Some users of my app are reporting a crash related with this library

Description

My app works on many devices but some users are reporting a crash with the following stack trace:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: 
  at com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView.initialize (RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView.java:51)
  at com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerModule$2.execute (RNGestureHandlerModule.java:605)
  at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue$UIBlockOperation.execute (UIViewOperationQueue.java:573)
  at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue$1.run (UIViewOperationQueue.java:908)
  at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue.flushPendingBatches (UIViewOperationQueue.java:1019)
  at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue.access$2600 (UIViewOperationQueue.java:47)
  at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue$DispatchUIFrameCallback.doFrameGuarded (UIViewOperationQueue.java:1079)
  at com.facebook.react.uimanager.GuardedFrameCallback.doFrame (GuardedFrameCallback.java:29)
  at com.facebook.react.modules.core.ReactChoreographer$ReactChoreographerDispatcher.doFrame (ReactChoreographer.java:175)
  at com.facebook.react.modules.core.ChoreographerCompat$FrameCallback$1.doFrame (ChoreographerCompat.java:85)
  at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run (Choreographer.java:1029)
  at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks (Choreographer.java:854)
  at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame (Choreographer.java:785)
  at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run (Choreographer.java:1016)
  at android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:914)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:100)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:225)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:7564)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:539)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:950)

This particular stack trace comes from a Redmi Note 8 device with Android 10

Platforms

• iOS
• [X ] Android
• Web

Expected behavior

I expect my app to work without crash reports related to this library

Snack or minimal code example

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-16dBEGmHfM9k1lwnQSUTG_XVLY17OSH?usp=sharing

Package versions

• React: 17.0.1
• React Native: 0.64.3
• React Native Gesture Handler: ~2.1.0
• React Native Reanimated: ~2.3.1

[j-piasecki]

Yes, RNGestureHandlerEnabledRootView was the cause of many crashes, and it was deprecated in version 2.0 in favor of <GestureHandlerRootView>, so we decided to remove it as part of logic it required was executed even if it was unused. We figured that throwing an exception with instructions when it was initialized was the best way to ensure that the information reaches the people still using it.

[j-piasecki]

That Flipper log, isn’t giving much to go after. Could you give some more details:

• when does the app crash? (instantly, after some time, after some touch action)
• is simply installing Gesture Gandler causing the crash?
• what version of Gesture Handler starts causing the problems?
• what other libraries are you using?