[Bug]: Crash on Chromebooks running Android 11 in WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER)

[hbordersTwitch]

Capacitor Version

$ npx cap doctor
[warn] The bundledWebRuntime configuration option has been deprecated. Can be safely deleted.
💊 Capacitor Doctor 💊

Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: unknown
@capacitor/core: unknown
@capacitor/android: unknown
@capacitor/ios: unknown

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.1.1
@capacitor/core: 6.1.1
@capacitor/android: 6.1.1
@capacitor/ios: 6.1.1

[success] iOS looking great! 👌
[success] Android looking great! 👌

Other API Details

$ npm --version
10.9.2
$ node --version
v23.5.0

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

I have the following crash:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unknown feature WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER
       at androidx.webkit.internal.WebViewFeatureInternal.isSupported(WebViewFeatureInternal.java:628)
       at androidx.webkit.internal.WebViewFeatureInternal.isSupported(WebViewFeatureInternal.java:597)
       at androidx.webkit.WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.java:591)
       at com.getcapacitor.MessageHandler.<init>(MessageHandler.java:26)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.<init>(Bridge.java:220)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge$Builder.create(Bridge.java:1560)
       at com.getcapacitor.BridgeFragment.load(BridgeFragment.java:86)

when running on Chromebooks with Android 11. Specifically:

• 96% - Google Cros:
  • 83% -AMD Stoney Ridge Chromebook
  • 9% - Intel Jasper Lake Chromebook
  • 4% - Intel Gemini Lake Chromebook
• 4% - Hewlett-Packard
  • 4% - 1650

Expected Behavior

Capacitor should not crash when a

Project Reproduction

I can't reproduce this because I don't have a Chromebook running Android 11

Additional Information

This code still exists in 7.0.1's MessageHandler.java, so I suspect this is still a 7.0.1 bug.

I suggest the following:

boolean isWebMessageListenerSupported = false;
try {
  isWebMessageListenerSupported = WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER)
} catch (Throwable ignored) {
  // Some WebView installs throw exceptions when we inquire about features it doesn't know about
  // Example: RuntimeException - Unknown feature WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER
}
if (isWebMessageListenerSupported && !bridge.getConfig().isUsingLegacyBridge()) {
...

[hbordersTwitch]

Related stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/q/73163645/9636

[markemer]

What versions of Capacitor are you running? 7.0.1? It does seem strange that that would crash when it's the express purpose to check to not crash, but ah, Google, what can you do. Do you have a project that would crash on a Chromebook if we can wrangle one?

Also, can you give this a better title?

[hbordersTwitch]

What versions of Capacitor are you running?

We're running 6.1.2, but based on the crash we're seeing, this would happen on 7.0.1 also.

Do you have a project that would crash on a Chromebook if we can wrangle one?

Since I don't have a chromebook running Android 11 to test this with, I don't know. I unfortunately, can't give the source to the project where I'm experiencing this crash, but I think your default sample project should exhibit the issue as well.

Also, can you give this a better title?

🤦 sorry!