I have a WebView where the user can click on links and it will load these url inside this WebView. All is fine until i set the following:
myWebView.getSettings().setLayoutAlgorithm(LayoutAlgorithm.SINGLE_COLUMN);
The reason i’m using this, as it will fit all the content on screen (which i actually just need for images).
It will kill my current activity and restarts the previous. The log looks like this:
02-11 14:32:39.717: INFO/DEBUG(27): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
02-11 14:32:39.717: INFO/DEBUG(27): Build fingerprint: 'generic/google_sdk/generic/:2.1/ERD79/22607:eng/test-keys'
02-11 14:32:39.727: INFO/DEBUG(27): pid: 298, tid: 312 >>> com.mypackage <<<
02-11 14:32:39.727: INFO/DEBUG(27): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), fault addr 00000004
02-11 14:32:39.738: INFO/DEBUG(27): r0 004e6731 r1 00000014 r2 00000001 r3 004e667c
02-11 14:32:39.738: INFO/DEBUG(27): r4 00000004 r5 004e6740 r6 00000000 r7 00000000
02-11 14:32:39.748: INFO/DEBUG(27): r8 45365d88 r9 426b8f1c 10 426b8f04 fp 002d9198
02-11 14:32:39.748: INFO/DEBUG(27): ip 00000000 sp 45364784 lr aa17a1b7 pc aa17e856 cpsr 00000030
02-11 14:32:40.147: INFO/DEBUG(27): #00 pc 0017e856 /system/lib/libwebcore.so
02-11 14:32:40.157: INFO/DEBUG(27): #01 lr aa17a1b7 /system/lib/libwebcore.so
02-11 14:32:40.177: INFO/DEBUG(27): code around pc:
02-11 14:32:40.187: INFO/DEBUG(27): aa17e844 e69eda00 f7ffa813 6f22fb91 b0216ea6
02-11 14:32:40.187: INFO/DEBUG(27): aa17e854 59a00094 1c27bdf0 683b378c 22019903
02-11 14:32:40.187: INFO/DEBUG(27): aa17e864 18471ad0 971b2000 2f00901a da009708
02-11 14:32:40.187: INFO/DEBUG(27): code around lr:
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): aa17a1a4 28004798 1c28d00f fad0f7c4 f0041c28
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): aa17a1b4 9b05f9b1 181f9903 29009705 1c28d00d
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): aa17a1c4 fc68f003 6828e009 680230ac 47901c28
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): stack:
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364744 004e67e0 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364748 00422618 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): 4536474c aa17d25b /system/lib/libwebcore.so
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364750 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.197: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364754 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364758 004e6740 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 4536475c 004e67e0 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364760 004e6740 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364764 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364768 aa17cc95 /system/lib/libwebcore.so
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 4536476c aa17f1e9 /system/lib/libwebcore.so
02-11 14:32:40.207: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364770 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364774 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364778 df002777
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): 4536477c e3a070ad
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364780 004e667c [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): #00 45364784 004e667c [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364788 004e6740 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.217: INFO/DEBUG(27): 4536478c 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.237: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364790 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.237: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364794 aa17a1b7 /system/lib/libwebcore.so
02-11 14:32:40.237: INFO/DEBUG(27): 45364798 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.247: INFO/DEBUG(27): 4536479c 004e63d0 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.247: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647a0 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.257: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647a4 00000001
02-11 14:32:40.257: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647a8 ffffffff
02-11 14:32:40.289: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647ac 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.289: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647b0 00332640 [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.289: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647b4 00000001
02-11 14:32:40.297: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647b8 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.307: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647bc 004e667c [heap]
02-11 14:32:40.307: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647c0 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.307: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647c4 00000000
02-11 14:32:40.307: INFO/DEBUG(27): 453647c8 00000000
02-11 14:32:42.638: INFO/DEBUG(27): debuggerd committing suicide to free the zombie!
It looks like a bug in Android, does anyone know a workaround?
Seems to be fixed since 2.2:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5024&can=1&q=webview%20LayoutAlgorithm&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars