Rendering multiple Webviews with injected JS causes a crash on Android

[emeraldsanto]

Bug description:
My app loads data from an API that is shared with the web version of our app which is why I am using webviews to directly render the HTML contents. Each paragraph of an article has its own webview as I need to render ad banners between them. Sometimes the webviews will load correctly and the app will only crash once I try to go back to the previous screen (using React Navigation) and at other times it will crash before even showing the webviews on screen.

To Reproduce:
Load enough embedded tweets with the Twitter JS script inside webviews. I will try to post a Snack later.

Expected behavior:
Page loads correctly at all times, without crashing.

Screenshots/Videos:
Stacktrace from Android Studio:

Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0x1c in tid 13662 (RenderThread), pid 13634 (com.example)
Build fingerprint: 'google/sdk_gphone_x86/generic_x86:9/PSR1.180720.093/5456446:userdebug/dev-keys'
Revision: '0'
ABI: 'x86'
pid: 13634, tid: 13662, name: RenderThread  >>> com.example <<<
signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0x1c
Cause: null pointer dereference
    eax e7a959c0  ebx f0a794a0  ecx f0a6994c  edx 00000002
    edi efcbbd9c  esi 00000000
    ebp d314a7e8  esp d314a7d0  eip f07edeea
backtrace:
    #00 pc 0060ceea  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkSurface::getCanvas()+26)
    #01 pc 0009b53d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::GLFunctorDrawable::onDraw(SkCanvas*)+3357)
    #02 pc 005200f7  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+279)
    #03 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #04 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #05 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #06 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #07 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #08 pc 0052006d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+141)
    #09 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #10 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #11 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #12 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #13 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #14 pc 0052006d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+141)
    #15 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #16 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #17 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #18 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #19 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #20 pc 0052006d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+141)
    #21 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #22 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #23 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #24 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #25 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #26 pc 0052006d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+141)
    #27 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #28 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #29 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #30 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #31 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #32 pc 0052006d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+141)
    #33 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #34 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #35 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #36 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #37 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #38 pc 0052006d  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkDrawable::draw(SkCanvas*, SkMatrix const*)+141)
    #39 pc 0051c9a6  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::onDrawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+38)
    #40 pc 00178318  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkCanvas::drawDrawable(SkDrawable*, SkMatrix const*)+344)
    #41 pc 005208f5  /system/lib/libhwui.so (SkLiteDL::draw(SkCanvas*) const+229)
    #42 pc 004fe090  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::drawContent(SkCanvas*) const+352)
    #43 pc 004fe51f  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::RenderNodeDrawable::forceDraw(SkCanvas*)+287)
    #44 pc 000a655e  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::SkiaPipeline::renderLayersImpl(android::uirenderer::LayerUpdateQueue const&, bool, bool)+862)
    #45 pc 00546e44  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::SkiaPipeline::renderFrame(android::uirenderer::LayerUpdateQueue const&, SkRect const&, std::__1::vector<android::sp<android::uirenderer::RenderNode>, std::__1::allocator<android::sp<android::uirenderer::RenderNode>>> const&, bool, bool, android::uirenderer::Rect const&, sk_sp<SkSurface>)+84)
    #46 pc 00545e39  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::skiapipeline::SkiaOpenGLPipeline::draw(android::uirenderer::renderthread::Frame const&, SkRect const&, SkRect const&, android::uirenderer::FrameBuilder::LightGeometry const&, android::uirenderer::LayerUpdateQueue*, android::uirenderer::Rect const&, bool, bool, android::uirenderer::BakedOpRenderer::LightInfo const&, std::__1::vector<android::sp<android::uirenderer::RenderNode>, std::__1::allocator<android::sp<android::uirenderer::RenderNode>>
    #47 pc 000b2e76  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::renderthread::CanvasContext::draw()+262)
    #48 pc 0054bd02  /system/lib/libhwui.so (_ZNSt3__110__function6__funcIZN7android10uirenderer12renderthread13DrawFrameTask11postAndWaitEvE3$_0NS_9allocatorIS6_EEFvvEEclEv$c303f2d2360db58ed70a2d0ac7ed911b+898)
    #49 pc 004fd4c2  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::WorkQueue::process()+242)
    #50 pc 000c454a  /system/lib/libhwui.so (android::uirenderer::renderthread::RenderThread::threadLoop()+314)
    #51 pc 0000e616  /system/lib/libutils.so (android::Thread::_threadLoop(void*)+326)
    #52 pc 0000df76  /system/lib/libutils.so (thread_data_t::trampoline(thread_data_t const*)+246)
    #53 pc 0008f065  /system/lib/libc.so (__pthread_start(void*)+53)

Environment:

• OS: MacOS
• OS version: Mojave
• react-native version: ^0.59.8
• react-native-webview version: ^5.11.0

[paranoiagu]

i have the same problem.

[emeraldsanto]

After a little more digging, I have found a solution (or at least a workaround ?). Turns out there is this hardwareAccelerationDisabledAndroid prop which is a boolean. I tried setting it to true and it seems to have fixed the problem for now!

<Webview
    hardwareAccelerationDisabledAndroid={true}
    ... />

[Embraser01]

Related to #575