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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Sep 2016
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OS: Android
Pri: 2
Type: Bug-Regression



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Android System Webview disabled on Android N(7.0)

Reported by sanketga...@gmail.com, Sep 8 2016

Issue description

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. On an Android N device, open Play Store.
2. Go to Android System Webview Application
3. Try clicking on enable

What is the expected behavior?
Android System Webview should get enabled

What went wrong?
Enable button is non responsive intermittently and other times it tries to download the webview but after the download finishes, it is back to being disabled.

Did this work before? Yes 

Chrome version: 52.0.2743.116  Channel: stable
OS Version: 7.0
Flash Version:
 
Cc: aluo@chromium.org

Comment 2 by aluo@chromium.org, Sep 22 2016

Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
Thanks for noticing this, this is actually intended behavior for Android N, see  https://developer.android.com/about/versions/nougat/android-7.0.html#webview  In N, Chrome provides WebView functionality for apps, as long as Chrome is enabled, WebView will be disabled.  If you disable Chrome, WebView will be enabled again.  By default Chrome is enabled on the system.

Comment 3 by aluo@chromium.org, Sep 22 2016

 Issue 649128  has been merged into this issue.

Comment 4 by aluo@chromium.org, Sep 22 2016

Components: Mobile>WebView
Also see this answer in the WebView Beta community: https://plus.google.com/112259750878514475519/posts/BvUmeLUTiLD
Thanks aluo

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