# Webviewer crashing on Android when not visible
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** webviewer, bugs, android
**Created:** [May 14, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155 "2021-05-14T14:42:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/1 "2021-05-14T14:42:52Z")
when you set visible = false (properties or block code) of webviewer… it’s crashing the app only on Android, iOS is working fine. It happens both Thunkable Live and downloaded.
position:absolute not working either
absolute size set to 0, also not working
if no url, it works
my workaround: set absolute height to 0.1 and change background-color of my html to fit app’s color
`https://x.thunkable.com/copy/150f6b7ffa06cb047bd6b64b06405afd`
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/3 "2021-05-14T18:19:47Z")
In fact it’s not working.
Sometimes the screen crashes, sometimes it doesn’t.
I tested an old APK and everything is normal.
Probably some component updated is causing this.
Is anyone having this issue?
A curious thing that I discover now… it works fine IF the webviewer is in first screen of app. But it doesn’t solve my problem!!
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/4 "2021-05-14T18:46:07Z")
Thanks for flagging this @lamagalhaes could you use a second screen with your webviewer and navigate back and forth?
How are you using the webviewer visibility in your app?
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/5 "2021-05-14T18:53:13Z")
@domhnallohanlon tks for you reply!
No, it only works if the screen with the webviewer is the first one.
I need it always unvisible, but I can’t get it by change visiblity property on component or using blocking code ‘set visible to false’
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/6 "2021-05-14T19:54:27Z")
> [@lamagalhaes](#):
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> I need it always unvisible
Why does it need to always be hidden?
I’m not sure how a webviewer works if you can’t see it! 😄
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/7 "2021-05-14T19:56:51Z")
The url is an html with several javascript functions that I need.
With this I work with PostMessage and ReceivesMessage of Webviewer.
Learned this from @actech examples
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/8 "2021-05-17T21:25:26Z")
Any updates on this @domhnallohanlon? The issue continues…
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### Author:  [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/9 "2021-05-19T08:11:55Z")
Hi there,
You say that your project works when you test an old APK. When did you most recently download an APK that does allow you to execute your javascript from a hidden Web Viewer?
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/10 "2021-05-19T11:47:37Z")
Hi Jane,
It was between May 10 and 12, because on May, 13 it already have this issue.
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/11 "2021-07-06T12:31:32Z")
It’s not solved yet…
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/12 "2021-07-06T12:57:22Z")
Just set the size of the `web viewer` to the smallest possible and position it off the screen. This way you can leave it visible.
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/13 "2021-07-06T13:12:08Z")
I know about it @muneer, I’m using it like this… but it’s not the ideal.
It appears like a dot in the screen, when you have background color set, other than white.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/14 "2021-07-06T16:32:19Z")
> [@lamagalhaes](#):
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> It appears like a dot in the screen
It will not if you position it outside of the visible area of the screen.
You can set the X and Y position to -10 for example which will force the component to go off the screen.
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### Author:  [@lamagalhaes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lamagalhaes)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/15 "2021-07-06T16:49:00Z")
I already tried this… but it does crash too
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/16 "2021-07-06T17:26:15Z")
> [@App keeps crashing on Android APK & Live](https://community.thunkable.com/t/app-keeps-crashing-on-android-apk-live/1309554/28):
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> This is what I did for the web viewer to work (DnD UI) to make it work. It never worked good if set to invisible. [image]
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### Author:  [@f7a4d55febb042](https://community.thunkable.com/u/f7a4d55febb042)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/17 "2021-07-15T15:24:11Z")
I have the same problem ☹
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### Author:  [@assistsolucoes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/assistsolucoes)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/18 "2022-03-14T14:02:59Z")
I’m having this issue too but in a different way, because I’m not hiding the wbv itself but a column where it is in after changing its url.
The problem:
The code:
The workaround is to set height and width of the column to zero.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/19 "2022-03-14T14:58:28Z")
Read previous posts. This has been addressed already and not new.
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### Author:  [@assistsolucoes](https://community.thunkable.com/u/assistsolucoes)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/20 "2022-03-14T15:20:38Z")
yep, but still not working properly… maybe this will help thunkable staff to fix it.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webviewer-crashing-on-android-when-not-visible/1283155/21 "2022-03-14T16:59:17Z")
I’m saying the same case that you are facing has already been reported previously by at least two other members so Thunkable developers should be aware of it.
Anyway, thank you for your positive thinking.
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