From Android Lollipop 5.0, Google started pushing an app called “Android System Web View”, which they periodically update the device web view. Since Apache Cordova / Adobe PhoneGap is well adopted for building cross platform Mobile apps, this will have significant impact on the apps we’ve already built!
If you’re a Hybrid app developer and supporting Android 5.0 Lollipop & above versions, it’s worth to keep an eye on these updates and test your apps often.
It’s highly recommended to subscribe Chrome Canary beta channel – Android System WebView beta to get the updates early and act accordingly.
You can join Google+ WebView beta community to get latest updates. Android System WebView is supported on Android Lollipop 5.0 & above versions.
How to uninstall the Web View update –
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Tap on the Settings icon.
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Scroll down and tap on Apps or Application Manager.
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Look for Android System WebView under Downloaded page.
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Tap to open the info page.
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Now click on UNINSTALL UPDATES button. This will reset the web view.
NOTE: It’s a temporary solution till you work out a fix for it. If any of your existing app is breaking in the production, you can quickly ask them to uninstall the Android System WebView update.
Hope it helps!
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