[Crash] com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity

[daniel-waiguru]

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: _
• Firebase Component: _ Crashlytics
• Component version: _ BOM 34.9.0

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

In our app, we use Firebase Auth for anonymous signin, and recently we have observed this crash happening on Nexus 5 devices as captured by crashlytics
Crash stacktrace indicated below

          Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{<packagename>/com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
       at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3645)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3782)
       at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:101)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2307)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7872)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)
        

Device
Brand:Google
Model:Nexus 5X
Orientation:Portrait
RAM free: 699.7 MB
Disk free: 4.9 GB

Operating System
Version:Android 13
Orientation:Portrait
Rooted: No

[lehcar09]

Hi @daniel-waiguru, thank you for raising the issue. I tried reproducing the issue using Android 13 emulator, however, I did not encounter the error. By any chance, were you able to reproduce the issue? Can you share the steps to replicate the error?

[daniel-waiguru]

Hi @lehcar09, I haven't been able to reproduce it locally. It is being captured on Crashlytics