Android update - apps closing - short term fix

[PhilGP]

Many people had an update yesterday. Now some apps close immediately.
The bug is in the WebView component. google are working on a fix.

Google fixes issue causing Android apps to crash with updates to Chrome and WebView

Updating to the latest versions of WebView and Chrome solves the issue.

www.theverge.com

Go settings > apps > tap the three dots in the top right corner > show system apps > search for Android System WebView > select Uninstall updates.

 

[Martinr36]

yep, got caught by this, this morning, you can also remove it via the play store, it was causing Accuweather and the Amazon app to crash for me