1259420 - Recent apps list: unfortunately the process com.android.systemui has stopped

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Cziráki Balázs]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0
Build ID: 20140212131424

Steps to reproduce:

Tried opening "Recent Apps" (screen listing recently used apps).


Actual results:

Following error shows: Unfortunately the process com.android.systemui has stopped.


Expected results:

Should have shown the list of recent apps. If the application is installed (not just when running), its always happening. I uninstalled firefox, problem instantly disappeared.

(Recent apps seems like stock Android 4.4, but its an LG D280.)

Comment 1

[raimu]

Happens to me too
Android version 4.4.2
Firefox 46.0.1

Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

This is Android killing the Google launcher due to memory pressure events. There is not anything we can do to control that behavior.

Comment 3

[Teo Marmilić]

I have found a workaround since this also affects me on Android 4.4.2, LG D320n.

If both Firefox and Firefox Beta are installed(from Play Store) the problem seems to go away. I can use any of the two apps(Stable or Beta). They just have to be installed, if only one is installed(doesn't matter which one), the error is shown on "Recent Apps" screen. This currently works on my phone, with Firefox versions 46.0.1 and 47.0(Beta).

Comment 4

[Cziráki Balázs]

I found out more details: the bug happens only if Firefox (even the beta) is the only installed app with Search capabilities. I have Google Search disabled, so installing the Beta is not needed, you could use such as below (by the way, great solution to disable it):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hk.sld.SwipeLaunchDisabler