Fresh Crash in Latest Sdk Version - 24.5.0

[Arpit Choudhary]

 Crash Version - implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:24.5.0")     

Below are the crash logs.
   
 Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to pause activity {com.toi.reader.activities/com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() on the child's parent first.
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivityIfNeeded(ActivityThread.java:5589)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:5537)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:5489)
       at android.app.servertransaction.PauseActivityItem.execute(PauseActivityItem.java:48)
       at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityTransactionItem.execute(ActivityTransactionItem.java:45)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:190)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:101)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2630)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:222)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:314)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8788)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:569)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1090)


          Caused by java.lang.IllegalStateException: The specified child already has a parent. You must call removeView() on the child's parent first.
       at android.view.ViewGroup.addViewInner(ViewGroup.java:5409)
       at android.view.ViewGroup.addView(ViewGroup.java:5232)
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.zzm.zzc(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads@@24.5.0:8)
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.zzm.zzF(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads@@24.5.0:6)
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.overlay.zzm.zzo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads@@24.5.0:7)
       at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onPause(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-api@@24.5.0:2)
       at android.app.Activity.performPause(Activity.java:9107)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnPause(Instrumentation.java:1671)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivityIfNeeded(ActivityThread.java:5576)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:5537)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity(ActivityThread.java:5489)
       at android.app.servertransaction.PauseActivityItem.execute(PauseActivityItem.java:48)
       at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityTransactionItem.execute(ActivityTransactionItem.java:45)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:190)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:101)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2630)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:222)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:314)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8788)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:569)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1090)
        

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[2025-08-11 06:44:08Z GMT] This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!500Ht01syfN9:ref" (ADR-00329453)