Signal 11 SIGSEGV Crash in Galaxy S3 Android WebView
I have a complex, interactive HTML5 in an Android WebView - and it works fine on basically all platforms except Galaxy S3. On Galaxy S3 (Android 4.0.4), once out of every 5 times or so, just after the load completes, /system/lib/libwebcore.so tries to access invalid memory and a Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at [various addresses] (code=1) is thrown.
The HTML5 is a tiny battle where enemies appear and the user slashes them to proceed. In between battles are normal html pages: normal page -> HTML5 battle -> normal page -> HTML5 battle -> normal page -> HTML5 battle. The HTML5 doesn't do anything particularly out-of-the-box - there's a lot of -webkit-animation calls...
.enemy {
position:absolute;
opacity:0;
-webkit-animation:enemyAnim 0.6s linear 0.2s;
}
…that reference a lot of -webkit-keyframes...
@-webkit-keyframes enemyAnim {
from {
-webkit-transform: matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 144.25, 150.25) scale(1, 1);
opacity:1;
}
8.33% {
-webkit-transform: matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 189.406, 102.206) scale(1.3066, 1.3066);
opacity:1;
}
16.66% {
-webkit-transform: matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 200.424, 82.649) scale(1.414, 1.414);
opacity:1;
}
/*…*/
And a fairly complex div tree, but nothing particularly experimental. There's some level of Javascript, but the hangs appear to occur even with all Javascript turned off.
Has anyone ever had a problem with a Galaxy S3 being…different? No Android 2.x devices have this problem, and even a Galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1 doesn't seem to have any particular problem. I've never been tempted to write to Stack Overflow before, but this is really vexing me...
Searching on "Android WebView sigsegv crash" & "4.0.4 WebView sigsegv crash" gives several issues, but:
webview.clearCache()/webView.destroyDrawingCache() don't seem to have an effect (though this hang is clearly a memory issue, adding/removing System.gc()s in various places had no great result) SIGNAL 11 SIGSEGV crash Android
There's no use of canvas as in Strange crash drawing on canvas on Android 4.0.3. A/libc: Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) (Yes I know - calling this page HTML5 is a bit of a stretch)
There's no use of clearView() as in execute WebView.loadurl() after Webview.clearView() multitimes will cause crash
There's no use of preserve-3d as in http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16563
I looked at the changelist for android webkit looking for suspicious fixes after 4.0.4, and thought I had something with the below, but rooting the S3 and taking it to 4.1.1 didn't fix the issue: https://github.com/teamgummy/android_external_webkit/commit/61e0d189f2b74650bf72a6a2820f66a8b17c3d06
Since some of the crashes are occuring during memory free()s, I know that things are being free'd around the time of the crash and my gut feeling is that some things are being freed mid-render that shouldn't be. It's frustrating because SIGSEGVs should be physically impossible with pure HTML, JS, & CSS =/
Below is a sample crash report. Note that the crash location is not limited to the below; crash reports don't seem to be wildly different but there seems to be some variation in location.
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): Build fingerprint: 'samsung/m0xx/m0:4.0.4/IMM76D/I9300XXBLH1:user/release-keys'
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): pid: 7443, tid: 7443 >>> cool.tiny.rpg.battle <<<
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr deadbaad
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): r0 deadbaad r1 00000001 r2 40000000 r3 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): r4 00000000 r5 00000027 r6 400d8540 r7 400e74f4
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): r8 01fa7160 r9 00000000 10 bed6a584 fp 41d79970
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): ip ffffffff sp bed6a2b0 lr 400b9639 pc 400b59c8 cpsr 68000030
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): d0 0000000000000000 d1 4343000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.605: I/DEBUG(524): d2 43b6800041a00000 d3 41a8000043020000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d4 8000000000000000 d5 43aa00003f800000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d6 43a4000043430000 d7 43cb000041a00000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d8 4082f00000000000 d9 4082f4000000025e
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d10 4460400000000500 d11 0000000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d12 0000000000000000 d13 0000000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d14 0000000000000000 d15 0000000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d16 4076800000000000 d17 7e37e43c8800759c
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d18 0000000000000000 d19 0000000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d20 3ff0000000000000 d21 8000000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d22 0000000000000000 d23 0000000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d24 0000000000000000 d25 3ff0000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d26 4034000000000000 d27 3ff0000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d28 0000000000000000 d29 3ff0000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): d30 0000000000000000 d31 3ff0000000000000
10-08 17:34:06.610: I/DEBUG(524): scr 60000010
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #00 pc 000179c8 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #01 pc 00013852 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #02 pc 00015b90 /system/lib/libc.so (dlfree)
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #03 pc 00016208 /system/lib/libc.so (free)
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #04 pc 0010f79c /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_Z6yyfreePvS_)
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #05 pc 0010ef70 /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.750: I/DEBUG(524): #06 pc 003ee8ec /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.755: I/DEBUG(524): #07 pc 003eef44 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD1Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.755: I/DEBUG(524): #08 pc 003eef84 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD0Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.755: I/DEBUG(524): #09 pc 0019b2ca /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.755: I/DEBUG(524): #10 pc 003ec6a0 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5Layer14removeChildrenEv)
10-08 17:34:06.755: I/DEBUG(524): #11 pc 003ec782 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5LayerD2Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #12 pc 003eef70 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD1Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #13 pc 003eef84 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD0Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #14 pc 0019b2ca /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #15 pc 003ec6a0 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5Layer14removeChildrenEv)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #16 pc 003ec782 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5LayerD2Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #17 pc 003eef70 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD1Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #18 pc 003eef84 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD0Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #19 pc 0019b2ca /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.760: I/DEBUG(524): #20 pc 003ec6a0 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5Layer14removeChildrenEv)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #21 pc 003ec782 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5LayerD2Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #22 pc 003eef70 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD1Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #23 pc 003eef84 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD0Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #24 pc 0019b2ca /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #25 pc 003ec6a0 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5Layer14removeChildrenEv)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #26 pc 003ec782 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5LayerD2Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #27 pc 003eef70 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD1Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.765: I/DEBUG(524): #28 pc 003eef84 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN7WebCore12LayerAndroidD0Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): #29 pc 0019b2ca /system/lib/libwebcore.so
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): #30 pc 003ec6a0 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5Layer14removeChildrenEv)
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): #31 pc 003ec782 /system/lib/libwebcore.so (_ZN5LayerD2Ev)
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): memory map around addr deadbaad:
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed4a000-bed6b000 [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): (no map for address)
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): ffff0000-ffff1000 [vectors]
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): stack:
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a270 00000001
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a274 bed6a2b0 [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a278 400e2800 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a27c 0000000c
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a280 400e2794 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a284 400e7888
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a288 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a28c 400b9639 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a290 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a294 bed6a2c4 [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a298 400d8540 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.770: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a29c 400e74f4
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2a0 01fa7160 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2a4 400b87a5 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2a8 df0027ad
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2ac 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): #00 bed6a2b0 bed6a2ac [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2b4 00000001
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2b8 400d8524 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2bc 00000005
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2c0 bed6a2dc [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2c4 fffffbdf
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2c8 bed6a2dc [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2cc bed6a2dc [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2d0 400dbaac /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2d4 400b1857 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): #01 bed6a2d8 00000130
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2dc 20404040
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2e0 524f4241 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-mark-stack (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2e4 474e4954 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2e8 4e49203a /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2ec 494c4156 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2f0 45482044 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2f4 41205041 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2f8 45524444 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a2fc 49205353 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a300 6c64204e
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a304 65657266
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a308 01f86700 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a30c 406f6a2c /system/lib/libskia.so
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a310 406c4ecc /system/lib/libskia.so
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a314 3ff00000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a318 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a31c 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a320 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a324 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a328 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a32c 01c9aa08 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a330 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a334 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a338 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a33c 3ff00000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a340 60d00000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a344 60e42ff0
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a348 014bb000
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a34c 400e74f4
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a350 01bc24b0 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a354 400e7550
10-08 17:34:06.775: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a358 01f74458 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a35c 400e7528
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a360 00000010
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a364 400e74f4
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a368 01f74460 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a36c 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a370 bed6a584 [stack]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a374 400b3ba9 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a378 0211c9a0 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a37c 020d499c [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a380 000097a0 /system/bin/app_process
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a384 00004000
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a388 01d087b8 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a38c 400e7560
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a390 01dc6ef8 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a394 400e7528
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a398 01fd5378 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a39c 400e7580
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3a0 01ddafa8 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3a4 01ddb008 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3a8 01ed4568 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3ac 400e7580
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3b0 00000068
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3b4 400e74f4
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3b8 01ed4570 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3bc 00000014
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3c0 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3c4 400b3ba9 /system/lib/libc.so
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3c8 00000000
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3cc 01ae77d8 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3d0 01fa7160 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3d4 01fd7d2c [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3d8 00000009
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3dc 4dfa26b2 /dev/ashmem/dalvik-heap (deleted)
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3e0 01fa7158 [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3e4 01fd7d2c [heap]
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3e8 00000009
10-08 17:34:06.780: I/DEBUG(524): bed6a3ec 400b3b95 /system/lib/libc.so
Update Nov 30th:
I've still got a long way to go in narrowing this down to a simple test case, but I've gotten reproduction of the above SIGSEGV down to 2 HTML pages loaded from a plain webview app. The webview simply starts up and loads:
http://static0.kl-uswest.ec2.gumi.sg/static/android4crash/crash.html
The pages link to each other, and don't necessarily crash on the first view, but eventually they crash 100% on the Android 4.1.1 emulator and my Galaxy Nexus (4.1.1). Note that the post title is wrong - this definately isn't S3 only.
The interesting thing is,
- Using the webview inside my real app, loading 1 page (crash.html or any heavy HTML5 page) repeatedly is enough to cause the SIGSEGV.
- Using this plain webview app for testing, the two pages need each other to crash - just loading 1 page repeatedly will not die.
- Loading the pages in the Android 4.1.1 web browser, even the 2 pages aren't enough - it will die but it takes many pages.
In terms of error location, there are different stack traces on the crashes, some related to stylesheets, others related to destructors at HTMLImageElement. Android 2.x, iOS, any other browser is rock solid.
Javascript changes the DOM, and that appears to be enough to cause the crash here…but why?
At first glance this strikes me as a garbage collection problem - my app would garbage collect earlier than the plain webview app because it has used more memory in other places. I'm not getting memory error messages, however. I'll continue working to narrow this down, but anyone with any ideas as to how to proceed or what might be the issue truly has my eternal undying affection.
Test App Code:
http://static0.kl-uswest.ec2.gumi.sg/static/android4crash/CrashApp.zip
Test App APK:
http://static0.kl-uswest.ec2.gumi.sg/static/android4crash/CrashApp.apk
All HTML resources:
http://static0.kl-uswest.ec2.gumi.sg/static/android4crash/CrashHTMLPagFull.zip
Test App's startup code:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private WebView webView;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
webView.loadUrl("http://static0.kl-uswest.ec2.gumi.sg/static/android4crash/crash.html");
}
}
Update Feb 3rd:
The problem seems to occur due to webkit-animations that are still animating when the page closes. I narrowed down one crash to a single "myblink" tag:
.myblink{-webkit-animation-name:"anime-blink";-webkit-animation-duration:1.2s;-webkit-animation-timing-function:ease-in-out;-webkit-animation-iteration-count:infinite}
@-webkit-keyframes "anime-blink"{0%{opacity:0}
20%{opacity:1}
60%{opacity:1}
100%{opacity:0}
}
A test that cycled between a text page and a (no-CSS) canvas page would would crash if and only if the text page used the "myblink" tag.
My humble hypothesis is:
[deconstructor for active webkit-animation] + [heavy next page being loaded at same time] + [bad luck with timing] = [memory corruption]
I say this because, and I could be missing something, the contents of the animation seem almost irrelevant. I tried:
- making opacity always equal 1
- replacing opacity with a position transform
- turning off animation looping
- putting the blink tag on a picture instead of text
- playing around with keyframes
…but it would always crash. The only thing that would stop the crashing was to turn off animation looping and also shorten the animation-duration - i.e. crashing would stop if the animation was finished before the page was closed.
For now I've worked around the crash in-game by converting in-game animations to a completely canvas-based solution ;^^ Drastic, I know. So I won't be investigating further for a while, but still I would so love to narrow this down to a specific piece of webkit source code.
Side note: I'd like to give a shoutout to:
https://www.codeaurora.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=450
...which is either the same issue or something very similar.
Update Nov 19th:
The original server was taken offline, so have placed the above test code in Dropbox:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56202247/CrashApp.zip https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56202247/CrashHTMLPagFull.zip
(Note that url in CrashApp application has to be changed to wherever you put the HTML pages)
Answer
I was playing around with your crashApp.
Using devices; ■ SHARP ISW16SH ■ LG optimus Vu L-06D (can't even survive after 3 ~ 10 pages)
These are the error that I often got. Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) HEAP MEMORY CORRUPTION IN dlfree HEAP MEMORY CORRUPTION IN dlmalloc
Obviously, there's a memory allocation or double freeing problem. And it's not something that can be fix. (unless, NDK) the only solution I found is to hot-swap the webview on the fly. Always load the next page in the newly created webview will prevent this from happening. however, I can't seem to stop memory from dropping. Eventually Android will strike once your app grows into a memory eating monster.
I then start playing with two identical empty activity class. no xml. so,
onCreate() {
WebView wv = new WebView(context);
setContentView( wv );
}
void onDestroy() {
ViewGroup vg = (ViewGroup)game_wv.getParent();
vg.removeView(game_wv);
destroyWebView( game_wv );
game_wv = null;
super.onDestroy();
System.gc(); //clean up what's freed in webViewLoadComplete (hopefully)
}
I also called another gc in the onPageFinished just to make sure the other activity is gone for good.
public final class WvClient extends WebViewClient {
public void onPageFinished(WebView wv, String url) {
webViewLoadComplete(game_wv);
System.gc(); //clean up the other activity
}
}
here's the destroyWebView and webViewLoadComplete. I'm not so sure about some of the functions (like clearAnimation or clearDisappearingChildren) or what's the right order to call. I just... threw everything in there. ha
void destroyWebView( WebView wv ){
wv.stopLoading();
// wv.pauseTimers();
wv.clearFormData();
wv.clearAnimation();
wv.clearDisappearingChildren();
wv.clearView();
// wv.clearCache( true );
wv.clearHistory();
// wv.clearMatches();
// wv.clearSslPreferences();
wv.destroyDrawingCache();
wv.freeMemory();
wv.destroy();
}
void webViewLoadComplete( WebView wv ){
// wv.stopLoading();
// wv.pauseTimers();
// wv.clearFormData();
wv.clearAnimation();
wv.clearDisappearingChildren();
// wv.clearView();
////wv.clearCache( true );
// wv.clearHistory();
////wv.clearMatches();
////wv.clearSslPreferences();
wv.destroyDrawingCache();
wv.freeMemory();
// wv.destroy();
}
somehow, it worked...
Think the ultimate method might be using a NDK?