[Bug]: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.xx.xxx/com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity}

[muraliganesan88]

What happened?

I can see a crash in Crashlytics Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.xx.xxx/com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity}

AndroidSupportV4Compat.java line 87 com.onesignal.AndroidSupportV4Compat$ActivityCompatApi23.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale

Steps to reproduce?

1. Install OneSignal 4.8.2
2. Run the app on Android 11, Google Pixel 4a (as I can see in Crashlytics).

What did you expect to happen?

Expected not getting crash

OneSignal Android SDK version

4.8.2

Android version

11

Specific Android models

Google Pixel 4a

Relevant log output

  Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity 
  ComponentInfo{com.pdl.stsh/com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke 
  virtual method 'boolean java.lang.String.equals(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference
   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3431)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3595)
   at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
   at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
   at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7664)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
   at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
   
   Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean java.lang.String.equals(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference
   at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:2379)
   at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:2357)
   at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2340)
   at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2282)
   at android.permission.IPermissionManager$Stub$Proxy.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(IPermissionManager.java:1616)
   at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(ApplicationPackageManager.java:886)
   at android.app.Activity.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(Activity.java:5256)
   at androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat$Api23Impl.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(ActivityCompat.java:855)
   at androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(ActivityCompat.java:557)
   at com.onesignal.AndroidSupportV4Compat$ActivityCompatApi23.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(AndroidSupportV4Compat.java:87)
   at com.onesignal.AndroidSupportV4Compat$ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(AndroidSupportV4Compat.java:74)
   at com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity.requestPermission(PermissionsActivity.java:90)
   at com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity.onCreate(PermissionsActivity.java:68)
   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7994)
   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7978)
   at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3404)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3595)
   at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
   at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
   at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7664)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
   at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
   
   Caused by android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerService.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(PermissionManagerService.java:2094)
at android.permission.IPermissionManager$Stub.onTransact(IPermissionManager.java:792)
at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1154)
at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1123)

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[emawby]

@muraliganesan88 Hello are you able to reproduce this crash and how many are you seeing? It looks like a crash in Android's permission library. Any help reproducing is much appreciated!

[muraliganesan88]

com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity

its seems like issue in com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity i'm not able to reproduce it. we are getting error log output from crashlytics

[deputat007]

We are also getting this error log output from crashlytics on LGE (Nexus 5X)

[qsdigor]

I got the same error in my app with the same OneSignal SDK version after I updated from 4.6.3.

[deputat007]

What happened?

I can see a crash in Crashlytics Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.xx.xxx/com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity} java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.BaseBundle.getString(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference

Steps to reproduce?

1. Install OneSignal 4.8.4
2. Run the app on Android 8.1.0, Nexus 5X (as I can see in Crashlytics).

What did you expect to happen?

Expected not getting crash

OneSignal Android SDK version

4.8.4

Android version

8.1.0

Specific Android models

Nexus 5X

Relevant log output

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.xx.xxx/com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.BaseBundle.getString(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2778)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2856)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1589)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6494)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:807)

Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.BaseBundle.getString(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
       at com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity.reregisterCallbackHandlers(PermissionsActivity.java:109)
       at com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity.handleBundleParams(PermissionsActivity.java:100)
       at com.onesignal.PermissionsActivity.onCreate(PermissionsActivity.java:82)
       at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7009)
       at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7000)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1214)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2731)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2856)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(ActivityThread.java)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1589)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6494)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:807)

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[jennantilla]

Hello everyone! Apologies that this issue has gone stale. Much of our work in the last few quarters have been on a new major release where many improvements and enhancements are introduced. We will continue to investigate 4.x.x bugs, though we encourage you to update to our latest release as that will be the most-supported release going forward. Please see our migration guide for full details on upgrading.

If this crash is still a current concern, please provide updated reproduction steps and we'll be happy to investigate further. Thanks!