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Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.ViewParent android.widget.LinearLayout.getParent()' on a null object reference

See original GitHub issue

💻 My environment

react-native-bootsplash version: 2.0.5
react-native version: 0.61.5
Platform: android
OS version: 8 & 9
Simulator: no
Android buildToolsVersion: 28.0.3

🕵️‍♂️ Reproducing the issue

After upgrading to 2.x such a fatal error started to appear in our Sentry:

NullPointerException
Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.ViewParent android.widget.LinearLayout.getParent()' on a null object reference

In the stack trace there are lots of repeated calls:

android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4563
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
android.view.View in findViewById at line 22699
android.view.ViewGroup in findViewTraversal at line 4564
(...) etc

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:7 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

mefjuucommented, Mar 16, 2020

I’ve been trying to trigger a crash but with no luck, fortunately. So, big thanks!

1reaction

zoontekcommented, Mar 14, 2020

@mefjuu I successfully reproduced it and it should be fixed in the latest version: https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-bootsplash/releases/tag/2.1.0

Could you try it? 🙏

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