This includes Gmail — which many users are seeing broken right now — and many other third-party applications. Users are advised to visit the web interface: “We are aware of an issue with WebView causing some apps on Android to crash. Uninstall Android System WebView if your Android apps keep crashing. Google looks to have rolled out a bad update to Android System WebView. I would like to load a webpage in webview but i need it to be hidden from the user's view. On Android SDK, Javascript runs in a WebView. The Android System WebView is an inbuilt browser in the operating system which allows the user to view the web content within the application. By The Nation. All rights reserved.