014 here\u2019s how to fix it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Weird Android bug is crashing a host of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s \u2014 here\u2019s how to fix it<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                                If you\u2019re using an Android phone, you might be having a frustrating day as many users have reported that multiple apps are crashing, including Gmail and Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>The reason is some unknown bug in the latest update of Android WebView, a component that lets developers show webpages in their apps. In a statement, Google has said it was aware of the issue and working on a patch:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are aware of an issue with WebView causing some apps on Android to crash. We are currently working to fully validate the scope and a fix is in progress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, folks on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerodatgm\/status\/1374102650787143683?s=20\">Twitter<\/a> \u2014 including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerodatgm\/status\/1374102650787143683?s=20\">Samsung\u2019s official account<\/a> \u2014 have suggested a couple of ways to make your apps work for now.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can fix this problem:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to <em>Settings &gt;\u00a0Apps<\/em> on your Android phone.<\/li>\n<li>Search for \u201cAndroid System WebView\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Tap the three-dot menu on the top-right corner and press on \u201cUninstall updates.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1343745 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"664\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_130948-e1616486715216-796x664.jpg\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_130948-e1616486715216-796x664.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_130948-e1616486715216-252x210.jpg 252w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_130948-e1616486715216-324x270.jpg 324w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_130948-e1616486715216-162x135.jpg 162w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_130948-e1616486715216.jpg 1081w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/03\/23\/weird-android-bug-is-crashing-a-host-of-apps-heres-how-to-fix-it\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2021%2F03%2F23%2Fweird-android-bug-is-crashing-a-host-of-apps-heres-how-to-fix-it%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Android System WebView app in phone settings\" data-title=\"Share Android System WebView app in phone settings on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Android System WebView app in phone settings on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Android System WebView app in phone settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This method has fixed the app crashing issue for many folks, but if you are not able to find the app in your settings, use this alternative method:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the Google Play store on your Android phone.<\/li>\n<li>Search for \u201cAndroid System WebView\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Tap\u00a0<em>Uninstall<\/em> on the app\u2019s page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1343744 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_131408-1-796x1751.jpg\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_131408-1-796x1751.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_20210323_131408-1-95x210.jpg 95w, 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System WebView app in Play Store on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Android System WebView app in Play Store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hopefully, Google will issue a fix very soon and you won\u2019t have to perform any hacks to get around the bug. You may want to keep an eye on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/appsstatus#hl=en&amp;v=status\">the Google status dashboard for now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter all about consumer tech? 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