636418 - Firefox 4 Beta 5 cannot start (NullPointerException)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Pavel Cvrcek [:JasnaPaka]]

Firefox 4 Beta 5 on HTC Desire (Android 2.2)

Today I have updated to the newest Firefox beta version and I cannot start Firefox. After start I see Android error dialog about problem with application. I had a look at detail information about crash and I see NullPointerException in GeckoApp.java, line 152.

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/embedding/android/GeckoApp.java#152

Problem is that "ex.getMessage()" can return null value (as my situation).

Comment 1

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Attachment: patch v.1 bandaide

are you able to try this patch, or can I give you a build to try out?

Comment 2

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

Comment on attachment 515130 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v.1 bandaide

Doug, did you try to compile this? I think you need msg != null, String doesn't cast to boolean

Comment 3

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Pavel - are you able to try out a fix?

Comment 4

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Attachment: patch v.2

Comment 5

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

pushed http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/621f7ea2a6f4

Comment 6

[Pavel Cvrcek [:JasnaPaka]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Pavel - are you able to try out a fix?

Yes, I will try nightly build.

Comment 7

[Ayan Shah[:ashah]]

Ioana - can you try this on HTC desire?