Failed to initialize crash reporting RuntimeException

Using Play Services 9.0.83 on a Nexus 5X I received the following stack trace when a crash occurred in my app.

E/DynamiteModule: Failed to load module descriptor class: Didn't find class "com.google.android.gms.dynamite.descriptors.com.google.android.gms.crash.ModuleDescriptor" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/REDACTED-2/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/REDACTED/lib/arm64, /vendor/lib64, /system/lib64]]
E/Crash: Failed to initialize crash reporting
         java.lang.RuntimeException: com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqb$zza: Failed to instantiate module class: com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.api.CrashApiImpl
             at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzph.zztD(Unknown Source)
             at com.google.android.gms.crash.Crash.init(Unknown Source)
             at com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.provider.CrashInitContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
             at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1748)
             at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1723)
             at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5158)
             at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4753)
             at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4693)
             at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)
             at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1405)
             at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
             at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
             at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5422)
             at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
             at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
             at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
          Caused by: com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqb$zza: Failed to instantiate module class: com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.api.CrashApiImpl
             at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqb.zzdr(Unknown Source)
             at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzph.zztD(Unknown Source) 
             at com.google.android.gms.crash.Crash.init(Unknown Source) 
             at com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.provider.CrashInitContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source) 
             at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1748) 
             at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1723) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5158) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4753) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4693) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1405) 
             at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
             at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5422) 
             at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
             at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
             at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) 
          Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.api.CrashApiImpl" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/user/0/com.google.android.gms/app_chimera/m/00000002/DynamiteModulesC_GmsCore_prodmnc_alldpi_release.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/user/0/com.google.android.gms/app_chimera/m/00000002/n/arm64-v8a, /vendor/lib64, /system/lib64]]
             at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
             at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
             at com.google.android.chimera.container.internal.DelegateLastPathClassLoader.loadClass(SourceFile:22)
             at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
             at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqb.zzdr(Unknown Source) 
             at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzph.zztD(Unknown Source) 
             at com.google.android.gms.crash.Crash.init(Unknown Source) 
             at com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.provider.CrashInitContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source) 
             at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1748) 
             at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1723) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5158) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4753) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4693) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1405) 
             at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
             at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
             at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5422) 
             at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
             at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
             at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) 
            Suppressed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.android.gms.crash.internal.api.CrashApiImpl
             at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
             at java.lang.BootClassLoader.findClass(ClassLoader.java:781)
             at java.lang.BootClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:841)
             at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
             at com.google.android.chimera.container.internal.FilteringClassLoader.loadClass(SourceFile:472)
             at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:504)
                    ... 19 more
          Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class not found using the boot class loader; no stack trace available

[samtstern]

@austynmahoney thanks for this bug report, I’ve forwarded the logs on to the Crash team and they will take a look.

[r-massanet]

I’m posting this here, because it seems pretty much the same error. Apologies if it is not the right place.

This happens with Firebase SDK 9.4.0 for Android.

E/FirebaseCrash(11373): Failed to initialize crash reporting E/FirebaseCrash(11373): java.lang.RuntimeException: Can’t create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare() E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at android.os.Handler.<init>(Handler.java:200) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at android.os.Handler.<init>(Handler.java:114) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.crash.internal.api.FirebaseCrashApiImpl.init(:com.google.android.gms.DynamiteModulesC:1175) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at bss.onTransact(:com.google.android.gms.DynamiteModulesC:60) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:380) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.crash.internal.zzd$zza$zza.zza(Unknown Source) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.crash.FirebaseCrash.<init>(Unknown Source) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.crash.FirebaseCrash.getInstance(Unknown Source) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zza(Unknown Source) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) E/FirebaseCrash(11373): … from our client code