Crash in settings

[moving-bits]

User report (ticket 479688) on support:

Current nightly (2025.03.09-NB) crashes for logging settings:

03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: Process: cgeo.geocaching, PID: 23499
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Internal error: TypeReference constructed without actual type information
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference.<init>(Unknown Source:31)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at cgeo.geocaching.settings.Settings$1.<init>(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at cgeo.geocaching.settings.Settings.getLogTemplates(Unknown Source:13)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at cgeo.geocaching.log.LoggingUI.showOfflineMenu(Unknown Source:105)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at cgeo.geocaching.log.LoggingUI.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:18)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at cgeo.geocaching.CacheDetailActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(Unknown Source:415)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.Activity.onMenuItemSelected(Activity.java:4719)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:2)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:22)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuBuilder.dispatchMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:4)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(Unknown Source:14)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(SourceFile:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuPopup.onItemClick(Unknown Source:27)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:376)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1362)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:3658)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.widget.AbsListView$3.run(AbsListView.java:4844)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:9063)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:588)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 E AndroidRuntime: 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : [main] UncaughtException
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Internal error: TypeReference constructed without actual type information
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference.<init>(Unknown Source:31)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at cgeo.geocaching.settings.Settings$1.<init>(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at cgeo.geocaching.settings.Settings.getLogTemplates(Unknown Source:13)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at cgeo.geocaching.log.LoggingUI.showOfflineMenu(Unknown Source:105)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at cgeo.geocaching.log.LoggingUI.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:18)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at cgeo.geocaching.CacheDetailActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(Unknown Source:415)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.app.Activity.onMenuItemSelected(Activity.java:4719)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:2)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.onMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:22)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuBuilder.dispatchMenuItemSelected(Unknown Source:4)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(Unknown Source:14)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(SourceFile:0)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuPopup.onItemClick(Unknown Source:27)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:376)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1362)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:3658)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.widget.AbsListView$3.run(AbsListView.java:4844)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:9063)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:588)
03-09 15:41:45.975 23499 23499 W cgeo    : 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)

[novw]

NOT the same as offline logging. This is choosing the setting - Logging - (Configure your signature and set logging options)!

I was there to check if removing signature would "cure" the offline logging crash. I can not remove signature thru settings.

[moving-bits]

setting prio to "high", as several reports are coming in for this

[MagpieFourtyTwo]

Over here I can not even open Settings => Logging - as soon as I click on Logging, c:geo crashes.
All other entries of Settings do work (or, TBH, they at least open, I have not checked all entries in full depth).

But I removed the log templates and the last log via System => View Settings.
In detail I cleared Last_cache_log, logTemplates and signature, but this only changed, how long it takes, until c:geo crashes:
Before clearing, I got nothing than a blank screen (after clicking on Log Visit), while with these variables cleared, c:geo at least shows the logging dialog for half a second or so.

[MagpieFourtyTwo]

BTW: Is the new market version out already? Cause ironically, we just had a workshop the day before yesterday in which I praised c:geo to the skies - I hope that the guys and gals who are taking their first steps with c:geo for this very reason will not be deterred for life. ;)

If it's out already, then it would perhaps be a good idea to post a maintenance message that logging and settings "may currently be a bit limited" ... so esp. these know, that the crashes are a) not common, and b) not their fault.

[moving-bits]

Market version 2025.03.06 is out, but seems to be unaffected. Either because the change leading to those crashes is not part of that version, or because the crashes may be related to the build instance update - we don't know yet.

Alas I cannot reproduce the error in the emulator, neither the one in settings nor the one while creating offline log. I've created a signature + several templates, can reopen them and can add them to offline logs. Maybe our server is optimizing the build a bit too much?

[MagpieFourtyTwo]

Feel free to ask if you need additional logs.

[MagpieFourtyTwo]

As for the market version: Good to know, thx for the info.

[eddiemuc]

Here is the piece of code where the exception originates:

Probably related to JDK version not compatible to this (a little bit outdated) version of jackson core? (2.13.5 was published in January 2023)

[bekuno]

Jackson Release Notes: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/blob/master/release-notes/VERSION-2.x

[eddiemuc]

I noticed a similarity between this case and the metadata case: both are related to classes where instances are only created via reflection:

• class cgeo.geocaching.settings.Settings$PrefLogTemplate is only instanciated inside jackson via reflection
• Other error: class com.drew.metadata.exif.ExifIFD0Directory is also instanciated only via reflection when image metadata is read, and this fails too

I wonder if somehow the setup with new AGP falssely filters out or modifies classes not instanciated anywhere using "new" operator such that they can't be found anymore. Does anyone have experience with this? Isn't there some filter mechanism for release builds which removes unnecessary classes? Maybe the culprit lies somewhere there. Could this filter be deactivated for test purposes?

[eddiemuc]

I suspect that many (if not all) of the other strange errors from yesterday could have a similar cause

[bekuno]

The Gradle upgrade information is https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_7.html.