778438 - java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.mozilla.gecko.AwesomeBar.onCreate(AwesomeBar.java) on Honeycomb

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Awesomescreen, defect)

Description

[Scoobidiver (away)]

There are two crashes from the same user in 17.0a1/20120728, including bp-37128b27-3129-4733-82ba-0f8862120728.

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.mozilla.gecko.AwesomeBar.onCreate(AwesomeBar.java:76)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1048)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1715)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1767)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:122)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1005)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:132)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4028)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:844)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:602)
	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

More reports at:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?signature=java.lang.NullPointerException%3A+at+org.mozilla.gecko.AwesomeBar.onCreate%28AwesomeBar.java%29

Comment 1

[Scoobidiver (away)]

It has been hit by 2 users. The regression range is:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=8b96a33ecbd2&tochange=2abd21593e57
It's likely a regression from bug 770928.

Comment 2

[Scoobidiver (away)]

It's #1 top crasher over the last 3 days.

Comment 3

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6867076/getactionbar-returns-null

It looks like we need to call setContentView(R.layout.awesomebar) _before_ calling getActionBar(). More likely, we should move the call to getActionBar() to _after_ the setContentView call.

Comment 4

[Sriram Ramasubramanian [:sriram]]

I need to look into the code, but, Android inflates the ActionBar before doing a setContentView(). Anyways, I'll try doing that.

Comment 5

[Sriram Ramasubramanian [:sriram]]

Attachment: Patch

This patch solves the crash in Honeycomb (old school way).
However, honeycomb is crazy. When I do copy or select "done", the text-selection changes and I hide the action bar -- as we should be. And then honeycomb for some reason thinks it should be showing the action-bar and shows it. And when i start typing, it goes away (as a part of textChanged listener). This is happening only in honeycomb and we dont have any control over actionbar -- which is why CustomEditText captures onSelectionChanged and passes it to AwesomeBar.

Comment 6

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

Comment on attachment 647249 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

This will fix the crash, and I assume we have a bug filed for fixing the odd behavior on Honeycomb?

Comment 7

[Sriram Ramasubramanian [:sriram]]

http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/c6de46640373

Comment 8

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

tracking this since it's a pre-requisite for uplift of bug 770928 being able to be uplifted.

Comment 9

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c6de46640373

Comment 11

[Sriram Ramasubramanian [:sriram]]

Comment on attachment 647249 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

[Approval Request Comment]
Bug caused by (feature/regressing bug #): 770928
User impact if declined: Honeycomb will crash with the other patch.
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): Landed on m-c on 07/31
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): None. Without this patch the other cannot be landed.
String or UUID changes made by this patch: None.

Comment 12

[Sriram Ramasubramanian [:sriram]]

Pushed to aurora:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/6098f0178631

Comment 13

[Sriram Ramasubramanian [:sriram]]

Pushed to beta:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/1fb1f90a2bc7

Comment 14

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

+ qawanted for 3.x verification