PSA: In the event that your Android apps keep slamming, upgrade ‘WebView’ and Chrome [Lasting fix]
A expansive number of Android clients over the past few hours have been experiencing ceaseless Gmail and other app shutdowns, with a few finding that uninstalling Android Framework WebView will halt the crashing. Update 3/23: Fair after 11 p.m. PT on Monday, Google issued a lasting settle for the app slamming issue. It includes upgrading both Android Framework WebView and Chrome to adaptation 89.0.4389.105: 1. Open the Play Store app 2. Search for “ Android System WebView “ 3. Select Update If it doesn’t say “Update,” skip this step 4. Repeat these steps for “ Google Chrome “ Google has since affirmed that the unforeseen app crashes were the result of a awful overhaul to the WebView framework component, which was pulled recently evening and supplanted by the unused forms said above. The company also provided a fix for rare cases on Android 10 or 11 where a manual update of WebView or Chrome “may fail to complete.” Go to Settings > A...