Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView when loading webview

Question

I've never encountered this problem before, and my setup is pretty much the same as previous occasions.

The error its self is:

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: 
    Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView

I am launching a WebView in an XML file like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    >

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/facebookWebview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:paddingBottom="0dp"
        android:paddingLeft="0dp"
        android:paddingRight="0dp"
        android:paddingTop="0dp" />

</RelativeLayout>

I am using tab fragments, and the fragment that launches the xml file is like so:

public class FragmentTab1 extends Fragment{

    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tabfacebook, container, false);

        // allocate and instanciate webview
        WebView webView = (WebView) view.findViewById(R.id.facebookWebview);
        webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

        // load fb url into it
        webView.loadUrl("https://www.facebook.com/urlinhere");

        webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){

            @Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {

                Log.d("TAG", " ==> " + url);
                view.loadUrl(url);
                return true;
            }

        });

        return view;
    }
}

Again, this is as I have always done it. I have commented out the bulk of this code to see if the problem is here, however it is in the XML file not the .java file.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: Entire stack trace

09-07 09:19:06.870    1150-1150/ourpackage.com.ourpackage E/WebViewFactory﹕ Chromium WebView does not exist
09-07 09:19:06.910    1150-1150/ourpackage.com.ourpackage E/WebViewFactory﹕ Chromium WebView does not exist
09-07 09:19:06.910    1150-1150/ourpackage.com.ourpackage D/AndroidRuntime﹕ Shutting down VM
09-07 09:19:06.910    1150-1150/ourpackage.com.ourpackage W/dalvikvm﹕ threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xb1a46d70)


android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:620)
            at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:57)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:669)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:694)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
            at ourpackage.com.ourpackage.FragmentTab1.onCreateView(FragmentTab1.java:22)
            at android.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1701)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:890)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1063)
            at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:684)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1448)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:443)
            at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5026)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:777)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:602)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594)
            at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:57)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:669)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:694)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
            at ourpackage.com.ourpackage.FragmentTab1.onCreateView(FragmentTab1.java:22)
            at android.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1701)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:890)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1063)
            at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:684)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1448)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:443)
            at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5026)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:777)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:602)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
            at com.android.webview.nullwebview.NullWebViewFactoryProvider.createWebView(NullWebViewFactoryProvider.java:41)
            at android.webkit.WebView.ensureProviderCreated(WebView.java:2058)
            at android.webkit.WebView.setOverScrollMode(WebView.java:2116)
            at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3461)
            at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3517)
            at android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:470)
            at android.widget.AbsoluteLayout.<init>(AbsoluteLayout.java:52)
            at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:498)
            at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:475)
            at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:455)
            at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:444)
            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594)
            at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:57)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:669)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:694)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
            at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
            at ourpackage.com.ourpackage.FragmentTab1.onCreateView(FragmentTab1.java:22)
            at android.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1701)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:890)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1063)
            at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:684)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1448)
            at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:443)
            at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5026)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:777)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:602)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I have checked my SDK Manager and everything is up to date in there

@JohnnyAW hey, line 22 of the java file (?) is `View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tabfacebook, container, false);` unless you mean a different line 22? — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 09:34
Just a quick guess, do you have INTERNET permission included in your manifest? — woot, Sep 07 '14 at 09:36
@TomR. I have `` in there, still crashing with the same error — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 09:39
Are you sure your project do not contains other layout folders to support multiple screen size for the same layout? — Mohamed Fadl Allah, Sep 07 '14 at 09:41
just tested your code on a default activity, and it worked, maybe try to clean the project or something... — JohnnyAW, Sep 07 '14 at 09:42
@MohamedFadlAllah Hey, I have just started the project from scratch when I posted this - I dont think I have any other layout folders in there. — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 09:43
@JohnnyAW how strange. Im using android studio if that makes a difference? — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 09:43
@JoshBoothe please post your manifest file as well, perhaps this is related to the theme set on the Activity. — woot, Sep 07 '14 at 09:43
what happens if you create a new WebView and pass it to setContentView? — pskink, Sep 07 '14 at 09:46
Try to update your code to the following View view = ((LayoutInflater) getActivity() .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)) .inflate(R.layout.tabfacebook, container, false); — Mohamed Fadl Allah, Sep 07 '14 at 09:51
@MohamedFadlAllah thanks for the suggestion - however still crashing with same error — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 09:54
so what if you create it dynamically, like @pskink suggested? — JohnnyAW, Sep 07 '14 at 09:58
@JohnnyAW i'm not entirely sure how to do this - looking it up on google now — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 10:01
@JohnnyAW Are you by any chance running this on an emulator? make sure you are not running it on an Android Wear emulator.. — woot, Sep 07 '14 at 10:11
@TomR. I have updated my post to include the full code. Looking at the emulator, it says: `Android 4.4W, Android Wear ARM` - im guessing then that I shouldn't be using this? — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 10:12
This is the problem, of course the Android Wear emulator does not support Chromium, hence the error.. — woot, Sep 07 '14 at 10:13
@JohnnyAW apologies for the wrong mentions.. I was referring to JoshBoothe obviously, but cannot edit the comments anymore. — woot, Sep 07 '14 at 10:19
@TomR. thank you very much for your perseverance! And everyone else - I would never have even looked into this as the issue so thanks! I was unaware that Android Wear is just that, you 'wear' it! Thanks for the heads up! — Josh Boothe, Sep 07 '14 at 10:21
Sure thing, feel free to answer your own question in case others encounter a similar issue in the future. — woot, Sep 07 '14 at 10:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '14 at 10:29

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Credit to Tom R for the answer.

In case anybody else encounters a similar problem, check what emulator you are running.

It appears I was running the emulator for Android Wear, more info can be found here on this if you are unaware.

It was fixed by changing this to just the standard ARM CPU from Wear ARM

answered Sep 07 '14 at 10:29

Josh Boothe

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Thanks, that helped me a bit. Unfortunately I'm facing the same error and stacktrace in a different environment: I have a live app and randomly get those crash reports in HockeyApp. They're distributed over a variant of devices but notably mostly Nexus devices. My app does not have a wear module or anything like this. Any ideas? – Matthias Wenz May 15 '15 at 09:11
@MatthiasWenz did you get any solution for this? – Ayman Mahgoub Sep 02 '15 at 12:37
@AymanMahgoub unfortunately not. The error keeps persisting and we can't track it down. – Matthias Wenz Sep 03 '15 at 12:08
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seems http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31732169/error-inflating-class-android-webkit-webview-happens-sporadically-in-production has explanation. – lannyf Oct 28 '15 at 15:28

Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView when loading webview

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