Firebase crashing on some devices with java.lang.IllegalStateException

[fzurita]

• Android Studio version: 2020.3.1 Patch 4
• Firebase Component: crashlytics
• Component version:
• com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.8.1
• com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:29.0.1

Describe the problem
I'm receiving several crash reports from the google play console with these two sets of stack traces:

java.lang.RuntimeException: 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider (ActivityThread.java:6445)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders (ActivityThread.java:5987)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:5902)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100 (ActivityThread.java:200)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1656)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6718)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:493)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: 
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore.prepareBaseDir (FileStore.java:188)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore.<init> (FileStore.java:66)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore.$r8$init$bridge (FileStore.java)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.FirebaseCrashlytics.init (FirebaseCrashlytics.java:75)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.CrashlyticsRegistrar.buildCrashlytics (CrashlyticsRegistrar.java:57)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.CrashlyticsRegistrar$$InternalSyntheticLambda$2$db162bb9be36f9206ef3c77773d22791204d3cb6279c7815312c3bc51d3b6568$0.create$bridge (CrashlyticsRegistrar.java)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime.lambda$discoverComponents$0 (ComponentRuntime.java:132)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime$$InternalSyntheticLambda$1$562ccfbab29457946f69b904d7c620216b88cbd0fd784cee32e00ed2dcd3a60c$0.get (ComponentRuntime.java)
  at com.google.firebase.components.Lazy.get (Lazy.java:53)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime.doInitializeEagerComponents (ComponentRuntime.java:291)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime.initializeEagerComponents (ComponentRuntime.java:281)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeAllApis (FirebaseApp.java:584)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp (FirebaseApp.java:303)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp (FirebaseApp.java:267)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp (FirebaseApp.java:252)
  at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate (FirebaseInitProvider.java:51)
  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo (ContentProvider.java:1920)
  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo (ContentProvider.java:1895)
  at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo (FirebaseInitProvider.java:45)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider (ActivityThread.java:6440)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders (ActivityThread.java:5987)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:5902)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100 (ActivityThread.java:200)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1656)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6718)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:493)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:858)

java.lang.RuntimeException: 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider (ActivityThread.java:6445)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders (ActivityThread.java:5987)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:5902)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100 (ActivityThread.java:200)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1656)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6718)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:493)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: 
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore.prepareBaseDir (FileStore.java:188)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore.<init> (FileStore.java:66)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.internal.persistence.FileStore.$r8$init$bridge (FileStore.java)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.ndk.FirebaseCrashlyticsNdk.create (FirebaseCrashlyticsNdk.java:33)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.ndk.CrashlyticsNdkRegistrar.buildCrashlyticsNdk (CrashlyticsNdkRegistrar.java:48)
  at com.google.firebase.crashlytics.CrashlyticsRegistrar$$InternalSyntheticLambda$2$db162bb9be36f9206ef3c77773d22791204d3cb6279c7815312c3bc51d3b6568$0.create$bridge (CrashlyticsRegistrar.java)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime.lambda$discoverComponents$0 (ComponentRuntime.java:132)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime$$InternalSyntheticLambda$1$562ccfbab29457946f69b904d7c620216b88cbd0fd784cee32e00ed2dcd3a60c$0.get (ComponentRuntime.java)
  at com.google.firebase.components.Lazy.get (Lazy.java:53)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime.doInitializeEagerComponents (ComponentRuntime.java:291)
  at com.google.firebase.components.ComponentRuntime.initializeEagerComponents (ComponentRuntime.java:281)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeAllApis (FirebaseApp.java:584)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp (FirebaseApp.java:303)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp (FirebaseApp.java:267)
  at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp (FirebaseApp.java:252)
  at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate (FirebaseInitProvider.java:51)
  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo (ContentProvider.java:1920)
  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo (ContentProvider.java:1895)
  at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo (FirebaseInitProvider.java:45)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider (ActivityThread.java:6440)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders (ActivityThread.java:5987)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication (ActivityThread.java:5902)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100 (ActivityThread.java:200)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1656)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6718)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:493)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:858)

Steps to reproduce:

Unknown, this does seem to primarily happen on Android TV, these are the devices where I see this:
Xiaomi MiBox S
LGE K51S
Sony BRAVIA 4K GB
Xiaomi Mi TV Stick
THEHAM UHD Android TV
Sony BRAVIA 4K UR3
Sony BRAVIA VH2
Sony BRAVIA 4K UR2
NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV
Motorola moto e6 play
Nokia 1.3

The crash rate seems to be somewhat low.

Relevant Code:
I'm not sure what to put here, since this seems to be happening during crashlytics initialization, here is the associated open source project though:

https://github.com/fzurita/mupen64plus-ae/tree/fz-master-v299

[argzdev]

Hi @fzurita, thanks for reporting. We'll try to investigate this, however since the crash rate is somewhat low, this might be a race condition, as a result, reproducing this issue might be difficult. In the meantime, let's keep this ticket open and see if our engineers might have some idea what's causing this.

[fzurita]

Just an update. On the " Xiaomi MiBox S" device, it appears to be very reproducible given that I have 3 impacted users which have 15 crashes.

[argzdev]

Hi @fzurita, I'm having problem determining where the issue could be. Could you provide us with a minimal reproducible example with the issue? Thanks

[fzurita]

Just to clarify, I don't have any devices that are running into this issue, I only know based on crash reports from the play store.

After taking that into account, it should not be very difficult to reproduce this if you have one of the affected devices, the "Xiaomi MiBox S" seems to be badly affected. You can download the app from the play store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita

Or if you need to the full source code, you can build it yourself by importing this project into Android studio: https://github.com/fzurita/mupen64plus-ae/tree/fz-master-v299

To build that project, you will need a google-services.json file that I don't include in GitHub which is needed by firebase.

[argzdev]

Hi @fzurita, thanks for the extra details. I was able to build the project with the GitHub link, however due to the lack of devices, I'm also unable to reproduce this issue. While I try to investigate this further, may I ask if there is a specific SDK version this issue is affecting?

[fzurita]

Here is the distribution for the two versions of the crash:

It seems to be associated with Android 9, 10, 11 and Android TV.

First screenshot belongs to the first stack trace, second screenshot belong to the second stack trace.