How to safely turn WebView zooming on and off as needed

Question

As mentioned in this unanswered question: WebView throws Receiver not registered: android.widget.ZoomButtonsController

By turning the WebView zoom controls on and of

Answer 1

This solution works fine, you simply need to remove the webview from the layout before destroying it:

@Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        if (webView!=null && webView.getParent()!=null){
            ((ViewGroup)webView.getParent()).removeView(webView);
            webView.destroy();
            webView=null;
        }
        super.onDestroy();
    }

No handlers, no delays, i think it's the best solution