Task Manager Location Update Crash Looper

[tajuto]

Please provide the following:

1. SDK Version: 38
2. Android

I try to implement geofencing with Task manager of Expo and startLocationUpdate. App crashes when app is killed!! Android 10 not show any notification of background task!!!

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method ‘void l.d.a.c.a(android.content.Context, l.d.a.c$b, java.lang.Runnable, l.d.b.l.e)’ on a null object reference
at android.app.job.JobService$JobHandler.handleMessage(JobService.java:147)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6816)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1563)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1451)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method ‘void l.d.a.c.a(android.content.Context, l.d.a.c$b, java.lang.Runnable, l.d.b.l.e)’ on a null object reference
at expo.modules.taskManager.TaskService.executeTask(TaskService.java:17)
at expo.modules.taskManager.Task.execute(Task.java:2)
at expo.modules.location.taskConsumers.LocationTaskConsumer.executeTaskWithLocationBundles(LocationTaskConsumer.java:4)

[tajuto]

With Android debug is see that background works until app closed but debug show every time this error:
Didn’t find class "host.exp.exponent.taskManager.ExpoHeadlessAppLoader

but he continue to run without fail… When i close App it starts to crash

[tajuto]

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: host.exp.exponent.taskManager.ExpoHeadlessAppLoader

[nfleig]

Having the exact same problem!! Expo and built APK crash when killing app with a running Task. Has any one found any workaround?

[pandeykamal]

Same Issue over here. Any workaround?

08-06 19:13:17.616: E/libc(640): Access denied finding property "vendor.debug.egl.swapinterval"
08-06 19:13:17.620: D/LifecycleMonitor(19350): Lifecycle status change: host.exp.exponent.MainActivity@9ceec4d in: RESTARTED
08-06 19:13:17.621: D/LifecycleMonitor(19350): Lifecycle status change: host.exp.exponent.MainActivity@9ceec4d in: STARTED
08-06 19:13:17.623: E/Expo(19350): Cannot initialize app loader. host.exp.exponent.taskManager.ExpoHeadlessAppLoader
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: host.exp.exponent.taskManager.ExpoHeadlessAppLoader
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:453)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:378)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at l.d.a.b.a(AppLoaderProvider.java:2)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at l.d.a.b.b(AppLoaderProvider.java:2)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at expo.modules.taskManager.TaskService.getAppLoader(TaskService.java:2)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at expo.modules.taskManager.TaskService.isStartedByHeadlessLoader(TaskService.java:1)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at expo.modules.taskManager.TaskManagerInternalModule.isRunningInHeadlessMode(TaskManagerInternalModule.java:1)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at expo.modules.taskManager.TaskManagerInternalModule.onHostResume(TaskManagerInternalModule.java:1)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at org.unimodules.adapters.react.services.d$c.onHostResume(UIManagerModuleWrapper.java:2)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext.onHostResume(ReactContext.java:5)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.moveToResumedLifecycleState(ReactInstanceManager.java:3)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.onHostResume(ReactInstanceManager.java:11)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager.onHostResume(ReactInstanceManager.java:3)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at host.exp.exponent.k.a(RNObject.java:17)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at host.exp.exponent.k.a(RNObject.java:12)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at host.exp.exponent.k.a(RNObject.java:58)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at host.exp.exponent.experience.k.onResume(ReactNativeActivity.java:3)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at host.exp.exponent.experience.f.onResume(BaseExperienceActivity.java:1)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at host.exp.exponent.experience.ExperienceActivity.onResume(ExperienceActivity.java:1)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1412)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at androidx.test.runner.MonitoringInstrumentation.callActivityOnResume(MonitoringInstrumentation.java:21)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:7300)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3814)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3854)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.servertransaction.ResumeActivityItem.execute(ResumeActivityItem.java:51)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:145)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:70)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1816)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6718)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "host.exp.exponent.taskManager.ExpoHeadlessAppLoader" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/system/framework/android.test.runner.jar", zip file "/system/framework/android.test.mock.jar", zip file "/system/framework/org.apache.http.legacy.boot.jar", zip file "/data/app/androidx.test.tools.crawler-V7YOToxANzJO97jszGhvcw==/base.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/base.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/split_config.arm64_v8a.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/split_config.xxhdpi.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/androidx.test.tools.crawler-V7YOToxANzJO97jszGhvcw==/lib/arm64, /data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/lib/arm64, /data/app/androidx.test.tools.crawler-V7YOToxANzJO97jszGhvcw==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/split_config.arm64_v8a.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /data/app/com.xyz.xyz_android-NillPNLUDYonLAXgOycLDg==/split_config.xxhdpi.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /system/lib64]]
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:134)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
08-06 19:13:17.623: W/System.err(19350): 	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)

sdk: 38

[kleinhenz]

Looks like this issue: Expo keeps stopping when the app is killed while background location methods · Issue #9570 · expo/expo · GitHub. Anyone can confirm?

[nfleig]

@kleinhenz Yes it is the same issue. I solved it by ejecting from expo and upgrading the expo-task-manger to 8.4.0. Was a pain to set up since I am a newb with Android Studio, but it got the job done. No crashes so far. I hear the SDK 39 will include this fix so there won’t be a need to eject anymore.

[aryk]

I made this thread to tie together everything I’ve seen on this topic…maybe someone from Expo will respond there.

startLocationUpdatesAsync crashes app on SDK 38 / Android / Managed

In the Expo app and compiled version, having background fetching while the app is running crashes the app when opening after the app is killed: https://forums.expo.dev/t/task-manager-location-update-crash-looper/39769/7 https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/9415 https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/9570 Effectively startLocationUpdatesAsync is completely broken in the managed workflow for Android which means one cannot have a location-based app function properly in Expo’s managed workflow. I’v…