Can you post the system details for your S8+, the S8 we have in the office succeeds in loading the project. It has recently updated to Android 9 though. Also reassigning to @AshleyScirra

Sure here is the galaxy s8+ info. If you need anything more, just let me know.
Android version 8.0.0
Samsung Experience version 9.0
Baseband version G955USQS5CSB1
Kernel version 4.4.78
Build Number R16NW.G955USQS5CSB1
Knox version 3.0
Android security patch level 2/1/2019

@rhg1968 - is the Android Webview / Chrome apps up-to-date on the device?

My device has no outstanding updates, both through the google play store or through system updates.

Very interesting what I just found, but not really sure why it is making a difference.
I originally have been exporting for cordova with an android version of 5.0+
I decided to change it to version 8.0+ and now it doesn't hang on the splash screen and functions as expected.
Any ideas why this would be like this ?

Now I changed my actual game, not the sample project I created, to export at 8.0+ and it still doesn't work. So not sure what is going on

I also noticed the sample project, the one I included with this issue, compiled with android 8.0+ actually works on my device sometimes and other times it hangs on the splash screen as an APK. It almost appears like a timing issue with loading the fonts that I have included in the project.

Which version of Construct are you using? Is it the latest? (If you include the system details in the report we don't have to check this.)

I am using r140 and it was listed above but it was in the affect browsers and platforms section

I also can't reproduce: it works fine as an APK on a Pixel 3.

I'm afraid we won't be able to help unless you can obtain some kind of error from the affected device. You'll need to set up remote debugging for the WebView in the APK and check for any errors in the console log. Otherwise we will have nothing to go on - it seems to work fine on our devices.

I'll have to see what I can do. Even in my game if I try enough times on my phone, it will eventually work until the next time I start it up.

The usb port on my phone doesn't work well, I always charge through a pad, so hooking up to a computer may be difficult to try chrome dev tools. I will try and see what I can do because it definitely seems to be some type of timing issue with the fonts that doesn't happen if I remove the fonts.

I'll let you know what I find and thank you for looking into this.

Not that it probably helps but just thought I would toss in another data point
On the simple project attached, if you remove the boot scene, delete it, change the first layout to be the one that is left (the one with the font on it), export it to android. Then it works everytime.

To diagnose an issue it's more useful to have a project that reproduces the problem every time. That's what we need to debug; working projects aren't especially useful.

Since we don't currently have a way to investigate this any further I will leave this with you and close the issue. If you can provide something that we can use as the basis to further investigate the issue I'll reopen it.