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java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError

See original GitHub issue

I’m getting this crash lately. It complains about SerializedName class missing the “value” method.

This is the stacktrace:

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Couldn't find com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName.value
at libcore.reflect.AnnotationAccess.toAnnotationInstance(AnnotationAccess.java:659)
at libcore.reflect.AnnotationAccess.toAnnotationInstance(AnnotationAccess.java:641)
at libcore.reflect.AnnotationAccess.getDeclaredAnnotation(AnnotationAccess.java:170)
at java.lang.reflect.Field.getAnnotation(Field.java:242)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getFieldName(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:71)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getFieldName(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:67)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getBoundFields(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:142)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.create(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:83)
at com.google.gson.Gson.getAdapter(Gson.java:359)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.CollectionTypeAdapterFactory.create(CollectionTypeAdapterFactory.java:52)
at com.google.gson.Gson.getAdapter(Gson.java:359)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getFieldAdapter(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:122)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.access$100(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:46)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:92)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.createBoundField(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:91)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getBoundFields(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:142)
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.create(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:83)
at com.google.gson.Gson.getAdapter(Gson.java:359)
at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:809)
at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:875)
at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:848)

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Created 8 years ago
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Comments:43 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

16reactions

4gus71ncommented, Jun 12, 2019

@morerohit86 If we wait 3,4 years more maybe Android 5 gonna get outdated and the issue will fix itself ¯_(ツ)_/¯

15reactions

MohNage7commented, May 6, 2018

3 years later and this still happening with our app on Android 5 Samsung devices also!

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