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Sometimes get android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException

We're debugging a crash in a Cordova app that seems to happen on launch / foregrounding, after the app was backgrounded for a moderate amount of time and has been to some extent killed by the OS.
At the time of the crash the app is attempting to show a native dialog fragment for Fingerprint Authentication. For some reason in this case the resources for this fragment cannot be found.
It's been reported for Android 6 and 7, on older and newer devices.
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{ca.koho/ca.koho.Koho}: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x0
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2421)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2481)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:155)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1349)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:174)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5440)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x0
at android.content.res.Resources.getValue(Resources.java:1437)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadXmlResourceParser(Resources.java:2887)
at android.content.res.Resources.getLayout(Resources.java:1251)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:421)
at com.cordova.plugin.android.fingerprintauth.FingerprintAuthenticationDialogFragment.onCreateView(FingerprintAuthenticationDialogFragment.java:85)
at android.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2220)
at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:973)
at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1148)
at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1130)
at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.dispatchActivityCreated(FragmentManager.java:1953)
at android.app.FragmentController.dispatchActivityCreated(FragmentController.java:152)
at android.app.Activity.performCreateCommon(Activity.java:6279)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6287)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1108)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2374)
... 9 more
Here's the problematic bit of code, from the DialogFragment's onCreateView:
int fingerprint_dialog_container_id = getResources()
.getIdentifier("fingerprint_dialog_container", "layout",
FingerprintAuth.packageName);
View v = inflater.inflate(fingerprint_dialog_container_id, container, false);
When the crash happens, getIdentifier(...) is for some reason returning 0. Most of the time the actual identifier is returned.
I have not found a way to reproduce the crash, and advice to enable developer options like 'Don't keep activities' and 'Background process limit' had did not help.
Thanks for any help.

Facebook ProfilePictureView causing FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION

Been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my app keeps crashing, I've nailed it down to having this in my main activities layout XML.
<com.facebook.login.widget.ProfilePictureView
android:id="#+id/pp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
</com.facebook.login.widget.ProfilePictureView>
Whenever I have this in my main activity layout, and I try to create any new intents (new activities, facebook sign in or requesting permissions) My app crashed with a FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION and TransactionTooLargeException.
This continues to happen when I remove the profile picture code in the activity class. It seems to be the view appearing that's casing this but I cannot think why.
This occurs not on my main testign device, but on all emulators and other devices Ive tried.
stacktrace
03-13 15:29:21.347 28962-28962/uk.co.claytapp.taggerbath E/JavaBinder: !!! FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION !!! (parcel size = 1443592)
03-13 15:29:21.348 28962-28962/uk.co.claytapp.taggerbath D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
03-13 15:29:21.348 28962-28962/uk.co.claytapp.taggerbath E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: uk.co.claytapp.taggerbath, PID: 28962
java.lang.RuntimeException: android.os.TransactionTooLargeException: data parcel size 1443592 bytes
at android.app.ActivityThread$StopInfo.run(ActivityThread.java:3752)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)
Caused by: android.os.TransactionTooLargeException: data parcel size 1443592 bytes
at android.os.BinderProxy.transactNative(Native Method)
at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(Binder.java:615)
at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.activityStopped(ActivityManagerNative.java:3606)
at android.app.ActivityThread$StopInfo.run(ActivityThread.java:3744)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755) 

This most likely happens in the onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) method of the activity you are navigating away from.
To fix it, add android:saveEnabled="false" to your ProfilePictureView like so:
<com.facebook.login.widget.ProfilePictureView
android:id="#+id/profilePicture"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:saveEnabled="false"
facebook:com_facebook_preset_size="normal" />
This will prevent Android to call ProfilePictureView's own onSaveInstanceState method (the view hierarchy is stored by the Activity anyway so it won't hurt).

Android Comparison method violates its general contract with TalkBack

With app TalkBack active, I receive the exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
The problem is I'm not using comparision method on my code.
Follow the complete exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeLo(ComparableTimSort.java:710)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeAt(ComparableTimSort.java:447)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.mergeCollapse(ComparableTimSort.java:372)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(ComparableTimSort.java:178)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(ComparableTimSort.java:142)
at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1970)
at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:1864)
at android.view.ViewGroup$ChildListForAccessibility.init(ViewGroup.java:6635)
at android.view.ViewGroup$ChildListForAccessibility.obtain(ViewGroup.java:6600)
at android.view.ViewGroup.addChildrenForAccessibility(ViewGroup.java:1703)
at android.view.ViewGroup.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfoInternal(ViewGroup.java:2529)
at android.view.View.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(View.java:5225)
at android.widget.AdapterView.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(AdapterView.java:937)
at android.widget.AbsListView.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(AbsListView.java:1494)
at android.widget.GridView.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(GridView.java:2263)
at android.view.View.createAccessibilityNodeInfoInternal(View.java:5186)
at android.view.View.createAccessibilityNodeInfo(View.java:5173)
at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController$AccessibilityNodePrefetcher.prefetchDescendantsOfRealNode(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:811)
at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController$AccessibilityNodePrefetcher.prefetchDescendantsOfRealNode(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:834)
at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController$AccessibilityNodePrefetcher.prefetchAccessibilityNodeInfos(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:720)
at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityIdUiThread(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:147)
at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.access$300(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:49)
at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController$PrivateHandler.handleMessage(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:971)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:149)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5257)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:609)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Why I've this exception only with TalkBack active? This exception appear after that gridview is loaded (on display the gridview is loaded correctly)
Thanks a lot
EDIT:
I've found that the problem is on this code line:
public class GridLayoutAdapter extends BaseAdapter
{
#Override
public View getView(int position, View view, ViewGroup parent) {
view.setLayoutParams(new GridView.LayoutParams(60, 60));
}
How to resolve the problem? I don't know why I've a Comparison method violates
(if I try to comment the line it works without crash)

Android strange ClassCastException

A few days ago we started to receive some crash reports from users using our app, but the stracktrace is really strange. It happens only on Samsung G900f (S5) and I can't reproduce it and decide to post a question here.
The stacktrace shows this:
Caused by java.lang.ClassCastException: android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout cannot be cast to android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
at com.packageName.profile.ProfileFragment.onViewCreated(SourceFile:423)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(SourceFile:1086)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(SourceFile:1248)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(SourceFile:738)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(SourceFile:1613)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(SourceFile:330)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(SourceFile:547)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1234)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6258)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2621)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2725)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:172)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1422)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5834)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1388)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1183)
It is a Fragment which contains CollapsingToolbarLayout with initialization and use all correct, but not sure why this happens.
We got some other ClassCastExceptions with different classes from the same device. For example:
Caused by java.lang.ClassCastException:
com.packageName.model.VideoMeta cannot be cast to
com.packageName.model.VideoMeta
where VideoMeta is a class which implements Parcelable and this exception occurs in class Video which implements Parcelable too:
private Video(Parcel in) {
id = in.readLong();
postId = in.readString();
url = in.readString();
thumb = in.readString();
meta = (VideoMeta) in.readValue(VideoMeta.class.getClassLoader());
}
But that's not the end...
Caused by java.lang.ClassCastException:
android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout$LayoutParams cannot be cast to
android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout$LayoutParams
I have no idea what can cause this exception and why it's happening, that's why posting it here.
Thanks in advance for any kind of help or suggestions!

How to debug internal crash of GLSurfaceView?

I'm developing a VR video viewer using Android Cardboard SDK and RajawaliVR (https://github.com/Rajawali/RajawaliVR)
On some devices I have this crash when returning from sleep (others just show black screen):
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.surfaceCreated()' on a null object reference
at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView.surfaceCreated(GLSurfaceView.java:523)
at android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:580)
at android.view.SurfaceView$3.onPreDraw(SurfaceView.java:176)
at android.view.ViewTreeObserver.dispatchOnPreDraw(ViewTreeObserver.java:944)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1970)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1061)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5891)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:767)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:580)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:550)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:753)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5292)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:904)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:699)
As you can see the crash is in the android code, how do I start debugging it?

You have access to the source code, so start with that.
Assuming you're using Lollipop, it's failing on this line:
mGLThread.surfaceCreated();
The error message indicates that mGLThread is null. Doing a simple search for the assignment ("mGLThread =") with the web browser reveals two instances, the most interesting of which is this one:
public void setRenderer(Renderer renderer) {
...
mGLThread = new GLThread(mThisWeakRef);
Setting some of the complexities aside, mGLThread should be non-null so long as setRenderer() is called. So the first thing to do is check to see if your application is calling setRenderer() (typically in onCreate()).

If you're following along the Android Developer OpenGL tutorial, it's possible that Android Studio corrected this definition in your Activity class constructor:
mGLView = new MyGLSurfaceView(this);
and changed it to
mGLView = new GLSurfaceView(this);
because the class MyGLSurfaceView had not been coded yet...skipping the MyGLSurfaveView constructor which is where setRenderer(...) is called. Mr. fadden's answer above is excellent, explains how to diagnose the problem.