Android App doesn't work on all devices - android

I'm trying to make a very simple android app using Android Studio, it should open with a splash screen, then open a WebView.
I made it, and it works perfectly on my phone (with android 4.4.2), but when I try to use it on other device, I only get a white screen. I tried to use on a phone with android 4.1.2 and 6.0, none of them worked.
Any ideas where could be the error?
Edit:
Here's the files
https://github.com/gethuliogripp/kitexp

I've come across this problem and I was getting no errors as well. You have to make sure the images you use in the app such as your web view and splashcreen actually fit the screen so the app doesn't run out of memory. So make sure your images in your drawable are almost the same size as your phone screen, for my background i made the image 3in by 5in and my app works on all devices now.

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