You will have noticed that years ago certain applications were closed on your device, which did not look good when you saw a small box notifying you of what happened. This has been improving thanks to the different corrections by the manufacturers, who were debugging the Android version used.
One of the many errors that existed had to do with WebView, including the unexpected closure of Gmail, a headache for millions of people around the world. WebView was that problem, whose unexpected closing He made him look at the different solutions as long as this did not happen again throughout the day.
Let's explain what is Android WebView and what is it for, in addition to the different solutions if this error that brought many millions of people around the world to their heads was repeated again. It is an integrated component, so getting to it is not going to be easy, let alone making small adjustments with this aforementioned "component" of the software.
What is WebView
As we mentioned earlier, WebView is a component of the operating system in Android. It is implemented with all apps, which will make them display web content without having to open the web browser on your phone. This is the case of certain applications, which use it, among them are services such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter itself, not being the only ones that make use of WebView on Android, others less known to you also do so on your device. .
With reference to Chrome (Google), this uses the technology with which to show the results in the environment of the application itself. It is recommended to update WebView, which will under Android updates, fixes and a handful of things that you have to update for its best performance.
WebView integration with tools (apps) It is excellent, the aforementioned always acting on them and it is not an application to use. Being a complement, it limits itself to doing its job, throwing errors if it sees that something is not acting correctly in the Android operating system.
WebView problems over time
There is no good memory of WebView by the developers nor by the millions of users who were affected by this aforementioned add-on. A service that will be remembered for this will be Gmail, an app that gave a lot of trouble to those who used it on their device.
But it is not the only one, another email management service was affected, specifically Microsoft's Outlook, also due to the same thing. It is recommended to remove the update of WebView, especially if you are going through one of the updates sent by the manufacturer, which can still happen today.
To disable WebView updates on Android, Do the following:
- The first and essential thing is to unlock the phone
- After this, go to the “Settings” of your device
- Go to “Applications” and then click on “Show system”
- Locate “Android System WebView” and click on this setting
- After that, you have to remove the updates, click "Disable" and that's it
Another option to find this quickly is to use the settings search engineOnce you enter, put "WebView", if you do you will enter "WebView" directly, remove automatic system updates. Once this is done, it will not update unless you activate it again on your Android device, which is one of the recommendations that many of the many experts in the field usually make so that it does not show or throw an error.
What is WebView for?
Its operation is none other than being a useful component with the load of different media of the web page that determines the app. Google itself says that "they lack some of the features of full-fledged browsers", including for example its application, which is Google Chrome.
This well-known tweak will make it load quickly to display content smoothly and with hardly any load, the positive thing is that many programs make use of it. It is very useful for different developers, which have this function, which can be activated if desired once the project is finished and they want to count on your help.
It is recommended to update this service, available in the updates that are made on Android, it is only accessible on Android, also visible if you activate the developer options. If you see that it is causing problems, you will always have to deactivate this, which is done in just under four or five steps.
How to update WebView
The easiest way to update WebView is none other than going through the Play Store, is a component, so doing this manually will take a series of steps. The Google Play store is usually the perfect place to find it, the same happens with others that we have to update their version.
After doing this, it is advisable to restart the device, since it needs it to reinstall some small settings. The user just has to press the button and wait for it to start again, the same happens if you update the entire system, which is recommended.
To update the WebView, do the following:
- The first step is to enter the Play Store, google store
- Click on the button with the three horizontal lines in the upper left to open the menu
- You have to access the “Applications and games” option, once inside it will show you different options, the less important
- Check that there is an update for WebView, if not, you should look at it later, since it is not usually updated much, at least not what Google would like
- If it appears, click "Update" and wait a reasonable time, especially if you want to carry out the process and restart a little later
