Error Inflating Class Android.webkit.webview Crash On Lollipop When Opening Pdf

In my app I encountered said Error during auto-tests. I'm attempting to show a PDF from an URL in a WebView which causes this crash on devices running Android 5 Lollipop. The full

Solution 1:

It seems that this problem is known when used Android Lollipop.

Did you try these solutions ? android.view.InflateException Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView

Solution 2:

update your appcompat version to 1.2.0-alpha03.

 implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0-alpha03"

Solution 3:

A bit late, but here is a workaround that should work:

(add to your Activity class that contains the WebView)

@OverridepublicvoidapplyOverrideConfiguration(Configuration configuration) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M
                && getResources().getConfiguration().uiMode == WikipediaApp.getInstance().getResources().getConfiguration().uiMode) {
            return;
        }
        super.applyOverrideConfiguration(configuration);
    }

Solution 4:

Just add this new dependencies:

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0-beta01'
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.2.0-beta01'

The documentation says:

Fixed an issue where androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0 crashes webview when webview is long pressed (b/141351441)

Solution 5:

You made a mistake when writing.

`WebView webView = view.findViewById(R.id.web_view_license);

It should be WebView = (WebView)view.findViewById(R.id.web_view_license);