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calling removeJavaScriptChannel more than once throws Invalid argument(s): A JavaScriptChannel with name <channelName> already exists. #158648

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What package does this bug report belong to?

webview_flutter

What target platforms are you seeing this bug on?

iOS

Have you already upgraded your packages?

Yes

Dependency versions

pubspec.lock
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sdks:
  dart: ">=3.5.3 <4.0.0"
  flutter: ">=3.24.0"

Steps to reproduce

  1. Initialize the WebViewController and call addJavaScriptChannel for 2 different channels: channel1, channel2.
  2. In dispose function, call removeJavaScriptChannel for channel1 and channel2 one after another.
  3. It will throw the following exception: A JavaScriptChannel with name channel2 already exists.

Expected results

When removing the java script channels from the webview controller in iOS, requested channels should be removed as expected without exception.

Root Cause

removeJavaScriptChannel function internally calls _resetUserScripts in the webkit_webview_controller.dart file. Since WKWebView does not support removing a single user script, all user scripts and all message handlers are removed instead. And the JavaScrip channels that shouldn't be removed are re-registered.

the following line clears the channel name from the internal map: _javaScriptChannelParams.remove(removedJavaScriptChannel); --> At this point _javaScriptChannelParams still have other channels' names.

Then the following function is being called:

for (final JavaScriptChannelParams params
          in _javaScriptChannelParams.values)
        addJavaScriptChannel(params)

all the channel names stored in the _javaScriptChannelParams map will be added again. Previously only one of them was removed.

Solution

Future<void> _resetUserScripts({String? removedJavaScriptChannel}) async {
    unawaited(
      _webView.configuration.userContentController.removeAllUserScripts(),
    );
    _javaScriptChannelParams.keys.forEach(
      _webView.configuration.userContentController.removeScriptMessageHandler,
    );
    final params = Map<String, WebKitJavaScriptChannelParams>.from(
        _javaScriptChannelParams);
    params.remove(removedJavaScriptChannel);
    _javaScriptChannelParams.clear();

    await Future.wait(<Future<void>>[
      for (final JavaScriptChannelParams params
      in params.values)
        addJavaScriptChannel(params),
      // Zoom is disabled with a WKUserScript, so this adds it back if it was
      // removed above.
      if (!_zoomEnabled) _disableZoom(),
      // Console logs are forwarded with a WKUserScript, so this adds it back
      // if a console callback was registered with [setOnConsoleMessage].
      if (_onConsoleMessageCallback != null) _injectConsoleOverride(),
    ]);
  }

Actual results

Removing more than 1 JavaScriptChannel from WebviewController throws exception:
A JavaScriptChannel with name '<channelName>' already exists.

Code sample

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});

  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        colorScheme: ColorScheme.fromSeed(seedColor: Colors.deepPurple),
        useMaterial3: true,
      ),
      home: const MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Center(
        child: ElevatedButton(
          onPressed: () {
            Navigator.push(
              context,
              MaterialPageRoute(
                builder: (_) => const WebViewPage(),
              ),
            );
          },
          child: const Text('Open WebView'),
        ),
      ), // This trailing comma makes auto-formatting nicer for build methods.
    );
  }
}

class WebViewPage extends StatefulWidget {
  const WebViewPage({super.key});

  @override
  State<WebViewPage> createState() => _WebViewPageState();
}

class _WebViewPageState extends State<WebViewPage> {
  late WebViewController controller;
  final channel1 = 'channel1';
  final channel2 = 'channel2';

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    controller = WebViewController()
      ..setJavaScriptMode(JavaScriptMode.unrestricted)
      ..addJavaScriptChannel('channel1', onMessageReceived: (_) {})
      ..addJavaScriptChannel('channel2', onMessageReceived: (_) {})
      ..loadRequest(Uri.parse('https://flutter.dev'));
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    controller
      ..removeJavaScriptChannel(channel1)
      ..removeJavaScriptChannel(channel2);
    super.dispose();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return WebViewWidget(
      controller: controller,
    );
  }
}

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Logs

Logs
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: Invalid argument(s): A JavaScriptChannel with name `channel2` already exists.
#0      WebKitWebViewController.addJavaScriptChannel (package:webview_flutter_wkwebview/src/webkit_webview_controller.dart:385:7)
#1      WebKitWebViewController._resetUserScripts (package:webview_flutter_wkwebview/src/webkit_webview_controller.dart:751:9)
#2      WebKitWebViewController.removeJavaScriptChannel (package:webview_flutter_wkwebview/src/webkit_webview_controller.dart:419:11)
#3      WebViewController.removeJavaScriptChannel (package:webview_flutter/src/webview_controller.dart:306:21)
#4      _WebViewPageState.dispose (package:bug/main.dart:73:9)
#5      StatefulElement.unmount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:5826:11)
#6      _InactiveElements._unmount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2077:13)
#7      _InactiveElements._unmount.<anonymous closure> (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2075:7)
#8      SingleChildR<…>

Flutter Doctor output

Doctor output
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.24.3, on macOS 13.6 22G120 darwin-arm64, locale en-DE)
    • Flutter version 3.24.3 on channel stable at /Users/m.cakir.3/fvm/versions/3.24.3
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision 2663184aa7 (9 weeks ago), 2024-09-11 16:27:48 -0500
    • Engine revision 36335019a8
    • Dart version 3.5.3
    • DevTools version 2.37.3

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 34.0.0)
    • Android SDK at /Users/m.cakir.3/Library/Android/sdk
    • Platform android-34, build-tools 34.0.0
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.6+0-17.0.6b829.9-10027231)
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    • CocoaPods version 1.14.3

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    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
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