java.lang.RuntimeException:Illegal meta data value: the child service doesn't exist

Question

The crash occurs on Samsung Galaxy J6+, S7, S8+ and Note9. Android 8 and 9.

    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:18.1.0'

Stack trace

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Illegal meta data value: the child service doesn't exist
   at nF0.a(nF0.java:3)
   at nF0.a(nF0.java:8)
   at org.chromium.content.browser.ChildProcessLauncherHelperImpl.a(ChildProcessLauncherHelperImpl.java:37)
   at mq2.run(mq2.java:5)
   at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:789)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
   at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:65)

Sanction

Hi, Andriy. Did you fix it? – Rohr

Hi, Georgiy. No – Sanction

hello @AndriyD. did you get any solution for it or any other way to fix it ? – Donatelli

@mihirahir no :( – Sanction

Hi @AndriyD. Did you end up fixing it? – Tetracycline

Hi @VamsiCalpakkam no – Sanction

Answer 1

According to the issue tracker of Chromium, it was marked as "fixed":

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40242054

A workaround which I think isn't needed anymore:

<queries>
    <package android:name="com.google.android.webview" />
    <package android:name="com.google.android.webview.beta" />
    <package android:name="com.google.android.webview.dev" />
    <package android:name="com.google.android.webview.canary" />
    <package android:name="com.google.android.webview.debug" />
    <package android:name="com.android.webview" />
</queries>

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40242054#comment23

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