Crash: Attempt to invoke direct method 'void android.view.SurfaceControl.checkNotReleased()'

[kylecesmat]

Bug summary

This crash occurs when a Pixel user backgrounds the application before the splashscreen finishes & the hide method can be invoked.

Initially I filed a crash report w/ Google but their response suggests this can be avoided on v12 by perhaps trying to unregister setOnExitAnimationListener, as well as stop any other Splash screen animation/logic - possibly when the activity onPause is invoked?

Crash report: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/242118185?pli=1

This is likely occurring near this line https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-bootsplash/blob/master/android/src/main/java/com/zoontek/rnbootsplash/RNBootSplashModule.java#L124

Library version

4.3.1

Environment info

SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.5, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
      Build Tools: 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 33.0.0
      System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2021.1 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8309675
    Xcode: 13.4.1/13F100 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.15 - /usr/bin/javac

Steps to reproduce

1. Open an app with react-native-bootscreen
2. Before the bootscreen completes, background the app
3. Open the app back up and notice a crash

Reproducible sample code

Should be reproducible in sample app on a Google Pixel device.

[walterholohan]

Also experiencing the same issue, we've had 31 crashes across 3 users

[tr3v3r]

Hi. The same here. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/242118185

[mym0404]

Same

I just removed this

setOnExitAnimationListener call entirely because I don't need fade out animation. Then, it seems to be fixed now.

[wakie92]

I've experienced same issue. Is there any update the issue?

[claudiozam]

Same issue. Android 12 on Samsung SM-X800 device.

[saadi-ninjasCode]

Android 13 users facing this issue.

[iferden]

We're facing the same issue on Android 13.

[techgerm]

We started seeing this crash as well after migrating from react-native-splash-screen to react-native-bootsplash:

[roneyyb]

We are also seeing this crash. What is the fix for this?

[devoren]

+1, same issue, i think issue is caused by android splash screen api: crash

[faisalamin9696]

Same issue with 4.7.1

[KolissnikBogdan]

same +1

[Roamer77]

same +1

[Soap-141]

Same

[a-petrenko-muse]

Same

[zoontek]

Could you please just upvote with emojis on the initial message instead of spamming?

No need to trigger notifications for everyone watching this thread just to say "Same".

[zoontek]

I investigated a bit, and can reproduce it.

The issue is kinda hard to solve since even if I implement a LifecycleEventListener, call activity.getSplashScreen().clearOnExitAnimationListener() on activity pause, it's already too late:

https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-bootsplash/assets/1902323/ec827aa6-84de-4541-8251-d091bb5ed202

The effect is what appears to be a restart of the UI, but it has no impact on the app itself.

[LonelyCpp]

@zoontek since a complete fix might take you or the community longer to implement, can you recommend a workaround?

would you recommend this comment? even if it means that some feature will stop working, it might be better than an outright crash.

thanks!

[zoontek]

@LonelyCpp I would not recommend it, for a pretty good reason. The fix is here: https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-bootsplash/pull/475 😄

https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-bootsplash/assets/1902323/83db745e-8e47-4295-822e-933f99a4855e

[zoontek]

Version 5.0.0 is available: https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-bootsplash/releases/tag/5.0.0

[Abhishek25031991]

Facing the same issue in the 5.0 version also

[gkueny]

Fix is OK for us in after upgraded to 5.4.0 from 4.X.X

Thanks @zoontek