App crashes after leaderboards

Disciple · August 2014

I made a game that uses Google Play leaderboards. It posts scores and shows the leaderboard just fine, however, when you go back to the game the app crashes showing a message that says "Unfortunately, The Game has stopped".

I'm wondering if it has anything to do with having both AdMob and the leaderboards, taking in count both use the Google Play library. I must mention that I updated @ar2rsawseen's Java file for AdMob to the current SDK, but I already asked him to check if it is okay. However, I suspect it might have something to do with having the new SDK system with the old .so libs. As my knowledge in this area is very limited I ask if anyone can help or point me in the right direction.

Has this or something similar happened to anyone?

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

@Disciple would need to see logcat output from eclipse to be able to help you more on that

Disciple · August 2014

@ar2rsawseen I'll look into getting it then and post it here. Thanks!

I didn't find the proper drivers for my device so I just export the project every time and therefore don't see the logcat in Eclipse

SimplesApps · August 2014

Hi @ar2rsawseen & @Disciple.

My basket game also use Google Play leaderboards. In this case I test it in a device with Google Play Services installed but the process is waiting in the sentence "game:login()". I have listeners for Event.LOGIN_COMPLETE / Event.LOGIN_ERROR, etc. but nothing received there.

For me the logcat issue this error:

08-07 00:47:14.567: E/dalvikvm(2791): Could not find class 'android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.b
08-07 00:47:14.567: E/dalvikvm(2791): Could not find class 'android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.b
08-07 00:47:14.617: E/GooglePlayServicesUtil(2791): GooglePlayServices not available due to error 2

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

@SimplesApps
GooglePlayServices not available due to error 2
usually means that on your device, you have older version of Google Play Services Framework installed, than is needed by Google Play Services lib you are using in your app.

SimplesApps · August 2014

@ar2sawseen I updated Google Play (app) yesterday in the device and the problem was the same.

Do this mean the users have to update it in their devices in order to use the leaderboard with the game?

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

Yes that is the common problem with Google Play Services.
You create app, everything works, and then they release new version on the phones and mess up something, and you (well not just you, all developers) get thousands of crashes. Happened to me once or twice already

is there anything in logcat coming after "GooglePlayServices not available due to error 2" error?

SinisterSoft · August 2014

Is there any way to automatically post a message up and say which version is required (if out of date)/go to the play store to get the update?

SimplesApps · August 2014

@ar2rsawseen After "GooglePlayServices not available due to error 2" error there was nothing in the logcat.

SimplesApps · August 2014

Btw @ar2rsawseen , when I upload the apk to Google they say:

"
You uploaded an APK that uses Google Play services version 5077000. This will only work with Android API levels of 9 and above. It is discouraged to use this Google Play services version unless you have set the minSdkVersion in your manifest to 9 or higher.
"

The Google Play version is the one you put in the Ads interface plugin (last version).

I have minSdkVersion="8" in the manifest (as you have for your apps also).

What I have to do now? May I have to change to 9 (disallowing in this way many devices to execute my game) or to downgrade the Google Play version?

I need to upload it asap.

Thanks.

:-/

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

@SimplesApps yes it seems with latest Google Play update it does not work on 8 android api version, so I changed it to 9 for my latest game.
There is also Google Play Services api level 8 version, but it does not have all the features that are in the latest Google Play Services.

And, as pretty much all ad networks soon will require advertising id (which can be found only in Google Play Services), basically Google forces, that all new apps won't be compatible with Android api level 8

SimplesApps · August 2014

@ar2rsawseen I assumed that too and change it to 9 this morning.

Thanks.

Disciple · August 2014

@ar2rsawseen so I finally could get a device to test in Eclipse and see the logcat. In this case the app started, it displayed the login to Google Play and when it came back to the app it crashed. I think that with the signed version that happens the first time and the n

Disciple · August 2014

@ar2rsawseen so I finally could get a device to test in Eclipse and see the logcat. In this case the app started, it displayed the login to Google Play and when it came back to the app it crashed. I think that with the signed version that happens the first time and the next ones it's able to log in but crashes after the leaderboards are displayed (so I don't know if this is the exact error that comes after the leaderboards). Here it is:

08-12 15:42:43.963: D/skia(26559): Flag is not 10
08-12 15:42:43.981: D/AndroidRuntime(26559): Shutting down VM
08-12 15:42:43.981: W/dalvikvm(26559): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x411029a8)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=9001, result=10002, data=null} to activity {com.giddelcreations.directioner/com.giderosmobile.android.DirectionerActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3488)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3531)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:156)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1388)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:153)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5299)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:833)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:600)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at com.giderosmobile.android.DirectionerActivity.onActivityResult(DirectionerActivity.java:278)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:5311)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3484)
08-12 15:42:43.985: E/AndroidRuntime(26559): ... 11 more
08-12 15:42:44.126: D/dalvikvm(26559): threadid=13: interp stack at 0x56666000

Thanks in advance for your help!

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

Ok, there is a null pointer exception onActivityResult, but I can't understand why and where exactly.

Can you send me your signed apk file, so I can do some tests, so my nickname at gmail.com?

Disciple · August 2014

E-mail sent! Sent a PM before and then realized it was to your e-mail that I had to send it

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

Really interesting, tests did not reveal anything more, but the same error happens.

Did you use the latest version of Google Play plugin from Github?
https://github.com/ar2rsawseen/GiderosGooglePlay

The last update was about 2 months ago

Disciple · August 2014

Thanks for checking it

Yeah I used that. I downloaded it again when I build the project to make sure. I did so again today in case I did something wrong but had the same result. Do you have any suspicions as to where this might be pointing to?

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

Hello @Disciple
I was thinking whole evening and could not come up with what was wrong, thinking different scenarios, if you forget to define this or that etc. But nothing.
And I can't reproduce the error when I create new project with same plugin.

Last resort, you can try sending me your exported android project to the same email address, and I will try to tweak your code to see what is exactly going on there

Disciple · August 2014

Sent. Thanks for helping me solve this!

I even made a simple project only to send a score to the leaderboard and check it and the same happened. I exported the assets only to replace as it was the full game though, naming the package the same as the real one. I'd probably try it doing it from scratch.

Disciple · August 2014

Hey @ar2rsawseen . Have you been able to test it out?

No pressure, it's just I'm stuck at this point and the things I've tried haven't worked

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

@Disciple sorry, I've just lost the time count and worked on my game too much, that I only now noticed the week has passed and its Friday

Will check it out today, promise

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

@Disciple try removing

GFacebook.fb.authorizeCallback(requestCode, resultCode, data);

from public void onActivityResult in DirectionerActivity.java

You already have the same code in GFacebook plugin
and as you do not initiate facebook authorization, it throws null pointer exception

Disciple · August 2014

@ar2rsawseen Thanks a lot!! Really, thanks for you taking the time between your projects to lend a hand on this. It's working fine now. I wouldn't have guessed that line was the problem.

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