Firebase-android-sdk: FATAL EXCEPTION: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: com.google.protobuf.MessageSchema.newSchemaForRawMessageInfo

[stephaniemulder]

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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: 4.1
• Firebase Component: Firebase Performance (Database, Firestore, Storage, Functions, etc)
• Component version: 26.0.0

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

App crashes consistently on adding Firebase performance monitoring

implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:26.0.0')
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf'

Steps to reproduce:

Create any activity with both the protobuff and firebase plugin
apply plugin: 'com.google.protobuf'
apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-perf'
What happened? How can we make the problem occur?

 java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=4; index=4
        at com.google.protobuf.MessageSchema.newSchemaForRawMessageInfo(MessageSchema.java:507)
        at com.google.protobuf.MessageSchema.newSchema(MessageSchema.java:227)
        at com.google.protobuf.ManifestSchemaFactory.newSchema(ManifestSchemaFactory.java:77)
        at com.google.protobuf.ManifestSchemaFactory.createSchema(ManifestSchemaFactory.java:71)
        at com.google.protobuf.Protobuf.schemaFor(Protobuf.java:93)
        at com.google.protobuf.Protobuf.schemaFor(Protobuf.java:107)
        at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite.makeImmutable(GeneratedMessageLite.java:175)
        at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite$Builder.buildPartial(GeneratedMessageLite.java:395)
        at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite$Builder.build(GeneratedMessageLite.java:403)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.v1.ApplicationInfo$Builder.setAndroidAppInfo(ApplicationInfo.java:934)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.internal.FirebasePerfClearcutLogger.syncInit(FirebasePerfClearcutLogger.java:278)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.internal.FirebasePerfClearcutLogger.access$000(FirebasePerfClearcutLogger.java:62)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.internal.FirebasePerfClearcutLogger$1.run(FirebasePerfClearcutLogger.java:169)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:923)
2020-11-07 19:55:34.998 16553-16619/? I/Process: Sending signal. PID: 16553 SIG: 9

The Firebase analytics works fine, the problem start as soon as adding the *Firebase Performance *

Relevant Code:

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    }
}

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[nargroves]

We are seeing the same issue with the same stack trace. In our case, we aren't using the firebase bom yet. Here are our version numbers:

'firebaseCore'       : '18.0.0',
'firebaseAnalytics'  : '18.0.0',
'firebaseMessaging'  : '21.0.0',
'firebasePerf'       : '19.0.9',
'firebaseConfig'     : '20.0.0'

* Edit *
Just tested with the bom and see the same issue

[SaqibJDev]

In my case one of my dependency was using com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.13.0 whereas firebase pref uses com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.11.0. Excluding the 3.13.0 fixed the issue for firebase. But I think firebase should update to protobuf-javalite:3.13.0

[ramanpreetSinghKhinda]

Assigning to current oncallers.

[kim-f]

I haven't yet been able to reproduce this issue, but am still working on it. I'll let you know if we need any additional information.

Optional: While not required, it would be helpful to have a repro demo project.

Note: this is being tracked internally at b/173728277.

Thank you for reporting this issue!

[XabierGoros]

The error is still happening on the latest com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:26.1.0 (which uses com.google.firebase:firebase-perf-ktx:19.0.10).

[XabierGoros]

As @SaqibJDev pointed out, forcing its version may work, at least for me:

implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite") {
    version {
        strictly '3.11.0'
    }
}

However, it would be desirable to update the library with a newer protobuf-javalite version.

[yingdai3]

Thanks. vkryachko@, can you take a look and see if we can update protobuf-javalite version?

[vkryachko]

@yingdai3 firebase-perf 19.0.10 already depends on protobuf-javalite:3.11.0.

I wonder if some other dependency in the developer's app "bumps" the version to an incompatible one?

[XabierGoros]

@vkryachko sure thing firebase depends on protobuf-javalite:3.11.0, and in my case, other dependency with a min required version of protobuf-javalite:3.12.0 was referenced in the project making firebase library crash while it shouldn't.

[vkryachko]

I can reproduce the problem with 3.12.0 although I have a different stacktrace:

     Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.google.protobuf.MapEntryLite cannot be cast to java.lang.String
        at com.google.protobuf.MessageSchema.newSchemaForRawMessageInfo(MessageSchema.java:507)
        at com.google.protobuf.MessageSchema.newSchema(MessageSchema.java:227)
        at com.google.protobuf.ManifestSchemaFactory.newSchema(ManifestSchemaFactory.java:77)
        at com.google.protobuf.ManifestSchemaFactory.createSchema(ManifestSchemaFactory.java:71)
        at com.google.protobuf.Protobuf.schemaFor(Protobuf.java:93)
        at com.google.protobuf.Protobuf.schemaFor(Protobuf.java:107)
        at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite.makeImmutable(GeneratedMessageLite.java:175)
        at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite$Builder.buildPartial(GeneratedMessageLite.java:395)
        at com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite$Builder.build(GeneratedMessageLite.java:403)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.AppStartTrace.onActivityResumed(AppStartTrace.java:214)
        at android.app.Application.dispatchActivityResumed(Application.java:436)
        at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResumed(Activity.java:1265)
        at android.app.Activity.onResume(Activity.java:1789)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onResume(FragmentActivity.java:456)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1446)
        at android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:7939)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4195)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4237) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.ResumeActivityItem.execute(ResumeActivityItem.java:52) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:176) 
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:97) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2016) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930) 

The only mitigation for now is to force downgrade as described in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/issues/2158#issuecomment-732989095
Short term we will upgrade all SDKs to the latest protobuf-javalite, but mid/long term we will remove the protobuf dependency altogether as it does not follow semver and is not binary compatible across releases.

[XabierGoros]

Thanks a lot @vkryachko, that would help us so much. And if you guys add gRPC client network monitoring support in the near future, even much better! :wink: (already filled the feature request to your support team)

[yingdai3]

Thanks @vkryachko and @XabierGoros !

@XabierGoros I'm going to close this issue now since there is a mitigation and we have mid/long term plans.