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Ionic android application crashes instantly

I am making this post today because I have a problem with my ionic application.
So here it is, the app builds perfectly on an emulator with android studio. However, right after the splash screen it crashes instantly. I have no idea why this is happening. After running the app in debug mode, I get this error:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.julesbsz.shortnews, PID: 862
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.julesbsz.shortnews/com.julesbsz.shortnews.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int org.json.JSONArray.length()' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3270)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3409)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:83)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2016)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int org.json.JSONArray.length()' on a null object reference
at com.codetrixstudio.capacitor.GoogleAuth.GoogleAuth.load(GoogleAuth.java:47)
at com.getcapacitor.PluginHandle.load(PluginHandle.java:72)
at com.getcapacitor.PluginHandle.<init>(PluginHandle.java:44)
at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.registerPlugin(Bridge.java:476)
at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.registerAllPlugins(Bridge.java:440)
at com.getcapacitor.Bridge.<init>(Bridge.java:170)
at com.getcapacitor.BridgeActivity.load(BridgeActivity.java:83)
at com.getcapacitor.BridgeActivity.init(BridgeActivity.java:62)
at com.getcapacitor.BridgeActivity.init(BridgeActivity.java:48)
at com.julesbsz.shortnews.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:17)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7802)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7791)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1299)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3245)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3409) 
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:83) 
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135) 
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2016) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930) 
Disconnected from the target VM, address: 'localhost:8600', transport: 'socket'
I really don't see what the problem is. Also, if you need more information about something in particular, let me know. Thank you very much.

If you read the stacktrace you can see that the crash originates from
at com.julesbsz.shortnews.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:17)
It then appears to fail at some authorization logic
at com.codetrixstudio.capacitor.GoogleAuth.GoogleAuth.load(GoogleAuth.java:47)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int org.json.JSONArray.length()' on a null object reference
You did not post your code so perhaps this is a good time to learn how to set breakpoints and debug?
https://developer.android.com/studio/debug#breakPoints

Android 10+ android.permission.NETWORK_STACK for hidden api

I am testing a new app on a physical device:
REDMI NOTE 9 PRO
android 10
MIUI 12
I am trying to access to startSoftAp that is a hidden method of WifiManager class. That is I want programmatically start and stop tethering.
Following this approach and many other links such as:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-development-bypass-hidden-api-restrictions/
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/deyz14/apparently_you_can_destroy_hidden_api_blacklist/
I am facing a new issue regarding
android.permission.NETWORK_STACK
that I am not able to fix. The main cause is
Caused by: **java.lang.SecurityException: WifiService: Neither user
10448 nor current process has android.permission.NETWORK_STACK.
Obviously I tried to specify this via manifest file but this is a non-SDK permission or hidden permission. Then them method described by many programmer to bypass hidden API seems is missing something about this permission.
Here is the stack trace.
**java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException**
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.example.tel_info.MainActivity.setHotspot(MainActivity.java:111)
at com.example.tel_info.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:85)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7893)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7880)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1307)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3283)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3457)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivityInner(ActivityThread.java:5372)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:5280)
at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityRelaunchItem.execute(ActivityRelaunchItem.java:69)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2044)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:224)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7562)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:539)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:950)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.example.tel_info.HideClass.startSoftApInstance(HideClass.java:42)
Caused by: **java.lang.SecurityException: WifiService: Neither user 10448 nor current process has android.permission.NETWORK_STACK.**
at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:2074)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2042)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1990)
at android.net.wifi.IWifiManager$Stub$Proxy.startSoftAp(IWifiManager.java:3031)
at android.net.wifi.WifiManager.startSoftAp(WifiManager.java:2721)
Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
at android.app.ContextImpl.enforce(ContextImpl.java:1906)
at android.app.ContextImpl.enforceCallingOrSelfPermission(ContextImpl.java:1934)
at com.android.server.wifi.WifiServiceImpl.enforceNetworkStackPermission(WifiServiceImpl.java:915)
at com.android.server.wifi.WifiServiceImpl.startSoftAp(WifiServiceImpl.java:1206)
at android.net.wifi.IWifiManager$Stub.onTransact(IWifiManager.java:1359)
How to grant this to my app? Thanks in advance.

No Activity found to handle Intent { act=com.android.car.developeroptions.action.DEMO_MODE }

I am trying to use the SystemUI demo mode using the AAOS emulator (see image below), but unfortunately this doesn't seem to work.
The build number is as shown here:
Logcat shows the following exception. I am wondering if this is a known issue and if it can be avoided somehow?
Process: com.android.car.developeroptions, PID: 4461
android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=com.android.car.developeroptions.action.DEMO_MODE }
at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:2058)
at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1716)
at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:5211)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:676)
at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:5169)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:663)
at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:5540)
at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:5508)
at androidx.preference.Preference.performClick(Preference.java:1199)
at androidx.preference.Preference.performClick(Preference.java:1166)
at androidx.preference.Preference$1.onClick(Preference.java:181)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7259)
at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:7236)
at android.view.View.access$3600(View.java:801)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:27892)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:883)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930)

the RenderService has not been supported on the AAOS, currently just testing the car templates-related apps on the Android Auto and using the DHU as the projected terminal. see details of the NOTES on the official webpage: Usage of Android for cars

React Native app crashing at startup on Android: Didn't find class "com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSupportManagerImpl"

I am using React Native v 0.62.2 and I am trying to get my project running on Android as well. Up until now, I had focussed development on iOS and therefore did never run the Android app. Now I wanted to run the android app but the app crashes on startup right after the splash screen was shown with the following stacktrace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application com.myapp.MainApplication: java.lang.RuntimeException: Requested enabled DevSupportManager, but DevSupportManagerImpl class was not found or could not be created
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6612)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:233)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1896)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7523)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Requested enabled DevSupportManager, but DevSupportManagerImpl class was not found or could not be created
at com.facebook.react.devsupport.a.a(:90)
at com.facebook.react.q.<init>(:238)
at com.facebook.react.r.b(:281)
at com.facebook.react.t.a(:87)
at com.facebook.react.t.h(:39)
at com.myapp.MainApplication.onCreate(:48)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1192)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6607)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:233) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1896) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7523) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941) 
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSupportManagerImpl
at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:454)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:379)
at com.facebook.react.devsupport.a.a(:68)
at com.facebook.react.q.<init>(:238) 
at com.facebook.react.r.b(:281) 
at com.facebook.react.t.a(:87) 
at com.facebook.react.t.h(:39) 
at com.myapp.MainApplication.onCreate(:48) 
at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1192) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6607) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:233) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1896) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7523) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941) 
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSupportManagerImpl" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/~~WocKG3K03wTNVqsJq3z5Xg==/com.myapp-F972FEHz8FF4xF-BTG7qlg==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/~~WocKG3K03wTNVqsJq3z5Xg==/com.myapp-F972FEHz8FF4xF-BTG7qlg==/lib/x86, /data/app/~~WocKG3K03wTNVqsJq3z5Xg==/com.myapp-F972FEHz8FF4xF-BTG7qlg==/base.apk!/lib/x86, /system/lib, /system_ext/lib, /product/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:207)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method) 
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:454) 
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:379) 
at com.facebook.react.devsupport.a.a(:68) 
at com.facebook.react.q.<init>(:238) 
at com.facebook.react.r.b(:281) 
at com.facebook.react.t.a(:87) 
at com.facebook.react.t.h(:39) 
at com.myapp.MainApplication.onCreate(:48) 
at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1192) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6607) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:233) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1896) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7523) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941) 
I searched the web for solutions or at least hints but did unfortunately not find any solution or even any idea of what could be done to fix this issue.
Does anyone have any idea? Also please let me know if you need any further information in order to be able to answer the question.
Thanks a lot!

For all who are struggling with this issue as well - after a long period of research plus try and error, I got it finally fixed.
It seems that this issue actually is correlated to OK HTTP. The steps that made me get it running were the following:
Enable MultiDex but also keep attention on going for the AndroidX solution (as I use the latest version of React Native which already leverages AndroidX) as stated in the following answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/56875424/9055450
Follow the instructions given in the following comment adding ProGuard files: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/9043#issuecomment-298832659

Cannot connect to android.support.test.orchestrator.OrchestratorService

Not able to run instrumentation test with android orchestrator,
I have followed developer doc and made same changes but it's not working.
Screen shot and logs are attached.
Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance
Logcat:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.ctpl.myinstrumentationtest, PID: 6608
java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception thrown in onCreate() of ComponentInfo{com.example.ctpl.myinstrumentationtest.test/android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot connect to android.support.test.orchestrator.OrchestratorService
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5868)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:199)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1650)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669)
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.RuntimeException: Cannot connect to android.support.test.orchestrator.OrchestratorService
at android.support.test.orchestrator.instrumentationlistener.OrchestratedInstrumentationListener.connect(OrchestratedInstrumentationListener.java:87)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.onCreate(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:303)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5863)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:199) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1650) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669) 
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) 
List item

I had the same problem but with androidx orchestrator. I was getting the same exception but the package was different:
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot connect to androidx.test.orchestrator.OrchestratorService.
I have found the description of possbile root cause in this github thread. There's an iteresting discussion, but it seems that there's no general solution for this yet.
For me the problem was caused by setting the target sdk to 30 and launching the app on an android 30 emulator. So launching tests on emulator with api < 30 resolved this.