[WebViewController] ios crash when page send undefined message via javascriptChannel #162352
Description
Steps to reproduce
- register javascript channel in webview controller
- load page that will eventually send undefined message to this channel
Expected results
onMessageReceived callback should receive instance of JavascriptMessage with 'undefined' message as a string.
Actual results
App crashes with an exception
Code sample
After 5 seconds js will send deadly command to application.
Code sample
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:webview_flutter/webview_flutter.dart';
void main() {
runApp(const MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
const MyApp({super.key});
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
WebViewController controller = WebViewController()
..setJavaScriptMode(JavaScriptMode.unrestricted)
..addJavaScriptChannel('Channel', onMessageReceived: (message) {
print('Received message: ${message.toString()}');
});
NavigationDelegate navigationDelegate = NavigationDelegate(
onPageFinished: (String url) {
controller.runJavaScript("""
var i=3;
setInterval(() => {
document.body.textContent = 'Crash in ' + i;
--i;
}, 1000);
setTimeout(() => {
window.Channel.postMessage(undefined);
}, 5000);
""");
},
);
controller.setNavigationDelegate(navigationDelegate);
controller.loadHtmlString('<html><body>Test</body></html>');
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('60km/h crash test')),
body: WebViewWidget(controller: controller),
)
);
}
}Screenshots or Video
Screenshots / Video demonstration
Simulator.Screen.Recording.-.iPhone.SE.3rd.generation.-.2025-01-29.at.00.56.08.mp4
Logs
Logs
webview_flutter_wkwebview/ProxyAPIRegistrar.swift:71: Fatal error: webview_flutter_wkwebview.PigeonError: Error returned from calling WKScriptMessageHandler.didReceiveScriptMessage: Optional("Null check operator used on a null value")Flutter Doctor output
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[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.27.3, on macOS 15.1.1 24B91 darwin-arm64, locale pl-PL)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.0-rc4)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.2)
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.1)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.96.4)
[✓] Connected device (5 available)
[✓] Network resources
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Crashes that terminate the processFound to occur in 3.27Found to occur in 3.29The issue has been confirmed reproducible and is ready to work onThe WebView pluginflutter/packages repository. See also p: labels.iOS applications specificallyIssue is closed as already fixed in a newer versionOwned by Ecosystem team