[Bug]:

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Capacitor Version

$ npx cap doctor
[warn] The bundledWebRuntime configuration option has been deprecated. Can be safely deleted.
💊 Capacitor Doctor 💊

Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: unknown
@capacitor/core: unknown
@capacitor/android: unknown
@capacitor/ios: unknown

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.1.1
@capacitor/core: 6.1.1
@capacitor/android: 6.1.1
@capacitor/ios: 6.1.1

[success] iOS looking great! 👌
[success] Android looking great! 👌

Other API Details

$ npm --version
10.9.2
$ node --version
v23.5.0

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

I have the following crash:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unknown feature WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER
       at androidx.webkit.internal.WebViewFeatureInternal.isSupported(WebViewFeatureInternal.java:628)
       at androidx.webkit.internal.WebViewFeatureInternal.isSupported(WebViewFeatureInternal.java:597)
       at androidx.webkit.WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.java:591)
       at com.getcapacitor.MessageHandler.<init>(MessageHandler.java:26)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.<init>(Bridge.java:220)
       at com.getcapacitor.Bridge$Builder.create(Bridge.java:1560)
       at com.getcapacitor.BridgeFragment.load(BridgeFragment.java:86)

when running on Chromebooks with Android 11. Specifically:

• 96% - Google Cros:
  • 83% -AMD Stoney Ridge Chromebook
  • 9% - Intel Jasper Lake Chromebook
  • 4% - Intel Gemini Lake Chromebook
• 4% - Hewlett-Packard
  • 4% - 1650

Expected Behavior

Capacitor should not crash when a

Project Reproduction

I can't reproduce this because I don't have a Chromebook running Android 11

Additional Information

This code still exists in 7.0.1's MessageHandler.java, so I suspect this is still a 7.0.1 bug.

I suggest the following:

boolean isWebMessageListenerSupported = false;
try {
  isWebMessageListenerSupported = WebViewFeature.isFeatureSupported(WebViewFeature.WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER)
} catch (Throwable ignored) {
  // Some WebView installs throw exceptions when we inquire about features it doesn't know about
  // Example: RuntimeException - Unknown feature WEB_MESSAGE_LISTENER
}
if (isWebMessageListenerSupported && !bridge.getConfig().isUsingLegacyBridge()) {
...

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Related stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/q/73163645/9636