PSA: Apps Crashing FIX, Android System Webview crashing apps

[AW1228]

 **I noted that my phone ran quite warm under these issues even though I was not charging it. People seem to be reporting the same thing so it is definitely not just coincidence**

FYI I've been experiencing multiple apps crashing on my Galaxy S10 but others are reporting it on other Samsung and OnePlus devices. It turns out you need to uninstall Android System Webview from the Google Play Store, which reverts it back to an older (safer) version where we can wait for a more stable update. My phone was perfectly fine about 6 hours ago but began experiencing instant app crashes/crashes on choosing specific options in-app. Would also have several pop-ups saying background app has crashed or is using more battery/data than expected.

 Apps others and myself have reported to crash: 

 Samsung Email

 TikTok

 Samsung Pay

 Yahoo Finance

 MyTelus

 OneDrive

 Samsung Members (couldn't even post this before uninstalling Webview)

 SmartThings

 Flipboard Briefing

 Gmail

 IMDB

 Yahoo Mail

 Ring Doorbell

 Mail.com App

 Google App

 Swedbank

 Samsung Calendar

 Evil Apples

 #DRIVE

 Traffix 3D

 HSBC Mobile

 Fitbit

 DuckDuckGo

 Pandora

 Google Maps

 Tumblr

 OkCupid

 Samsung Galaxy Store

 Snapchat

 Samsung Health

 Duolingo

 YouTube

 Facebook

 Imgur

 Outlook

 Google Play Store

 Norton 360

 Accuweather

 LinkedIn

 Amazon

 Upday

 Google Chrome

 Trebuchet Launcher

 Paypal

 Relay

 KIK

 Binance

 iFruit App

 The Score

 ESPN

 Viber

 Discord

 1weather

 Instagram

 Samsung Internet

 Google Authenticator

 Twitter

 Reddit

 (Default) SMS Messenger App

 Hotmail

 All4

 The Irish Times

 Genshin Impact

 Clash of Clans

 Angry Birds

 Questrade

 Wells Fargo

 Venmo

 AOL

 Microsoft News

 Webull

 Google Play Books

 Hilton Honors

 Chase Banking

 Facebook Messenger

 Textra

 TD Bank

 Pokemon Go

 Funimation

 Clash Royale

 Castbox

 MyTesla

 Podcast

 Prime Video

 Audible

 Speed Test

 Quora

 Avast Anti-virus

 Smartnews

 Libby

 Joey

 Convert It

 Tournament Challenge

 Xbox Controller

 TradingView

 Dashlane

 NTV

 Pebble

 Alarm Clock Xtreme

 Canvas

 Microsoft Office Apps

 Bleacher Report

 Team Snap

 CIBC Mobile Banking

Cisco Webex Meetings

 Devices others have reported issues on:

 Galaxy A3

 Galaxy A5 2017

 Galaxy A10e

 Galaxy A21s

 Galaxy A50

 Galaxy A51

 Galaxy A70

 Galaxy A71

 Galaxy A90 5G

 Galaxy J7 2017

 Galaxy J8

 Galaxy Tab A 2019

 Galaxy Tab S2

 Galaxy Tab S6 Lite

 Galaxy S7

 Galaxy S7 Edge

 Galaxy S8

 Galaxy S8+

 Galaxy Note 8

 Galaxy S9

 Galaxy S9+

 Galaxy Note 9

 Galaxy S10e

 Galaxy S10

 Galaxy S10+

 Galaxy Note 10+

 Galaxy S20

 Galaxy S20+

 Galaxy S20+ 5G

 Galaxy S20FE

 Galaxy S20FE 5G

 Galaxy S20 Ultra

 Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G

 Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

 Galaxy S21

 Galaxy S21 5G

 Galaxy S21+

 Galaxy S21 Ultra

 Galaxy X Cover Pro

 Galaxy Z Flip

 Galaxy Z Fold 2

 Google Pixel XL

 Google Pixel 2

 Google Pixel 2 XL

 Google Pixel 3

 Google Pixel 3 XL

 Google Pixel 4A

 Google Pixel 4A 5G

 Google Pixel 4 XL

 Google Pixel 5

 OnePlus 5

 OnePlus 5T

 OnePlus 6

 OnePlus 7 Pro

 OnePlus 8

 OnePlus 8T

 OnePlus 8 Pro

 LG G5

 LG G7 ThinQ

 LG G8

 LG V40 ThinQ

 LG Wing

 Huawei Mate 20 Pro

 Oppo 8 Pro

 Oppo R15 Pro

 Motorola Moto Z2 Play

 Motorola Moto X4

 Motorola Razor 2020

 Sony Xperia XZ Premium

 Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro

 Xiaomi Mi 9

 Asus ROG 2

 HTC U11

 Realme 7 Pro

 Updating Webview again seemed to bring the problems back for some apps (did not extensively bother to test everything), but I've had no issues with uninstalling Webview to an older version, nor had anymore crashes.

 Hopefully this helps someone!

 EDIT: For those still struggling to get their phone to work AND have already either disabled/uninstalled Webview, try the same process with Chrome (Webview is powered by Chrome). I only had to uninstall Webview by searching it in the Google Play Store and my problems were immediately resolved.

[WhiteWhitch1]

My husbands phone does not appear to have android Web view in his apps for him to do the uninstall updates solution, can you advise? 

[wdestinee1]

Finally worked when I disable chrome

[wdestinee1]

I tried doing this but dont see android web view in apps. Email still not working

[puresilver84]

Folks, it works ONLY for some devices which have this option. In my case, AW1228 appears to be only disabled and no option to uninstall or anything like that! So, problem is not solved!

[Dagnabbit]

Not useful for me, Webview cannot be removed in anyway whatsoever....

[AW1228]

Try a combination of the above instructions in the replies and disabling or uninstalling Chrome. The issue may have changed over the last few hours

[Dagnabbit]

Uninstalled Google Play Store Updates. Seems to work for now.

[Sanj]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[cmorbach]

Since yesterday apps are crashing as described. Looking into the stackTrace there were thousands of entries about Bixby which I don't even use. I killed all Bixby related background services and deleted all cache and data (Bixby only). I DID NOT uninstall/revert the system WebView. After killing/cleaning BixbyServices there were no crashes anymore. Especially Microsoft Outlook App crashed immediately on load. Now it's working even with all Apps updated.

Other Apps crashed randomly in background:

ntv

Pebble

[Charles2806]

I couldn't update the app, it was "disabled" and wouldn't allow me to do anything with it, so I updated google chrome and that solved the problem.