bug: android app crashes when Webview Version is "Developer Build"

[daniel-zero]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.2.2
  @capacitor/core: 5.2.2
  @capacitor/android: 5.2.2
  @capacitor/ios: 5.2.2

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 5.2.2
  @capacitor/android: 5.2.2
  @capacitor/core: 5.2.2
  @capacitor/ios: 5.2.2

Platform(s)

• Android

Current Behavior

The app crashes instantly after starting with the given error

Expected Behavior

Capacitor should handle unknown WebView versions

Code Reproduction

Personally I'm unable to reproduce this issue on my testing devices but I added the crash reports from our customers.

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{de.gratisbroker.android.mobileapp/de.gratisbroker.android.mobileapp.MainActivity}: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "Developer Build"
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2795)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2873)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11()
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1603)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6536)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeImpl(Method.java)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:411)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:468)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:808)

Caused by java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "Developer Build"
       at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:617)
       at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:656)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.isMinimumWebViewInstalled(Bridge.java:299)
       at com.capacitorjs.plugins.splashscreen.SplashScreenPlugin.load(SplashScreenPlugin.java:21)
       at com.getcapacitor.PluginHandle.loadInstance(PluginHandle.java:115)
       at com.getcapacitor.PluginHandle.load(PluginHandle.java:105)
       at com.getcapacitor.PluginHandle.<init>(PluginHandle.java:65)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.registerPlugin(Bridge.java:638)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.registerAllPlugins(Bridge.java:594)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.<init>(Bridge.java:213)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.<init>()
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge$Builder.create(Bridge.java:1513)
       at com.getcapacitor.BridgeActivity.load(BridgeActivity.java:42)
       at com.getcapacitor.BridgeActivity.onCreate(BridgeActivity.java:36)
       at de.gratisbroker.android.mobileapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:35)
       at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7028)
       at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7019)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1219)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2748)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2873)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11()
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1603)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6536)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeImpl(Method.java)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:411)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:468)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:808)

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 9.8.1

node --version output: v18.16.1

pod --version output (iOS issues only):

Additional Context

This issue exists since Capacitor v4: #6144

[jcesarmobile]

It’s a duplicate of the issue you linked, it’s ok to create duplicates if you didn’t find the other issue or you don’t know, but please, don’t create duplicates of issues you already know that exist.