ClassCastException: Bootstrap method returned null
See original GitHub issueWhen using beta6, trying to connect to a device from the onScanResult() method in the scan callback as follows:
BleDeviceManager bleDeviceManager = BleDeviceManager.getInstance(context.getApplicationContext());
BleDevice2 device = new BleDevice2();
bleDeviceManager.setGattCallbacks(device);
try {
bleDeviceManager.connect(result.getDevice())
.retry(3, 100)
.useAutoConnect(false)
.enqueue();
}
catch (Exception e) {
Logg.e(TAG, "Can't connect to device: " + e.getMessage());
}
I get the following stack trace:
2018-10-26 17:06:47.480 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android I/BleScanCallback: Scan result: Device name: 00228892, address: C7:56:60:F0:56:58, RSSI: -59
2018-10-26 17:06:47.493 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android D/BleScanCallback: Bond state: BOND_BONDED
2018-10-26 17:06:47.498 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android D/BleScanCallback: Found device. Stopping scanning.
2018-10-26 17:06:47.503 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android D/BluetoothAdapter: isLeEnabled(): ON
2018-10-26 17:06:47.543 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
2018-10-26 17:06:47.558 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: cc.biketracker.android, PID: 20222
java.lang.BootstrapMethodError: Exception from call site #9 bootstrap method
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.BleManager.enqueue(BleManager.java:1860)
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.Request.enqueue(Request.java:751)
at cc.biketracker.android.ble.BleScanCallback.onScanResult(BleScanCallback.java:173)
at android.bluetooth.le.BluetoothLeScanner$BleScanCallbackWrapper$1.run(BluetoothLeScanner.java:484)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6680)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: Bootstrap method returned null
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.BleManager.enqueue(BleManager.java:1860)
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.Request.enqueue(Request.java:751)
at cc.biketracker.android.ble.BleScanCallback.onScanResult(BleScanCallback.java:173)
at android.bluetooth.le.BluetoothLeScanner$BleScanCallbackWrapper$1.run(BluetoothLeScanner.java:484)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6680)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
2018-10-26 17:06:47.565 20222-20222/cc.biketracker.android E/UncaughtException: java.lang.BootstrapMethodError: Exception from call site #9 bootstrap method
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.BleManager.enqueue(BleManager.java:1860)
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.Request.enqueue(Request.java:751)
at cc.biketracker.android.ble.BleScanCallback.onScanResult(BleScanCallback.java:173)
at android.bluetooth.le.BluetoothLeScanner$BleScanCallbackWrapper$1.run(BluetoothLeScanner.java:484)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6680)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: Bootstrap method returned null
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.BleManager.enqueue(BleManager.java:1860)
at no.nordicsemi.android.ble.Request.enqueue(Request.java:751)
at cc.biketracker.android.ble.BleScanCallback.onScanResult(BleScanCallback.java:173)
at android.bluetooth.le.BluetoothLeScanner$BleScanCallbackWrapper$1.run(BluetoothLeScanner.java:484)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6680)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
It could be I’m using the API incorrectly. It seems strange that this is supposed to happen on the UI thread, given I’m scanning in the background from a service. I did try using await() rather than enqueue, but that failed with another exception indicating I should be using enqueue().
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I think it may actually be because this is the first library I’m using in my app with JDK 1.8 features (you have a lambda in your code). I had this in my gradle file:
I’ll test tomorrow with this:
Now I can’t repro this, and nothing’s really changed. It could be that I just needed another device reboot or an Android Studio restart. Sorry for the false alarm.