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fix: handle webview provider missing exception #34456

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Expand Up @@ -138,27 +138,11 @@ protected void doInBackgroundGuarded(Void... params) {
// https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=559720
return null;
} catch (Exception exception) {
String message = exception.getMessage();
// We cannot catch MissingWebViewPackageException as it is in a private / system API
// class. This validates the exception's message to ensure we are only handling this
// specific exception.
// The exception class doesn't always contain the correct name as it depends on the OEM
// and OS version. It is better to check the message for clues regarding the exception
// as that is somewhat consistent across OEMs.
// For instance, the Exception thrown on OxygenOS 11 is a RuntimeException but the message
// contains the required strings.
// https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/master/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactory.java#348
if (exception.getClass().getCanonicalName().contains("MissingWebViewPackageException")
|| (message != null
&& (message.contains("WebView provider")
|| message.contains("No WebView installed")
|| message.contains("Cannot load WebView")
|| message.contains("disableWebView")
|| message.contains("WebView is disabled")))) {
return null;
} else {
throw exception;
}
// Fatal exceptions are not good for the user experience,
// a) We will return null for all the other unhandled conditions when a webview provider is not found.
// b) We already have null checks in place for `getCookieManager()` calls.
// c) We have annotated the method as @Nullable to notify future devs about our return type.
return null;
}
}

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