Fatal Exception: Failed to load WebView provider: No WebView installed

Description

Crash on Android when Android System WebView is disabled.

Here is a PR that fix the issue: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/29089

Fatal Exception: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: android.webkit.WebViewFactory$MissingWebViewPackageException: Failed to load WebView provider: No WebView installed
       at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProviderClass(WebViewFactory.java:435)
       at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProvider(WebViewFactory.java:252)
       at android.webkit.CookieManager.getInstance(CookieManager.java:47)
       at com.facebook.react.modules.network.ForwardingCookieHandler.getCookieManager(ForwardingCookieHandler.java:180)
       at com.facebook.react.modules.network.ForwardingCookieHandler.get(ForwardingCookieHandler.java:58)
       at okhttp3.JavaNetCookieJar.loadForRequest(JavaNetCookieJar.java:61)
       at com.facebook.react.modules.network.ReactCookieJarContainer.loadForRequest(ReactCookieJarContainer.java:44)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.BridgeInterceptor.intercept(BridgeInterceptor.java:84)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.intercept(RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.java:127)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
       at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:121)
       at okhttp3.RealCall.getResponseWithInterceptorChain(RealCall.java:257)
       at okhttp3.RealCall$AsyncCall.execute(RealCall.java:201)
       at okhttp3.internal.NamedRunnable.run(NamedRunnable.java:32)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)

React Native version:

System:
    OS: macOS 11.2.3
    CPU: (8) x64 Apple M1
    Memory: 382.56 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.16.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 7.6.3 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.3
      System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.7042882
    Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_282 - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1
    react-native: ~0.63.4 => 0.63.4
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

1. Go to Settings in your phone (Android)
2. Application manager (or apps)
3. Downloaded / all apps
4. Search for Android System WebView and just disable it.
5. Open your react-native app
6. Your app will crash

Expected Results

No crash

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:

Here is a PR that fix the issue: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/29089

[kyunkakata]

We need this pull request. Hope that it will be merged soon.

[williamgurzoni]

@exploIF Thank you for answering, but it’s happening with user’s phone, so I can’t really enforce it. And actually in my personal phone (Asus), it was disabled by default and no issues. I’m wondering whether it’s just for samsung phones.