Android App Crashing – Gmail, Whatsapp, Twitter Crashing – Here is how to fix it.

There is a component named Android System WebView that is being used in many Android applications including Gmail, Whatsapp, Twitter and others to display web content. A bug in the Android System WebView was causing it to crash the Applications. Google recently fixed this issue.

In order to fix this in your Android Phone, you need to update the Android System WebView and also Google Chrome from the Google Play Store.

Here are the steps to update both components on your android mobile:

1. Navigate to the Play Store app – Google Play Store.
2. Search for Android System WebView
3. Select the “Update” option
4. Repeat these steps for Google Chrome

Android Apps Crashing – Gmail, Chrome, Whatsapp, Twitter and other

People started to face crashes with many android applications which uses android System WebView and this include a long list of applications, some of them includes Gmail, Chrome, Whatsapp, Twitter. This started on Monday 22 March, 2021 and many people reported the issue on social media.

Update from Google on the Android App Crash and Fix

Google updated about the issue

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support,

Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.

What to do if you are not able to update the Android System WebView

If you are not able to update the Android System WebView, as a temporary solution you can try clearing the cache of the Android WebView from the App Settings.

Or you can try uinstalling the buggy version of the application.