I just received the following crash report

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: junit.framework.Assert
at android.webkit.WebViewCore$WebCoreThread.run(WebViewCore.java:658)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)

This is for Gingerbread (2.3.6). Frankly I couldn't believe that a test
class was burnt into and being used by a production class. I wonder whether
they really meant to use the Java "assert" statement instead and hope it
has been fixed since. The Junit Assert class shouldn't be used outside of a
test harness.

Has anyone else seen anything similar?

William

Hi William,

I just checked and the offending code actually still exists in the AOSP
master branch. If you feel strongly enough about it you may want to bring
it to the attention of the Android Building group, or one more specialized
toward the OS development, not just app development.

Just taking a quick look, that code also locks (via synchronized() block)
on WebViewCore.class, which is probably another no-no.

Chris