Android-youtube-player: App crashes on Android 5 - Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x2040002

[saurabhdtu]

The crash is continuously happening for android lollipop micromax and intex devices
here is the stacktrace

com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.WebViewYouTubePlayer. + 25 (WebViewYouTubePlayer.java:25)

  | com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.WebViewYouTubePlayer. + 24 (WebViewYouTubePlayer.java:24)
  | com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.LegacyYouTubePlayerView. + 34 (LegacyYouTubePlayerView.java:34)
  | com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.LegacyYouTubePlayerView. + 31 (LegacyYouTubePlayerView.java:31)
  | com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.YouTubePlayerView. + 30 (YouTubePlayerView.java:30)
  | com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.YouTubePlayerView. + 27 (YouTubePlayerView.java:27)

Please fix it asap

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

This is not very helpful. Let me know how to replicate this issue. Do I just need to run the sample app on any device running Android 5?

[saurabhdtu]

Yeah.
Just run this code
YouTubePlayerView youtubePlayerView = new YouTubePlayerView(getContext());
intex, micromax devices with api level less than equal to 22.
Intex - AquaAce mini
Micromax - Canvas 5, Canvas Spark, Canvas juice2

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

Unfortunately I don't own any intex, micromax device.

[anthony3444]

Hi!

I have the same problem on Android 5.1.1 (HUAWEI Y6) :

Caused by android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException
String resource ID #0x3040005

Stacktrace:

android.content.res.HwResources.getText (HwResources.java:1299)
android.webkit.WebView.<init> (WebView.java:472)
com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.WebViewYouTubePlayer.<init> (WebViewYouTubePlayer.kt:25)
com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.WebViewYouTubePlayer.<init> (WebViewYouTubePlayer.kt:24)
com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.LegacyYouTubePlayerView.<init> (LegacyYouTubePlayerView.kt:34)
com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.LegacyYouTubePlayerView.<init> (LegacyYouTubePlayerView.kt:31)
com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.YouTubePlayerView.<init> (YouTubePlayerView.kt:30)
com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.YouTubePlayerView.<init> (YouTubePlayerView.kt:28)
java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance (Constructor.java)
android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate (LayoutInflater.java:425)
com.myapp.widget.youtube.YoutubeDialogFragment.onCreateView (YoutubeDialogFragment.java:129)

For information, the view YoutubePlayerView is put on my layout XML (very standard case):

<com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.YouTubePlayerView
                android:id="@+id/video_player"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Thank you very much for your great library!

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

Hi, this seem to be separate issue. What happens if you remove all Java code (related to the player) and to everything with xml?

<com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer.core.player.views.YouTubePlayerView
        android:id="@+id/youtube_player_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        app:videoId="S0Q4gqBUs7c"
        app:autoPlay="true"
        app:showFullScreenButton="false" />

[anthony3444]

Unfortunately I can't test (I don't have this mobile). It was a crash from an user.

This crash appears during Activity layout inflate process. So from this point nothing stuff is done on JAVA into my source code. So I think your idea will have no effect on this bug.

[cuongnb96]

hi @PierfrancescoSoffritti ,this bug is same as https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58028821/android-q-webview-crash-on-android-5-5-1-api-21-22-resourcesnotfoundexception.your library might use webview ( i just use it,not read the source code).so might have some update for this i guess.hope to see your response!! thanks !

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

Thanks for the link, looks like it's the same issue. I don't know when I will have time to look into it, if someone finds a solution/more info: comments and pull requests are welcome.

[cuongnb96]

@PierfrancescoSoffritti i create pull request by using Android Studio,but it keep error 403 : no permision

[talklittle]

Fairly sure the problem is androidx.appcompat version 1.1.0. Downgrading to 1.0.2 should solve the problem. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41025200/android-view-inflateexception-error-inflating-class-android-webkit-webview

App devs can do this workaround:

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
implementation('com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer:core:10.0.5') {
    exclude group: 'androidx.appcompat'
}

[cuongnb96]

@talklittle trust me,it not work so well.i tryed and still the same problem

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

Yeah, I think @talklittle 's solution makes sense. Should solve the problem, at least for now.

@cuongnb96 you say you have pull request, what's your solution? (You don't need any permission to submit pull requests. Maybe you're trying to push directly on my branch?)

[cuongnb96]

@PierfrancescoSoffritti oh,i just tryed @talklittle way and it still crash on my device ( i guess it not always crash on 5. devices, just few one).Please preview this https://github.com/cuongnb96/android-youtube-player/commit/d7ba58db11c57e46418312fc87030fee14b6dc8f.i fork your lib and fix it ( i found this solution and it work on my device and other 5. device) and use that instead of Webview

[cuongnb96]

Yeah, I think @talklittle 's solution makes sense. Should solve the problem, at lest for now.

@cuongnb96 you say you have pull request, what's your solution? (You don't need any permission to submit pull requests. Maybe you're trying to push directly on my branch?)

i created a new branch and try to push it.but i cant.zzz.so pls check my comment above.it's the only way i can make it work on my device ( and all other )

[zjamshidi]

Updating the appcompat library solved the crash for me

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0-beta01'

[ahmedshahriar]

as of writing this comment, MAY 2020
Updating the appcompat library solved this crash as well as webview crash too

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.0-alpha01'

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

I 1.2.0 stable out? if yes no need to use 1.3.0-alpha

[ahmedshahriar]

Unfortunately current stable version 1.1.0

[Nitish-3379]

1.2.0 stable available now.

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

Does 1.2.0 stable solve the problem?

[L4grange]

We faced this crash today and I can confirm it stopped occurring when we updated to the stable implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0' (at least in our case).

[abhishek-wiai]

It still crashes for stable 1.2.0 on API 21/ API 22

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

Doesn't crash for me. Make sure that it's not crashing for other reasons.