0.65 Android repeated app crash. catalyst instance has already disappeared.

Description

I recently upgraded my react-native version from 0.64.2 to 0.65.1. The iOS version works fine but the android version has started throwing errors for basically all native modules: Previously i had seen such issue with reanimated 2 in this issue however it is happening constantly on the new version with all sorts of modules. The app worked fine on 0.64.2 and no other packages were updated. Hermes is also enabled on the Android version.

React Native version:

    OS: macOS 11.5.2
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 191.53 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /usr/local/bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.5.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.5 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.19.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.5.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.2
      System Images: android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: 22.0.7026061
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Arctic Fox 2020.3.1 Patch 1 Arctic Fox 2020.3.1 Patch 1
    Xcode: 12.5.1/12E507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_242 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2 
    react-native: 0.65.1 => 0.65.1 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Steps To Reproduce

Provide a detailed list of steps that reproduce the issue.

1. Updated existing app from 0.64.2 to 0.65.1 using react-native upgrade helper that had hermes enabled
2. npx react-native start
3. npx react-native run-android
4. see the above errors in flipper

Expected Results

Expected to run without crashing as nothing else was changed.

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:

currently incapable of giving a code snippet as the app in it’s full has a problem but here is the package.json file:

{
  "name": "ourAppName",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "android": "react-native run-android",
    "clean-grade": "cd android && ./gradlew clean",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios",
    "start": "react-native start",
    "test": "jest",
    "build": "npm run build-ts",
    "build-ts": "tsc",
    "lint": "eslint . --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@ovalmoney/react-native-fitness": "^0.5.3",
    "@persian-tools/persian-tools": "1.6.1",
    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "^1.15.1",
    "@react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
    "@react-native-community/netinfo": "^6.0.0",
    "@react-native-community/progress-view": "^1.2.4",
    "@react-native-community/slider": "^3.0.3",
    "@react-native-firebase/analytics": "^12.7.3",
    "@react-native-firebase/app": "^12.7.3",
    "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "^12.7.3",
    "@react-native-google-signin/google-signin": "^6.0.0",
    "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^5.11.9",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^5.9.3",
    "@react-navigation/stack": "^5.14.3",
    "axios": "^0.21.1",
    "i18next": "^20.2.1",
    "jalali-moment": "^3.3.10",
    "lottie-ios": "3.1.8",
    "lottie-react-native": "^4.0.2",
    "react": "17.0.2",
    "react-i18next": "^11.8.13",
    "react-native": "0.65.1",
    "react-native-animatable": "^1.3.3",
    "react-native-background-timer": "^2.4.1",
    "react-native-chart-kit": "^6.11.0",
    "react-native-circular-progress": "^1.3.7",
    "react-native-color-matrix-image-filters": "^5.2.10",
    "react-native-device-info": "^8.1.3",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.10.3",
    "react-native-image-crop-picker": "^0.36.2",
    "react-native-indicators": "^0.17.0",
    "react-native-keyboard-spacer": "^0.4.1",
    "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.5.6",
    "react-native-modal": "^11.7.0",
    "react-native-notifications": "^3.4.2",
    "react-native-orientation-locker": "^1.3.1",
    "react-native-paper": "^4.7.2",
    "react-native-restart": "^0.0.22",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.2.0",
    "react-native-screens": "^3.0.0",
    "react-native-share": "^6.2.0",
    "react-native-sound-player": "^0.10.8",
    "react-native-splash-screen": "^3.2.0",
    "react-native-svg": "^12.1.0",
    "react-native-toast-message": "^1.4.9",
    "react-native-track-player": "^2.0.3",
    "react-native-tts": "^4.1.0",
    "react-native-vector-icons": "^8.1.0",
    "react-native-video": "^5.1.1",
    "react-native-view-shot": "^3.1.2",
    "react-native-webview": "^11.3.2",
    "react-native-wheel-pick": "^1.1.0",
    "react-redux": "^7.2.3",
    "react-timer-hook": "^3.0.3",
    "redux": "^4.0.5",
    "redux-saga": "^1.1.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.12.9",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
    "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^2.0.0",
    "@types/enzyme": "^3.10.8",
    "@types/jest": "^26.0.23",
    "@types/react-native": "^0.64.0",
    "@types/react-native-restart": "^0.0.0",
    "@types/react-native-video": "^5.0.4",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^16.9.2",
    "@wojtekmaj/enzyme-adapter-react-17": "^0.6.1",
    "babel-jest": "^26.6.3",
    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^4.1.0",
    "enzyme": "^3.11.0",
    "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "^1.15.6",
    "eslint": "^7.14.0",
    "jest": "^27.0.3",
    "jest-enzyme": "^7.1.2",
    "jest-svg-transformer": "^1.0.0",
    "jsdom": "^16.6.0",
    "jsdom-global": "^3.0.2",
    "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.66.0",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
    "react-native-svg-transformer": "^0.14.3",
    "react-test-renderer": "17.0.2",
    "react-native-codegen": "^0.0.7",
    "redux-devtools-extension": "^2.13.9",
    "redux-saga-test-plan": "^4.0.3",
    "ts-jest": "^27.0.2",
    "typescript": "^4.3.2"
  },
  "resolutions": {
    "@types/react": "^17"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native",
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "ts",
      "tsx",
      "js",
      "jsx",
      "json",
      "node"
    ],
    "setupFiles": [
      "<rootDir>/jest/setup.ts"
    ],
    "setupFilesAfterEnv": [
      "<rootDir>/jest/setup-tests.ts"
    ],
    "moduleNameMapper": {
      "^.+\\.svg$": "<rootDir>/jest/__mocks__/svgMock.ts"
    },
    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
      "node_modules/(?!(@react-native|react-native|i18next|react-native-video|react-native-svg|react-native-spacing-system|@react-navigation|react-native-iphone-x-helper)/)"
    ]
  },
  "isSwift": true
}

[TheRogue76]

Hi @TheRogue76

… While i did eventually stabilize the app (The crash was happening due to react native splash screen on android, as the way react native behaves had changed once we got to 0.65) …

How did you stabilize your application?

I am also encountering this issue and currently using react-native-splash-screen with version 3.2.0 (but with react-native 0.63.4).

In my case, what was happening was that i did not have a native splash screen on Android, only iOS, and once the app would launch i would call the SplashScreen.hide() method on both versions. In debug mode and in the production version of the app, before 0.65.1, this would cause a silent background error upon the app’s first launch ONLY. Once we got to 0.65.1 however this turned into a full blown crash as something had changed under the hood. handling this edge case got it stable again.

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