Calling clear() make the application crash on ios

[ydeshayes]

Hello,

My app crash when I call clear().

Iphone SE simulator, ios 10.2, cordova 6.4.0

My JS code:

export function clear(callback = () => {}) {
  return new Promise(
    (resolve, reject) =>
      NativeStorage.clear(() => {
        resolve();
        callback();
      }, (err) => {
        reject(err);
        callback(err);
      })
  );
}

The stack:

Jan 10 09:21:55 MBP-de-Yann Stryng[5966]: [User Defaults] Attempt to set a non-property-list object <null> as an NSUserDefaults/CFPreferences value for key token
Jan 10 09:21:55 MBP-de-Yann Stryng[5966]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Attempt to insert non-property list object null for key token'
	*** First throw call stack:
	(
		0   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100e7fd4b __exceptionPreprocess + 171
		1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00000001008b821e objc_exception_throw + 48
		2   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ee92b5 +[NSException raise:format:] + 197
		3   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100dcff3b _CFPrefsValidateValueForKey + 267
		4   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100eea843 -[CFPrefsPlistSource alreadylocked_setValues:forKeys:count:] + 259
		5   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ea7648 -[CFPrefsSource setValues:forKeys:count:removeValuesForKeys:count:] + 264
		6   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100dcfe20 -[CFPrefsSource setValues:forKeys:count:] + 32
		7   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ee17c9 -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_setValues:forKeys:count:] + 473
		8   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ea7648 -[CFPrefsSource setValues:forKeys:count:removeValuesForKeys:count:] + 264
		9   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100dcfe20 -[CFPrefsSource setValues:forKeys:count:] + 32
		10  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100e1499a -[CFPrefsSource setValue:forKey:] + 58
		11  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ee3702 __108-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]_block_invoke + 322
		12  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ee2f09 normalizeQuintuplet + 329
		13  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ee35b8 -[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] + 104
		14  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100ecdc95 -[_CFXPreferences setValue:forKey:appIdentifier:container:configurationURL:] + 261
		15  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000100e148e4 _CFPreferencesSetAppValueWithContainer + 68
		16  Foundation                          0x00000001003afc96 -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) setObject:forKey:] + 55
		17  Stryng                              0x00000001002b3122 __25-[NativeStorage setItem:]_block_invoke + 290
		18  libdispatch.dylib                   0x0000000104411808 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
		19  libdispatch.dylib                   0x000000010443312e _dispatch_client_callout + 8
		20  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00000001044191f8 _dispatch_queue_override_invoke + 809
		21  libdispatch.dylib                   0x000000010441a9dc _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 506
		22  libdispatch.dylib                   0x000000010441a782 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 113
		23  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00000001047d8746 _pthread_wqthread + 1299
		24  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00000001047d8221 start_wqthread + 13
	)
Jan 10 09:21:55 MBP-de-Yann SpringBoard[88084]: [KeyboardArbiter] HW kbd: Failed to set (null) as keyboard focus
Jan 10 09:21:55 MBP-de-Yann com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDevice.6477C956-D87C-41C9-9FD0-1FB502D13465.launchd_sim[88068] (UIKitApplication:com.app.stryng[0x4978][5966]): Service exited due to Abort trap: 6
Jan 10 09:21:55 MBP-de-Yann backboardd[88086]: [Common] Unable to get short BSD proc info for 5966: No such process
Jan 10 09:21:55 MBP-de-Yann backboardd[88086]: [Common] Unable to get proc info for 5966: No such process
Jan 10 09:21:56 MBP-de-Yann assertiond[88089]: notify_suspend_pid() failed with error 7
Jan 10 09:21:56 MBP-de-Yann watchlistd[88161]: Now playing app did change to '(null)' (playing: 0) from '(null)'
Jan 10 09:21:56 MBP-de-Yann watchlistd[88161]: WLKPlaybackSummary - Parameter failed validation bundleID. It is nil

Thanks for your help

[GillesC]

• Are your sure the error is related to the clear method?
• And maybe test your application on a real device?

[doxavore]

I'm not getting a crash, but I'm catching this JS error when I call NativeStorage.clear() with [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] and 2.1.0. Reproduces for me on the device and simulator at iOS 10.2.

Error: The old format of this exec call has been removed (deprecated since 2.1). Change to: cordova.exec(null, null, 'Service', 'action', [ arg1, arg2 ]);
iOSExec@file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/MYAPP/www/cordova.js:928:24
execProxy@file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/MYAPP/www/cordova.js:1072:24
clear@file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/MYAPP/www/plugins/cordova-plugin-nativestorage/www/mainHandle.js:122:32

It's not clear to me how what this plugin is doing today doesn't match the format it's suggesting, though.

Edit: apologies if these are unrelated, I can open a separate ticket as well, but I only see this error message when calling clear().

[GillesC]

Thank you for the log information, I will take a look at it.

[GillesC]

@doxavore can you post a snipset of your code where the error is thrown? Please be certain to use function in a correct manner:

NativeStorage.clear(function(result) {
    console.log(result);
   },
  function(e) {
    fail("Error when clearing native storage");
});

[alokrajiv]

@doxavore Can you please post the exact usage of .clear() function from your codebase. The Error: The old format of this exec call message is dumped to log usually when we call the exec function with wrong parameter depth.

[ghost]

I am also getting __25-[NativeStorage+setItem:]_block_invoke in my iOS crashes and it definitely is not from clear method. I guess this happens when you try to use setItem method when DeviceReady has not fired yet. This is only happening on iOS and not android.

[alokrajiv]

@Maziar-Fotouhi I am assuming your comment is related to Issue #88.

@GillesC we might need to see how to trace this bug : 🤔

[ghost]

@alokrajiv Yes. I created that issue. I have also confirmed that the crashes are not due to anything that I have guessed so far. So, I'm completely out of ideas now!

[MoemenMostafa]

Also I have same crash reports:

Last Exception Backtrace:
0   CoreFoundation                	0x1847bbd38 __exceptionPreprocess + 124 (NSException.m:166)
1   libobjc.A.dylib               	0x183cd0528 objc_exception_throw + 56 (objc-exception.mm:521)
2   CoreFoundation                	0x1847bbc80 +[NSException raise:format:] + 116 (NSException.m:141)
3   CoreFoundation                	0x1847f3d54 _CFPrefsValidateValueForKey + 252 (CFPrefsSource.m:646)
4   CoreFoundation                	0x184726a88 -[CFPrefsPlistSource alreadylocked_setValues:forKeys:count:from:] + 1088 (CFPrefsPlistSource.m:298)
5   CoreFoundation                	0x1847f40e0 -[CFPrefsSource setValues:forKeys:count:removeValuesForKeys:count:from:] + 220 (CFPrefsSource.m:702)
6   CoreFoundation                	0x1847571c0 -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_setValues:forKeys:count:from:] + 584 (CFPrefsSearchListSource.m:657)
7   CoreFoundation                	0x1847f40e0 -[CFPrefsSource setValues:forKeys:count:removeValuesForKeys:count:from:] + 220 (CFPrefsSource.m:702)
8   CoreFoundation                	0x1847f44a0 -[CFPrefsSource setValue:forKey:from:] + 64 (CFPrefsSource.m:726)
9   CoreFoundation                	0x18475a014 __108-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]_block_invoke + 260 (CFPrefsSearchListSource.m:1483)
10  CoreFoundation                	0x184759838 normalizeQuintuplet + 356 (CFPrefsSearchListSource.m:63)
11  CoreFoundation                	0x184759f04 -[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] + 108 (CFPrefsSearchListSource.m:1364)
12  CoreFoundation                	0x1847fe0b0 -[_CFXPreferences setValue:forKey:appIdentifier:container:configurationURL:] + 92 (CFXPreferences.m:706)
13  CoreFoundation                	0x184801730 _CFPreferencesSetAppValueWithContainer + 128 (CFXPreferences.m:1720)
14  Foundation                    	0x1850b8f80 -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) setObject:forKey:] + 68 (NSUserDefaults.m:228)
15  SmartPass                     	0x100e5b938 __25-[NativeStorage setItem:]_block_invoke + 208 (NativeStorage.m:217)
16  libdispatch.dylib             	0x184141088 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 24 (init.c:994)
17  libdispatch.dylib             	0x184141048 _dispatch_client_callout + 16 (object.m:502)
18  libdispatch.dylib             	0x184148090 _dispatch_queue_override_invoke$VARIANT$mp + 716 (inline_internal.h:2500)
19  libdispatch.dylib             	0x18414e1c8 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 596 (inline_internal.h:2539)
20  libdispatch.dylib             	0x18414df10 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 120 (queue.c:6104)
21  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x1843e7130 _pthread_wqthread + 1268 (pthread.c:2286)
22  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x1843e6c30 start_wqthread + 4

Please note that I am using NativeStorage.setItem 3 times in parallel.