How to enable Android System WebView

What is Android System WebView

The component under review is a shell for the preview of references and work with web applications, which is usually active by default. All the features of this software has already considered one of our authors, and then we will focus on the options for its launch, if for some reason it is disabled.

Method 2: Disconnection Chrome (Android 7.1-9.0)

In the seventh, eighth and ninth versions of the Android function, Webview took Google Chrome - web applications in these options OS are displayed using its engine. Activate the first can be turned off the latter, in 9.0, this is done as follows:

1. Open the "Settings" where you select Applications and Notifications - "Show all applications".



2. In the list of the installed software, find the position "Google Chrome" and tap it.



3. On the program page, click "Disable" and confirm your desire.



Now the software that previously used the chrome engine will be automatically switched to the WebView activated.

What if the Android System WebView does not turn on

Sometimes the instructions above do not work, and the component in question simply refuses to start. This occurs for several reasons, to determine which can be eliminated by following the following steps:

1. First of all, restart your smartphone or tablet - you may have faced a banal bug.
2. Try updating the software: To do this, call Google Play Market, click on three strips at the top of the left and select "My Applications and Games".

   

   Check if there is no web field on the "Updates" tab. If there is no one, go to the "Installed" section, find the appropriate entry there, and click "Refresh".



3. If the update is not available or has not brought the expected effect, make the program cache cleaning: perform steps 1-3 of the first method, but then tap "Storage and Cash", then use the Clear Kesh button.



4. The latter solution to the problem will be resetting the device to factory settings: it may be damaged by the WebView component. Of course, with all the user data will erase, so it will take care of the backup of the most important files.

   Read more: How to reset Android to factory settings