App crashes on trying to upload a media from gallery.

Summary: On selecting an item from the gallery for upload the app crashes unexpectedly.

Steps to reproduce: Try selecting a media from the gallery for upload from the floating action button.

What did you expect the app to do, and what did you see instead? The app should not crash.

System logs:

2021-02-16 02:25:03.775 20600-20600/fr.free.nrw.commons.beta E/ACRA: ACRA caught a NullPointerException for fr.free.nrw.commons.beta
    java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'long java.lang.Long.longValue()' on a null object reference
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.filepicker.UploadableFile.getDateTimeFromExif(UploadableFile.java:127)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.filepicker.UploadableFile.getFileCreatedDate(UploadableFile.java:83)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.UploadModel.createAndAddUploadItem(UploadModel.java:95)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.UploadModel.preProcessImage(UploadModel.java:84)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.repository.UploadRepository.preProcessImage(UploadRepository.java:184)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.mediaDetails.UploadMediaPresenter.receiveImage(UploadMediaPresenter.java:83)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.mediaDetails.UploadMediaDetailFragment.init(UploadMediaDetailFragment.java:128)
        at fr.free.nrw.commons.upload.mediaDetails.UploadMediaDetailFragment.onViewCreated(UploadMediaDetailFragment.java:114)

Device and Android version:

Nokia 6.1+ android 10 stock

Commons app version: betaDebug master

Would you like to work on the issue? Yes.

[ashishkumar468]

Hi @jidanni , Thanks for sharing the logs. The app usually does not crashes while performing these basic operations. The issue is related with fetching EXIF information, I will look into this and make sure the fix is rolled out asap.

[misaochan]

Thanks a lot @4D17Y4 ! 😃