988615 - launching sideloaded app on emulator throws NullPointerException at InstallHelper.copyApplicationZipFile

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Web Apps (PWAs), defect, P3)

Description

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Launching an app that I sideloaded onto an emulator throws a NullPointerException at InstallHelper.copyApplicationZipFile:

  649           GeckoAppShell  E  >>> REPORTING UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION FROM THREAD 87 ("GeckoBackgroundThread")
  649           GeckoAppShell  E  java.lang.NullPointerException
  649           GeckoAppShell  E  at org.mozilla.gecko.webapp.InstallHelper.copyApplicationZipFile(InstallHelper.java:121)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create an emulator.  I created one with that emulates a Galaxy Nexus device with an armeabi-v7a ABI and Android 4.0, although I'm unsure how important this particular configuration is.

2. Sideload an app, f.e. <https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/bumper>:

  curl "https://controller.apk.firefox.com/application.apk?manifestUrl=https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/c599acd5-2ced-42b7-a5a9-0096a8da6176/manifest.webapp" -o "bumpertest.apk" && adb install bumpertest.apk

3. Sideload Fennec:

  wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-android/fennec-31.0a1.multi.android-arm.apk && adb install fennec-31.0a1.multi.android-arm.apk

4. Launch the app.

Expected Results: app runs.

Actual Results: app hangs on blank screen.

Note: the second time I launch the app, I see:

  500         GeckoWebappImpl  I  Waiting for existing install to complete


A full stack:

  720           GeckoAppShell  E  >>> REPORTING UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION FROM THREAD 96 ("GeckoBackgroundThread")
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  java.lang.NullPointerException
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at org.mozilla.gecko.webapp.InstallHelper.copyApplicationZipFile(InstallHelper.java:121)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at org.mozilla.gecko.webapp.InstallHelper.access$000(InstallHelper.java:29)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at org.mozilla.gecko.webapp.InstallHelper$1.run(InstallHelper.java:59)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:605)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  at org.mozilla.gecko.util.GeckoBackgroundThread.run(GeckoBackgroundThread.java:32)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  Main thread stack:
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.os.Parcel.readStrongBinder(Native Method)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.os.ServiceManagerProxy.getService(ServiceManagerNative.java:121)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.os.ServiceManager.getService(ServiceManager.java:55)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.telephony.TelephonyManager.<init>(TelephonyManager.java:67)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ContextImpl$26.createService(ContextImpl.java:410)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ContextImpl$ServiceFetcher.getService(ContextImpl.java:198)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ContextImpl.getSystemService(ContextImpl.java:1176)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.content.ContextWrapper.getSystemService(ContextWrapper.java:386)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoNetworkManager.getNetworkType(GeckoNetworkManager.java:251)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoNetworkManager.start(GeckoNetworkManager.java:130)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApplication.onActivityResume$642b2292(GeckoApplication.java:90)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoActivity.onResume(GeckoActivity.java:38)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApp.onResume(GeckoApp.java:1980)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1154)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:4539)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:2433)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:2471)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1985)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:122)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1146)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
  720           GeckoAppShell  E  dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Comment 1

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Per bug 1235869, we're going to disable the Android web runtime, so we won't fix this bug in it.

(This is part of a bulk resolution of bugs in the Firefox for Android::Web Apps component, from which I attempted to exclude bugs that are not specific to the runtime, but it's possible that I included one accidentally.  If so, I'm sorry, and please reopen the bug!)