Webview crashes when displaying a youtube video

Question

After updating to 8.0 we get a crash so far we haven\'t seen before:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method \'int android.graphics.         


        

Answer 1

Thanks to @breakline's answer, I got this issue worked around! Thanks! But instead of using decoding a bitmap, I just create an empty one and return that:

    setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
        @Override
        public Bitmap getDefaultVideoPoster() {
            return Bitmap.createBitmap(50, 50, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        }
    });

Answer 2

Anyone still wondering instead of downvoting here is the actual fix to this. Since I spent quite some time on this I will post it here.

You need to add the following to your WebChromeClient:

webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
        @Override
        public Bitmap getDefaultVideoPoster() {
            Bitmap icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.black);
            return icon;
        }
    });

Any drawable is fine as long as it is an actual PNG file. If you use a drawable/xml you still get an exception.