878539 - java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoPreferences.onCreate(GeckoPreferences.java)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Scoobidiver (away)]

There are 16 crashes in 21.0 and two in 24.0a1: bp-d88c349c-8c48-4f07-9e0d-527452130602.

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoPreferences.onCreate(GeckoPreferences.java:98)
	at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2261)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2357)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:153)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1247)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5226)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:795)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:562)
	at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.main(XposedBridge.java:110)
	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.GeckoPreferences.onCreate%28GeckoPreferences.java%29

Comment 1

[Kartikaya Gupta (email:[e-mail])]

We should probably guard against getActionBar() returning null here. Note that XposedBridge appears to be an app that allows users to launch other apps in "tablet mode" or "phone mode", so this might not happen on non-rooted android devices.

Comment 2

[rychljir]

Hey guys,
Im completely newbie in these open source stuff. Do you think its possible to fix this by me with some kind hints from you? Thanks.

Comment 3

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

This signature is not active any more. No crashes in recent builds. rychljir you should look at http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/ for bugs with mentors.

Comment 4

[rychljir]

Ok, great. Thank you very much for your reply.