Good analysis and reasoning. It leads to identifying a specific version of the OS.
Let me add to the reasoning: If this was a bug in android-2.3.4_r1, wouldn't many other apps that call the same function also trigger this bug? Then the history would show a 2.3.4_r2 release with this bug fixed. I am guessing that since that may not be the history, then other app developers have found a way to avoid this bug. You need to find that method and add it to your code. The problem may be that the specific stack trace you're looking at is showing where the problem is triggered, but it is not showing where the problem gets set up. Maybe android-2.3.4_r1 is the only OS version which allows a null string to be returned from a certain function call that you're making. Your code might rely on that string always being non-null, and passes it into this call stack. The other OS versions don't have the problem because they don't have the conditions that produce a null string. Your code could test that string for null, and avoid making the call if it is. If you must make the function call, you could replace the null string with something else that won't cause the error. Emit a message, so you can track the problem. Enhance the later code to continue gracefully if the string was found to be null. This is defensive programming. You're right in thinking it should not be necessary, but you must also consider the reality that it is. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
