1432167 - Crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean org.mozilla.gecko.extensions.ExtensionPermissionsHelper.getShowUpdateIcon()' on a null object reference at org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserApp.onPrepareOptionsMenu(BrowserApp.j...

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1407219

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Add-on Manager, defect)

Description

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is
report bp-6bafa6db-cc09-4752-ac05-0af500180122.
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java stack trace:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean org.mozilla.gecko.extensions.ExtensionPermissionsHelper.getShowUpdateIcon()' on a null object reference
	at org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserApp.onPrepareOptionsMenu(BrowserApp.java:3740)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApp.invalidateOptionsMenu(GeckoApp.java:428)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserApp.refreshChrome(BrowserApp.java:1771)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApp.onLocaleReady(GeckoApp.java:1446)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserApp.onLocaleReady(BrowserApp.java:2823)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApp$14$1.run(GeckoApp.java:1378)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:234)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5526)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)

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These have started occurring a few days ago across all versions.  Did an experiment get enabled recently that would explain this?  The code was added in bug 1391579.

Comment 1

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Turns out the reason this appears now is signature generation change on crash-stats.