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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 697382
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Closed: Dec 14
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OS: Android
Pri: 3
Type: Bug



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Android web view beta is always disabled

Reported by jackvers...@gmail.com, Dec 13

Issue description

THIS TEMPLATE IS FOR FILING BUGS ON THE ANDROID SYSTEM WEBVIEW. GENERAL WEB
BUGS SHOULD BE FILED USING A DIFFERENT TEMPLATE!

Device name:htc u12 plus
Android version:8.0
WebView version (from system settings -> Apps -> Android System WebView):
Application:
Application version:

URLs (if applicable):



Steps to reproduce:
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Expected result:


Actual result:


 
bugreport-imeuhl_00617-OPR1.170623.032-2018-12-13-10-12-31.zip
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Cc: nyerramilli@chromium.org chelamcherla@chromium.org
Labels: Needs-triage-Mobile WV-Triaged
Thanks for the report. Please follow the below steps for WebView --

In Android N the WebView and Chrome packages were combined in order to reduce the update size for users. Updating Chrome also updates WebView. This means that in the Play store the WebView package will appear to be permanently disabled. The Play store WebView entry is only relevant for users with older operating systems, and users who have decided to disable Chrome.

If you need, or are being asked by an application, to update WebView, the action you should take now is to UPDATE CHROME. This should resolve any issues you are currently experiencing.

We would also like to understand what led you to file this bug so that we can reduce the number of users experiencing this issue and work with application developers to direct users to the correct Play store page.

If an application has directed you to update WebView, and sent you to the WebView page in the Play store to do so, please comment on this bug to tell us which application did so.

Finally, if updating Chrome does not stop the application from redirecting you to the Play store, please also provide that information on this bug.

Thanks!!
Mergedinto: 697382
Status: Duplicate (was: Unconfirmed)
This issue is same as 697382, Hence merging into the original issue.

Updated chrome. It's still disabled. Nothing have prompted me to update it.
I honestly don't even know of my phone needs it. It's just there and I
can't uninstall it either. I can just learn to ignore it as normal I
suppose. Hopefully it will be gone when I get the pie update

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 7:47 PM nyerrami… via monorail <
monorail+v2.1710364441@chromium.org wrote:
Updating Chrome is how you update WebView - Chrome is used instead, to save you downloading extra data. WebView is supposed to be disabled; there's no need to enable it, and it's not supposed to be gone either; it's there so that the system can re-enable it for users who are in certain configurations where Chrome can't be used, and this happens automatically if it's needed; there's nothing to uninstall as the disabled WebView is just a placeholder, and doesn't take up any space on your phone.

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