[Android] SDK crashes app while opening ads

[Ricardo Moutinho]

When an AdsLoader is created using a non-activity context, clicking the video ad or any of its companion ads crashes the app because the SDK tries to open the ad's web view without setting the new task flag:

android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: Calling startActivity() from outside of an Activity  context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag. Is this really what you want?

The SDK should check if the provided context is indeed an Activity, and if not, it should add the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag to the startActivity call. 

The reason for loading ads with a non-activity context is simple: we're making the ad requests in a background manager that will start an activity to show the ads only when they're available.

[Yury Pavlotsky (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Ricardo,

Thanks for your suggestion, I've let the rest of the team know, and we'll look into adding this.

Thanks,

Yury Pavlotsky

IMA SDK Team

[Ricardo Moutinho]

Hi Yury,

Any update on this topic? Have you reached any consensus? It's frustating having to make a new request to show the ad with a different context, even more since that request will sometimes fail leaving the app with a very poor user experience..

Regards,

Ricardo

[Elton Kent]

Hello Ricardo,

The team is looking into this. I will get back to you when i hear from them.

Thanks,

Elton

[Ricardo Moutinho]

It's been a couple of months..Any update on this issue?

Regards,

Ricardo M.

[Vu Chau (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Ricardo,

The bug should have been fixed in the newest release (3.b12.1).  Could you give that a try and let us know if you still experience it?

Thanks,

Vu Chau

IMA SDK Team

[Ricardo Moutinho]

Hi Chau,

I can confirm that I can no longer reproduce this issue with the latest release.

Thanks,

Ricardo M.