NullpointerException

[Fredrik Röstlund]

Hey, been getting quite a lot of nullpointers lately (80% of my crashes). Any idea what could cause this?

minSDK: 19

targetSDK: 29

admob version: 19.6.0

unity mediation plugin: 3.5.1.1

Happening on all different android versions.

java.lang.NullPointerException: 

  at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.k.h (com.google.android.gms.policy_ads_fdr_dynamite@204204100@204204100000.336078696.336078696)

  at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.client.b.bx (com.google.android.gms.policy_ads_fdr_dynamite@204204100@204204100000.336078696.336078696:1)

  at gg.onTransact (com.google.android.gms.policy_ads_fdr_dynamite@204204100@204204100000.336078696.336078696:4)

  at android.os.Binder.transact (Binder.java:380)

  at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzgw.zzb

  at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzaqu.onUserLeaveHint

  at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint

  at android.app.Activity.performUserLeaving (Activity.java:6134)

  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnUserLeaving (Instrumentation.java:1343)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.performUserLeavingActivity (ActivityThread.java:3286)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity (ActivityThread.java:3263)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1000 (ActivityThread.java:155)

  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1328)

  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:102)

  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:135)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:5343)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:372)

  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:905)

  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:700)

[Кирилл Барабаш]

I have this issues too.

minSDK: 16
targetSDK: 30
admob version: 19.6.0

(
 //gradle settings
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:19.6.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.5.0'
 // Import the BoM for the Firebase platform
    implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:26.1.1')
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core'
)   

Devices and android versions:

samsung; Galaxy A10; Android 9
Xiaomi; Redmi 7A; Android 9

crash dump from crashlytics:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.n com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.AdOverlayInfoParcel.c' on a null object reference
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.k.h(k.java)
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.client.b.bv(b.java:1)
       at fy.onTransact(fy.java:4)
       at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:675)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzgw.zzb(zzgw.java:7)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzaqu.onUserLeaveHint(zzaqu.java:6)
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint(AdActivity.java:5)
       at android.app.Activity.performUserLeaving(Activity.java:7668)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnUserLeaving(Instrumentation.java:1479)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performUserLeavingActivity(ActivityThread.java:4186)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:4171)
       at android.app.servertransaction.PauseActivityItem.execute(PauseActivityItem.java:45)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:145)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:70)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1955)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7091)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:494)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:975)

Please help to avoid this crash. Please check access to the fields "com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.n" or "com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.AdOverlayInfoParcel.c" in com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:19.6.0 library.

May be some null check must inserted, for example

if(com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.n!=null){
    //check com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay!=null and com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.AdOverlayInfoParcel!=null
}else{
    //no work beacause null
}

I am using pro guard. If I must use some special strings in proguard-rules.pro, please give it here.

Please help with this crash.

суббота, 19 декабря 2020 г. в 02:47:38 UTC+3, Fredrik Röstlund:

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi there,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I just want to confirm if you were able to reproduce this issue with one of our Sample apps? If yes, could you please share with us the steps so we can investigate further? Also, kindly provide us the complete stack trace for our reference. You can send this information privately via “Reply to author”, or a direct, private reply to this email.


Regards,

Sherwin Diesta Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Кирилл Барабаш]

Hi, Unfortunately, the error occurs only in the release version, which is published on Google play. This error does not occur during development. But after publishing the application on Google play, crash logs, which we sent you, begin to appear in the Crashlytics console. Moreover, the error does not occur in the class of our application, but during the onPause event processing (probably) inside the AdMob code. Because there is no null check in the AdMob code, but for some reason a null reference comes. We are asking you to check the values inside the AdMob functions for a probable null value. You can find the place of the error from the logs, which we gave in the previous letters. Help us please.

With best regards

понедельник, 21 декабря 2020 г. в 05:59:57 UTC+3, mobileadssdkforumadvisor:

[Кирилл Барабаш]

Error is in "com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint(AdActivity.java:5)" - inside this method some values is null but it Is not checked. From log we can see that this method calls by android operating system in function "android.app.Activity.performUserLeaving".

Please check code in function "com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint" and insert some try...catch or may be null check (==null or !=null) into some code, that can bring application crash.

Best regards,

понедельник, 21 декабря 2020 г. в 10:08:53 UTC+3, Кирилл Барабаш:

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi there,

Thank you for your response. Allow me to share your concern with the rest of the team to investigate further. Will get back to you once we have our findings.


Regards,

[Leonid Belousov]

Hello,

Same here...

Samsung Galaxy J3(2016)

Android 6.0 (SDK 23)

Min SDK 19, max SDK 30

Firebase BOM 26.2.0

Got this crash report, can't reproduce this on my side:  

java.lang.NullPointerException: 

  at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.zzi.h (zzi.java)

  at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.client.b.bx (b.java:1)

  at gg.onTransact (gg.java:4)

  at android.os.Binder.transact (Binder.java:387)

  at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzgw.zzb (zzgw.java)

  at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzaqu.onUserLeaveHint (zzaqu.java)

  at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint (AdActivity.java)

  at android.app.Activity.performUserLeaving (Activity.java:7047)

  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnUserLeaving (Instrumentation.java:1350)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.performUserLeavingActivity (ActivityThread.java:4545)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity (ActivityThread.java:4522)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300 (ActivityThread.java:222)

  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1807)

  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:102)

  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:158)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:7230)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)

  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1230)

  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1120)

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Leonid,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We would ask if you can share with us some more information via "Reply to author".

• We need more description of what is happening. If we can not reproduce it. Very hard to find an answer.
• A sample app with your implementation so we can test your code
• Any error codes

Regards,

William Pescherine Mobile Ads SDK Team

 

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[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Fredrik,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Could you kindly provide the details below (via Reply to author or a direct, private reply to mobileads...@gmail.com) so that we can further investigate this issue?

• Copy of a sample project (replicating this issue)
• Steps to replicate the issue

 

Ziv Yves Sanchez Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Leonid,

Thank you for providing an additional report for this. I'll add the report to our ongoing investigation in order to help on it.

For anyone else experiencing this issue, it would also be much appreciated if you could kindly provide the details below (via Reply to author or a direct, private reply to mobileads...@gmail.com) so that we can further investigate this issue:

• Copy of a sample project (replicating this issue)
• Steps to replicate the issue

 

Ziv Yves Sanchez Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[itzno...@gmail.com]

We are having same crashes with a Very High Velocity,
Check the Screenshot below from Firebase Crashlytics:



The Stacktrace:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.n com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.AdOverlayInfoParcel.c' on a null object reference

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.k.h(k.java)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.client.b.bx(b.java:1)

       at gg.onTransact(gg.java:4)

       at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:380)

       at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzgw.zzb(zzgw.java:21)

       at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzaqu.onUserLeaveHint(zzaqu.java:54)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint(AdActivity.java:32)

       at android.app.Activity.performUserLeaving(Activity.java:6778)

       at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnUserLeaving(Instrumentation.java:1348)

       at android.app.ActivityThread.performUserLeavingActivity(ActivityThread.java:4380)

       at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:4357)

       at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1200(ActivityThread.java:218)

       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1745)

       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)

       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)

       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6934)

       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)

       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)

       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1404)

       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1199)

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi DarShan,

Thank you for sending us over the screenshot. I have looked at it and also saw that you have a newer post here . I will be responding to you on the other thread, and would ask if we may continue it on that other thread.

Regards,

William Pescherine Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[qyzhaoj...@gmail.com]

same crash on 19.5.0

 java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.n com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.AdOverlayInfoParcel.c' on a null object reference at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.k.h(:com.google.android.gms.policy_ads_fdr_dynamite@204204100@204204100057.336078696.336078696:0) at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.client.b.bv(:com.google.android.gms.policy_ads_fdr_dynamite@204204100@204204100057.336078696.336078696:1) at fy.onTransact(:com.google.android.gms.policy_ads_fdr_dynamite@204204100@204204100057.336078696.336078696:4) at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:662) at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.duf.b(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-base@@19.5.0:21) at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.qs.onUserLeaveHint(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@19.5.0:54) at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onUserLeaveHint(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@19.5.0:32) at android.app.Activity.performUserLeaving(Activity.java:7470) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnUserLeaving(Instrumentation.java:1476) at android.app.ActivityThread.performUserLeavingActivity(ActivityThread.java:4031) at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:4013) at android.app.servertransaction.PauseActivityItem.execute(PauseActivityItem.java:45) at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:145) at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:70) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1839) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:201) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6861) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:547) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:873) Back traces ends.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Qyzhaoj,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.I will bring this to our team and add it to the information that we already have regarding this issue. Once we have some feedback on this we will be certain to pass this along. Once we get more information back we will be certain to pass it along.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi all,

Thank you for your patience on this concern.

The team has found the cause of this issue, and has already implemented a fix that should be included in the next version update of the AdMob SDK. You may keep an eye out on our release notes for future updates on this.
 

Ziv Yves Sanchez Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi everyone,

I work with Ziv and I have good news, my team has reported that this crash has subsided substantially and will continue to improve on all SDK versions this has been reported in. Please report back to us if you are still seeing the crash.

Regards,

Aryeh Baker Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Anton Naumuk]

Hi everyone,

Our application crashes with a similar call stack on 19.6.0 AdMob. Is fix server-side or we should update SDK? Can you please share which release contains the fix?

Thank you

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Anton,

Thank you for getting back to us about this. I have looked further into this and saw that they have advised us that this issue should subside or completely disappear with v20. If there are any issues after that we would suggest reaching back out and letting us know whats happening.

Regards,

William Pescherine Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Anton,

I hope you're doing well.

I work with William and I just want to circle back on this. The team mentioned that this has been fixed. Please let me know if you still encounter the issue so I could raise this to the team once again.

Regards,

Princess Pamela Pineda Mobile Ads SDK Team

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