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Could not find constructor when recreating Activity

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug We are having some crash reports of some users:

    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.flavouruat/com.example.MainActivity}: androidx.fragment.app.Fragment$InstantiationException: Unable to instantiate fragment com.reactnativestripesdk.PaymentLauncherFragment: could not find Fragment constructor
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3774)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3936)
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:103)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2341)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:233)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:344)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8184)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:584)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1034)
     Caused by: androidx.fragment.app.Fragment$InstantiationException: Unable to instantiate fragment com.reactnativestripesdk.PaymentLauncherFragment: could not find Fragment constructor
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:630)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainer.instantiate(FragmentContainer.java:57)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager$2.instantiate(FragmentManager.java:448)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentState.instantiate(FragmentState.java:81)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.<init>(FragmentStateManager.java:85)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.restoreSaveStateInternal(FragmentManager.java:2410)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.attachController(FragmentManager.java:2584)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.attachHost(FragmentController.java:116)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.lambda$init$1$FragmentActivity(FragmentActivity.java:128)
        at androidx.fragment.app.-$$Lambda$FragmentActivity$QtiQ2ZI3e38UkO1_xuJ8vE_JZj4.onContextAvailable(Unknown Source:2)
        at androidx.activity.contextaware.ContextAwareHelper.dispatchOnContextAvailable(ContextAwareHelper.java:99)
        at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onCreate(ComponentActivity.java:352)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onCreate(FragmentActivity.java:249)
        at io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragmentActivity.onCreate(FlutterFragmentActivity.java:252)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8129)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8109)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1344)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3743)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3936) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:103) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2341) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
        at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:233) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:344) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8184) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:584) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1034) 
     Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: com.reactnativestripesdk.PaymentLauncherFragment.<init> []
        at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2363)
        at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:1759)
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:615)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainer.instantiate(FragmentContainer.java:57) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager$2.instantiate(FragmentManager.java:448) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentState.instantiate(FragmentState.java:81) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.<init>(FragmentStateManager.java:85) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.restoreSaveStateInternal(FragmentManager.java:2410) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.attachController(FragmentManager.java:2584) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.attachHost(FragmentController.java:116) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.lambda$init$1$FragmentActivity(FragmentActivity.java:128) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.-$$Lambda$FragmentActivity$QtiQ2ZI3e38UkO1_xuJ8vE_JZj4.onContextAvailable(Unknown Source:2) 
        at androidx.activity.contextaware.ContextAwareHelper.dispatchOnContextAvailable(ContextAwareHelper.java:99) 
        at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.onCreate(ComponentActivity.java:352) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onCreate(FragmentActivity.java:249) 
        at io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragmentActivity.onCreate(FlutterFragmentActivity.java:252) 
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8129) 
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8109) 
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1344) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3743) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3936) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:103) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2341) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
        at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:233) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:344) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8184) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:584) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1034)

To Reproduce Recreating an Activity can be tricky, but when you leave the app a long time in idle and come back to it, it usually happens.

Also, when switching the developer options “Don’t keep activities”, going into the app, and then passing it to background and foreground, it can be reproduced this way too.

Expected behavior Fragments should have a default constructor and a way to recreate.

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