String.intern() NullPointerException

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This is crash has been reported twice in the last year but does not have an appropriate fix yet.

Stacktrace from Crashlytics: 

Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.intern()' on a null object reference

       at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2035)

       at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1975)

       at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub$Proxy.resolveIntent(IPackageManager.java:3958)

       at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.resolveActivityAsUser(ApplicationPackageManager.java:1068)

       at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.resolveActivity(ApplicationPackageManager.java:1062)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.gmsg.v.b(v.java)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.gmsg.h.a(h.java)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.webview.q.u(q.java:3)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.webview.q.t(q.java:7)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.webview.ai.run(ai.java)

       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:790)

       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)

       at ql.a(ql.java)

       at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.util.f.a(f.java:1)

       at ql.dispatchMessage(ql.java)

       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)

       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6977)

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

       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:528)

       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:910)

SDK Version: 19.6.0 & 19.7.0
Crash Velocity: Medium
Reproducible: NO 

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Could you kindly provide the details below (via Reply to author, or a direct, private reply to this email) so that I can investigate the issue?

• Device names and Android versions of devices affected
• Frequency of crashes (you may provide screenshots from Crashlytics logs)

 

Ziv Yves Sanchez Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[itzno...@gmail.com]

Here's the info.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi DarShan,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. I was able to look at the stacktrace and see that this appears to be the same issue. I have passed along to my team that is looking into this. Once we have some feedback from them, we will be certain to pass this along to you.

Have you also been able to see any steps that may cause this crash to happen or received any feedback about what actions maybe be causing this that would help us to look more into it. Also if you have a sample app that is able to reproduce this issue that would be helpful for us to dig deeper into it.

Regards,

William Pescherine Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[itzno...@gmail.com]

Any updates on this?

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi there,

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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[itzno...@gmail.com]

This issue has started appearing again on sdk 20.5.0.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hello,

Thank you for getting back to us.

Can you share again the following details below via Reply to author, or send it directly to our testing email(mobileads...@gmail.com) when using the 20.5.0 version so that we can further investigate the issue?

• Device names and Android versions of devices affected

• Crash logs

• Frequency of crashes (you may provide screenshots from Crashlytics logs)

Regards,

Mark Kevin Albios Mobile Ads SDK Team

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