Merge branch 'release/5.52.2'

Author: CDRussell

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
 
     <application
         android:name="com.duckduckgo.app.global.DuckDuckGoApplication"

app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/AlertingUncaughtExceptionHandler.kt

@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ import com.duckduckgo.app.global.exception.UncaughtExceptionRepository
 import com.duckduckgo.app.global.exception.UncaughtExceptionSource
 import com.duckduckgo.app.statistics.store.OfflinePixelCountDataStore
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import kotlinx.coroutines.GlobalScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.NonCancellable
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 
 class AlertingUncaughtExceptionHandler(
     private val originalHandler: Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler,
@@ -31,14 +32,12 @@ class AlertingUncaughtExceptionHandler(
 
     override fun uncaughtException(t: Thread?, originalException: Throwable?) {
 
-        // block until the exception has been fully processed
-        runBlocking {
-            withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-                uncaughtExceptionRepository.recordUncaughtException(originalException, UncaughtExceptionSource.GLOBAL)
-                offlinePixelCountDataStore.applicationCrashCount += 1
-            }
+        GlobalScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO + NonCancellable) {
+            uncaughtExceptionRepository.recordUncaughtException(originalException, UncaughtExceptionSource.GLOBAL)
+            offlinePixelCountDataStore.applicationCrashCount += 1
+
+            // wait until the exception has been fully processed before propagating exception
+            originalHandler.uncaughtException(t, originalException)
         }
-        originalHandler.uncaughtException(t, originalException)
     }
-
 }

app/version/version.properties

@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION=5.52.1
+VERSION=5.52.2