Nativescript-plugin-firebase: Android analytics: Error in firebase.logEvent: Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: null reference

[NathanWalker]

JS: Error in firebase.logEvent: Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: null reference
JS: com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzab.zzy(Unknown Source)
JS: com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzx.zzdo(Unknown Source)
JS: com.google.firebase.analytics.FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(Unknown Source)
JS: com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
JS: com.tns.Runtime.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Runtime.java:862)

There are no null's being passed in so I'm assuming this is coming from the plugin... will look.

[EddyVerbruggen]

Curious to learn what it is. I can imagine this could happen with 3.6.0, less with 3.6.1. Can you post the snippet that logs the event?

[NathanWalker]

@EddyVerbruggen occurs after I do this:

firebase.analytics.logEvent({
        key: 'MY_ACTION',
        properties:[
          {
            key: 'category',
            value: 'my_category'
          },
          {
            key: 'label',
            value: 'my_label'
          },
          {
            key: 'value',
            value: 'my_value'
          }
        ]
      }).then(() => {

      });

^ causes this immediate crash:

JS: Error in firebase.logEvent: Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: null reference
JS:     com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzab.zzy(Unknown Source)
JS:     com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzx.zzdo(Unknown Source)
JS:     com.google.firebase.analytics.FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(Unknown Source)

[NathanWalker]

Hmm, yeah puzzled by this one. Am I missing something obvious?

[NathanWalker]

Nvm!! Ah... it's parameters ... not properties ...

[EddyVerbruggen]

Just wanted to show you 😉

In your defence it took me a while to choose between those two param names..

[NathanWalker]

Well shoot, it's stiiiilll crashing. :(

[EddyVerbruggen]

Noooooooooo!

You áre on 3.6.1, right?

[NathanWalker]

I am yeah... just Android only. Works fine in iOS... pretty puzzling.

[NathanWalker]

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/nativescript-plugin-firebase/blob/master/firebase.android.js#L303

currentContext must be where the issue is coming from since stack says:

com.google.firebase.analytics.FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(Unknown Source)

? Unknown Source?

[EddyVerbruggen]

That has bitten me before in other plugins.. that context.. it seems to get nulled sometimes. Time to investigate!

[EddyVerbruggen]

It must be the single quotes!

[NathanWalker]

LOL! right.

[NathanWalker]

maybe try this: app.android.currentContext || app.android.context ...

[EddyVerbruggen]

Does appModule.android.context work for your case?

[NathanWalker]

building now... lemme see

[NathanWalker]

Worked like a charm 👍

[NathanWalker]

com.google.firebase.analytics.FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(app.android.currentContext || app.android.context).logEvent(action, bundle);

[EddyVerbruggen]

Thanks for looking into it. You may run into a similar issue with other methods as well so I will investigate this further shortly!

[NathanWalker]

Thanks @EddyVerbruggen yep been bit by similar kind of thing with {N} android projects...Hope similar conditional will help resolve throughout!

[EddyVerbruggen]

I'm settling on your proposed patch. This {N} issue seems to also advice to use context if currentContext is causing trouble. Let's just ignore this oddity and move on :)

[priyangamani]

app.android.currentContext || app.android.context||app.android.foregroundActivity||utils.ad.getApplicationContext() nothing worked..
how to pass the current Activity context...