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java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: For security reasons, WebView is not allowed in privileged processes

I try selecting a subsettings in the settings app of my device, and i see this exception. Does this mean settings is a privileged process and can't access webview?

I tried selecting HDMI option from settings, this is the exception stack:

03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299): Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: For security reasons, WebView is not allowed in privileged processes
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebViewFactory.getProvider(WebViewFactory.java:96)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.getFactory(WebView.java:2194)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.ensureProviderCreated(WebView.java:2189)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.setOverScrollMode(WebView.java:2248)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3588)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3682)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:497)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.widget.AbsoluteLayout.<init>(AbsoluteLayout.java:55)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:544)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:489)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:472)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:459)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:449)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at com.android.settings.HDMI3DPlaySettings.onCreate(HDMI3DPlaySettings.java:123)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.Fragment.performCreate(Fragment.java:2031)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:863)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:834)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1452)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executePendingTransactions(FragmentManager.java:483)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at com.android.settings.SettingsActivity.switchToFragment(SettingsActivity.java:1002)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at com.android.settings.SettingsActivity.onCreate(SettingsActivity.java:599)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5990)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106)
03-23 08:45:03.301 E/AndroidRuntime( 3299):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2320)
Solution

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