IMA ads giving crash while giving playAd(adMediaInfo) callback

[Akash Shah]

Hi Team,

I have integrated below dependency in my android project for showing ads. 

implementation 'com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3:interactivemedia:3.34.0'

And I have implemented VideoAdPlayer interface in my code. The class which inherits this interface is written in kotlin language. 
At some instances it is crashing when SDK is giving callback playAd(adMediaInfo: AdMediaInfo) as the argument is of type non-null & SDK is passing null object. 

Kindly help me here

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[IMA SDK]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the IMA SDK Support team.

As kotlin enforces null safety, meaning if you declare a parameter as non-nullable, Kotlin will throw an exception if it receives a null value.

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[Akash Shah]

Hi Team,

Sample app will not help as it is not reproducible at our end. The issue is happening for one of our client. 
I am sharing crash stack trace for reference. In this " VmaxGamAdExoPlayerAdapter" implements VideoAdPlayer interface.

Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException: at com.vmax.vmaxgamvideohelper.VmaxGamAdExoPlayerAdapter.playAd(:58) at com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3.impl.zzbl.zza(com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3:interactivemedia@@3.35.1:9) at com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3.impl.zzba.zza(com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3:interactivemedia@@3.35.1:30) at com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3.impl.zzbk.zzh(com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3:interactivemedia@@3.35.1:7) at com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3.impl.zzbg.onPostMessage(com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3:interactivemedia@@3.35.1:2) at androidx.webkit.internal.WebMessageListenerAdapter.onPostMessage(WebMessageListenerAdapter.java:55) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java) at org.chromium.support_lib_boundary.util.BoundaryInterfaceReflectionUtil$InvocationHandlerWithDelegateGetter.invoke(BoundaryInterfaceReflectionUtil.java:162) at java.lang.reflect.Proxy.invoke(Proxy.java:1006) at $Proxy21.onPostMessage() at WV.YX.run(chromium-TrichromeWebViewGoogle6432.aab-stable-672305833:98) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:1013) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:101) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:328) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:9210) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:594) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)

[IMA SDK]

Hi Akash,

I ran the Goolge AdvancedExample with the mentioned SDK version "3.34.0" in the emulator pixel 8pro running Android 15.0 that has API 35 and the crash issue is not replicating. In order to investigate this crash issue further we would require the sample project reproducing the issue or below details to check and debug your implementation:

• Full stack trace
• Device type and model that crash occurs on
• Confirm if the crash occurs in our Google AdvancedExample   
• What is "VmaxGamAdExoPlayerAdapter"

You can provide the following details via reply privately to the author option or directly provide it to this link. 

[IMA SDK]

Hi Akash,

I ran the Google AdvancedExample and found the the AdMediaInfo is a non-null object but SDK is passing a null object due to which app might be crashing.

I will check this issue with the wider team and update you accordingly.

[IMA SDK]

Hi Akash,

Can you please send us the below details for further investigation:

• Steps to reproduce the crash

• Confirm if the crash occurs in our Google AdvancedExample 

• Sample project reproducing the issue.  

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Thanks,
 

IMA SDK Team

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