App randomly crashes in production

[Wetsie]

It almost everytime crashes without any logs, but once I've managed to catch them:

E ReactNativeJS: TypeError: undefined is not a function, js engine: hermes
I ReactNativeJS: Unable to symbolicate stack trace: Bundle was not loaded from Metro.
E ReactNativeJS: Invariant Violation: Module AppRegistry is not a registered callable module (calling runApplication). A frequent cause of the error is that the application entry file path is incorrect.
E ReactNativeJS: This can also happen when the JS bundle is corrupt or there is an early initialization error when loading React Native., js engine: hermes
I ReactNativeJS: Unable to symbolicate stack trace: Bundle was not loaded from Metro.
E ReactNativeJS: Invariant Violation: Module AppRegistry is not a registered callable module (calling runApplication). A frequent cause of the error is that the application entry file path is incorrect.
E ReactNativeJS: This can also happen when the JS bundle is corrupt or there is an early initialization error when loading React Native., js engine: hermes
I ReactNativeJS: Unable to symbolicate stack trace: Bundle was not loaded from Metro.

It looks like the problem appeared after updating react native to version 0.64.0. Does this lib support new version or hermes engine?

[avishayil]

I'm not familiar with this issue, it happens only on production bundles?

[hichemBAALI]

Hi everyone, I faced the same problem on both debug and release dist. I was calling RNRestart.Restart() at the top of RootNavigationStack function. I put the function call in my SplashScreen function (render when using classes) and it's working.

[vikasverma92]

As a workaround for this issue, I suggest adding the following code to the main activity class (the one that extends ReactFragmentActivity:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(null);
}

I have been using this in a production app for more than a year now. reference -> https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens/issues/17#issuecomment-424704067

[avishayil]

I'm checking compatibility issues with hermes

[saskaak]

Any news on this? Crashes on production build with React Native 0.63 / Android / Hermes.

[eddievlagea]

@saskaak does it still crash on production build? I'm considering using this library but these crashes make me nervous.

[saskaak]

@saskaak does it still crash on production build? I'm considering using this library but these crashes make me nervous.

For us, yes. Works just fine on iOS.

[francois-pasquier]

I don't know if the issue is the same but I had crashes everytime on Android (mostly because of react-navigate-geture-handler).

A fix is instead of restarting as soon as the user press a button, just add some logic to unmount all your components.

RootNavigation.tsx:

const RootNavigation = () => {
	const { shouldRestart } = useShouldRestart()

    if (shouldRestart) {
        return <Restart />
    }
    
    // return your navigators
}

Restart.tsx:

import { useMount } from 'ahooks'
import { View } from 'react-native'

const Restart = () => {
    useMount(() => {
        // restartApp()
    })

    return <View />
}

export default Restart

useShouldRestart.ts:

import { atom, useRecoilState } from 'recoil'

export const shouldRestartAtom = atom({
    key: 'shouldRestart',
    default: false
})

const useShouldRestart = () => {
    const [shouldRestart, setShouldRestart] = useRecoilState(shouldRestartAtom)

    return { shouldRestart, setShouldRestart }
}

export default useShouldRestart

With this, you can simply set shouldRestart to true and the app should cleanly close itself. I still have SoftExceptionss popping on logcat but the app doesn't crash anymore.

[saad-saadi]

I solved the issue by https://github.com/avishayil/react-native-restart/issues/162#issuecomment-1038724027

[PrinceUBS]

I solved the issue by #162 (comment)

Facing same issue in production build... I tried above solution but it's not working perfectly(shared video)

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/75003713/160824634-26970880-f480-4319-b0d2-516b1fdacf47.mp4

• app freezes for little-bit time & throw error,
• there is not others things in my function

code:

    const setLanguage = async (code: string) => {
        if (code === 'ar') {
            await i18next.changeLanguage(code).then(() => {
                I18nManager.forceRTL(true);
                setTimeout(() => { RNRestart.Restart(); }, 150);
                setShowSelectionPopup(false);
            });
        } else {
            await i18next.changeLanguage(code).then(() => {
                I18nManager.forceRTL(false);
                setTimeout(() => { RNRestart.Restart(); }, 150);
                setShowSelectionPopup(false);
            });
        }
        console.log("code:", code);
    };

@avishayil

[thanveershah]

I solved the issue by #162 (comment)

Facing same issue in production build... I tried above solution but it's not working perfectly(shared video)

RN-Restart-rec.mp4

• app freezes for little-bit time & throw error,
• there is not others things in my function

code:

    const setLanguage = async (code: string) => {
        if (code === 'ar') {
            await i18next.changeLanguage(code).then(() => {
                I18nManager.forceRTL(true);
                setTimeout(() => { RNRestart.Restart(); }, 150);
                setShowSelectionPopup(false);
            });
        } else {
            await i18next.changeLanguage(code).then(() => {
                I18nManager.forceRTL(false);
                setTimeout(() => { RNRestart.Restart(); }, 150);
                setShowSelectionPopup(false);
            });
        }
        console.log("code:", code);
    };

@avishayil

Where you able to fix this issue?

[PrinceUBS]

Where you able to fix this issue?

Yep! by changing the Build configuration...

Open xCode > Product > Scheme > Edit Scheme... > Run(select from left panel) > Build configuration(info tab) = Release (this xCode 12.4 attached SS)

[HammzaHM]

I've made a PR for it #211, I've used ProcessPhoenix framework instead of the react-native-code-push code style

[avishayil]

Merged #211