Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView on android 5

Question

I got the following error testing on Android 5.0 (API 21). Tested on other OS versions works well.

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity

Answer 1

This answer I am writing in Mar, 2020, could be changed after that.

In my case , in build.gradle (app level), I changed

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0'

to

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0-alpha02'

and the Problem is solved.

Other configuration I already have, but I didn't change them:-

1. In Gradle project level

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3'

2. And in gradle-wrapper.properties

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip

3. And in gradle app level

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion '29.0.2'
    ...
}

Noting that this solution is tested on real device with android version 5