1002457 - crash in java.lang.IllegalStateException: Already registered HomePanels:Install at org.mozilla.gecko.EventDispatcher.registerListener(EventDispatcher.java)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Awesomescreen, defect)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-3a1c8493-2bff-482a-91a3-3e2972140427.
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java.lang.IllegalStateException: Already registered HomePanels:Install
	at org.mozilla.gecko.EventDispatcher.registerListener(EventDispatcher.java:58)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.EventDispatcher.registerEventListener(EventDispatcher.java:133)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.home.HomePanelsManager.init(HomePanelsManager.java:88)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApplication.onCreate(GeckoApplication.java:124)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1007)
	at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:533)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2426)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1700(ActivityThread.java:145)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1282)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5149)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:789)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:605)
	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Comment 1

[:Margaret Leibovic]

This sounds like a GeckoApplication life-cycle issue. It looks like onCreate is being called multiple times. If this is expected, we should probably add a check to HomePanelsManager.init to check if its already been initialized.

rnewman, do you have any insights into what could be happening here?

Comment 2

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12809737/android-application-class-method-oncreate-being-called-multiple-times

Comment 3

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

I can think of three hypotheses.

1. We have two GeckoApplications, because we have two processes. I don't see how they'd communicate in such a way that it would cause this bug, but maybe there's a way.

2. We're retaining a reference to GeckoApplication, and that's doing something strange. (We do indeed retain references, including in GeckoApplication itself.)

3. Android is buggy.

Comment 4

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Also, all five reports are from the same Samsung/API 19 user.

Comment 5

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

User comment: "crash on theme uninstall / cyanogenmod 11"

Comment 6

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

And I can't reproduce this. Recommendation: band-aid based on the log, and watch for problems on non-Cyanogen.

Comment 7

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Couple other ROMs in the crash report list, very low crash volume overall.

Comment 8

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Closing because no crash reported since 12 weeks.

Comment 9

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Closing because no crash reported since 12 weeks.