1476754 - Crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean java.lang.String.equals(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference at org.mozilla.gecko.CrashReporterActivity.getProfileName(CrashReporterActivity.java)

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is
report bp-8ea8995f-521e-4404-a754-fb13c0180718.
=============================================================

Seen while looking at crash stats - started using 20180717100050: https://bit.ly/2zR2mMJ. 10 crashes/5 installs, although it appears the same user may have crashed a few times. There also doesn't appear to be a normal stack below the processor notes.

Java stack trace:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean java.lang.String.equals(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference
	at org.mozilla.gecko.CrashReporterActivity.getProfileName(CrashReporterActivity.java:336)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.CrashReporterActivity.onCreate(CrashReporterActivity.java:178)
	at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7174)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1220)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2908)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3030)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1696)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6938)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:327)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1374)

Comment 2

[Oana Horvath [:ohorvath - out of office]]

Can reproduce this crash and 1476681 (alternatively) by updating Nightly 2018-07-17 to the 07/18 build. Cannot install the update on these devices:
Google Pixel (Android 9)
Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 8.0)

Doesn't reproduce on these lower Android versions:
HTC Desire 820 (Android 6.0.1)
Nokia 6 (Android 7.1.1)

Comment 3

[Oana Horvath [:ohorvath - out of office]]

Also, STR similar to Bug 1476606.
It looks like the blank pop-up described there it's the Nightly crash reporter, which can be seen better on a Samsung S8: https://www.screencast.com/t/vHHs2Hiwe.

Comment 4

[Ola Gasidlo [:ogasidlo] [:ola] OOO - please ping :ladybenko:]

Can reproduce.

Google Pixel (Android 8.1.0)

STR similar as https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476754#c3
Looks like the profile string is empty, not sure why. Sync is also having issues to sign in.

It drains my battery really fast as well as my phone heats up, so it does restart every 2-5 minutes. 
Phone is unusable right now.

Comment 5

[Petru-Mugurel Lingurar [:petru]]

I see no recent reports for this [1]
I suspect this might have been fixed by the patch for Bug 1476676 .
Please check if it's still reproducing.

[1] https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/signature/?signature=java.lang.NullPointerException%3A%20Attempt%20to%20invoke%20virtual%20method%20%27boolean%20java.lang.String.equals%28java.lang.Object%29%27%20on%20a%20null%20object%20reference%20at%20org.mozilla.gecko.CrashReporterActivity.getProfileName%28CrashReporterActivity.java%29&date=%3E%3D2018-07-16T09%3A44%3A27.000Z&date=%3C2018-07-23T09%3A44%3A27.000Z&_columns=date&_columns=product&_columns=version&_columns=build_id&_columns=platform&_columns=reason&_columns=address&_columns=install_time&_sort=-date&page=1#reports

Comment 6

[Oana Horvath [:ohorvath - out of office]]

I don't see anymore crashes on build updates. Also, the pop-up crash reporter doesn't appear anymore. 
Marking this as fixed. 
Google Pixel (Android 9)
Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 8.0)