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

If you are stumbling upon this question, be sure to check the bug report first to see what the status is from Google, but otherwise here is a workaround that is working so far so good for me:

Add this line to your onDestory() method:

webView.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);