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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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I know my phone isn't compatible anymore and features won't work, but the constant red exclamation mark at the bottom is bothersome even though the app is still working fine enough.

Edit: Webview version identifier being sent to apps still reports as an old version due to an android 9 bug or something so my webview is updated. I would just like the notification to go away.

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-07
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which device are you on? it might be possible to update the webview itself.

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recursive_recursion piefed.ca recursive_recursion@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-06
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I would also like to request for this👍

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amlor piefed.social amlor@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-04
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A possible workaround, if it works for you: make voyager open links in the default browser in settings

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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which device are you on? it might be possible to update the webview itself.

Galaxy Note 8, which no longer receives broad Android system updates

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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A possible workaround, if it works for you: make voyager open links in the default browser in settings

Thank you for the suggestion. I've toggled that setting but the alert is still there.

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-07
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Galaxy Note 8, which no longer receives broad Android system updates

are you running the stock rom and have google play store? if so, try updating the webview there.

webview is kind of separate from android system itself and can be updated separately.

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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are you running the stock rom and have google play store? if so, try updating the webview there. webview is kind of separate from android system itself and can be updated separately.

Unfortunately it's not available for this device in the play store.

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aeharding Moderator aeharding@vger.social
Joined: 2024-04-15
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What version of Android are you running?

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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What version of Android are you running?

Android 9.

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-07
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Unfortunately it's not available for this device in the play store.

hmm that's weird.. have you tried installing one from apkmirror? you're running stock android 9 right?

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ThunderLegend sh.itjust.works ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-10-03
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Hey I also have this webview message. I'm running lineageos with microg (Android 15). I just ignore the error message but I'd wanna know if this could make the app crash in the future.

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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hmm that's weird.. have you tried installing one from apkmirror? you're running stock android 9 right?

Yes, this is stock. I haven't tried on Apkmirror yet but I'll give it a go.

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limerod reddthat.com limerod@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Do you have chrome enabled? From android 7-9 they were a single app. Maybe, that's the reason it warns about this.

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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Do you have chrome enabled? From android 7-9 they were a single app. Maybe, that's the reason it warns about this.

Yes, chrome is enabled and updated.

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limerod reddthat.com limerod@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Yes, chrome is enabled and updated.

I have an Android 9 or 10 device. I can check if it works fine later when I find the time to charge it.

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Meatwagon lemmy.dbzer0.com Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
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I have an Android 9 or 10 device. I can check if it works fine later when I find the time to charge it.

I'd appreciate it, thank you!

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