Market Feedback Agent unusable since A12 update

rokejulianlockhart · April 19, 2023, 1:21am

When an application crashes, the option to provide feedback is presented in the dialog that appears consequently. Since the #android12 update occurred, I haven’t been able to send any developers application crash logs because the Market Feedback Agent itself crashes when invoked.

This is rather ridiculous. It demonstrates the state of the stock OS for the #fp4.

Lidwien · April 19, 2023, 1:49am

What happens if you clear the cache of the app?

rokejulianlockhart · April 19, 2023, 1:09pm

Of the Market Feedback Agent? It does nothing, nor does removal of its permanent storage.

rokejulianlockhart · June 13, 2023, 11:29pm

https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/requests/1008195

Marine_Gaudron · October 24, 2023, 12:40pm

Hello, I have the same issue here, and a lot of applications not answering anymore, it seems pictures cannot be saved or downloaded anymore, could it be related to an Android update ? any chance the issue get solved soon ?

rokejulianlockhart · October 24, 2023, 4:56pm

@Marine_Gaudron, the way I fixed this specific issue and a whole host of crashed (before the OS eventually corrupted itself to the point I couldn’t login) was by adhering to

system · January 22, 2024, 4:57pm

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rokejulianlockhart · November 7, 2025, 3:44pm

I’ve since ascertained that the cause was likely as github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/14404 describes:

github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android

Don't return `RuntimeExceptions` for `.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity` and `.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity` when invoked with `null`'d arguments; reject them, or invoke with a default value.

opened 10:40AM - 03 Nov 25 UTC

RokeJulianLockhart

### Guidelines - [x] I have searched searched open and closed issues for duplic…ates - [x] I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended - [x] This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic ### Bug description Two activities are affected: - When I attempt to directly access `components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity` externally, via: ~~~sh #!/system/bin/sh cmd activity start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n org.thoughtcrime.securesms/org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity -f 0 org.thoughtcrime.securesms ~~~ <details> <blockquote> ~~~MA URI intent:#Intent;package=org.thoughtcrime.securesms;component=org.thoughtcrime.securesms/.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity;end VERSION 1 ACTION android.intent.action.VIEW COMPONENT org.thoughtcrime.securesms/org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity PACKAGE org.thoughtcrime.securesms MATCHING ACTIVITIES 1 0 LABEL Signal NAME org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity PACKAGE org.thoughtcrime.securesms ~~~ </blockquote> </details> ...`logcat --buffer=crash` returns: <blockquote> ~~~YAML E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main E AndroidRuntime: Process: org.thoughtcrime.securesms, PID: 32468 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{org.thoughtcrime.securesms/org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unsupported start location: null E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4049) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4236) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:112) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeNonLifecycleItem(TransactionExecutor.java:174) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeTransactionItems(TransactionExecutor.java:109) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:81) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2637) E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232) E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8751) E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580) E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:892) E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unsupported start location: null E AndroidRuntime: at org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.settings.app.AppSettingsActivity.onCreate(AppSettingsActivity.kt:81) E AndroidRuntime: at org.thoughtcrime.securesms.PassphraseRequiredActivity.onCreate(PassphraseRequiredActivity.java:77) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:9002) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8980) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1527) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4031) E AndroidRuntime: ... 13 more ~~~ </blockquote> - When I attempt to directly access `.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity` externally, via: ~~~sh #!/system/bin/sh cmd activity start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n org.thoughtcrime.securesms/org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity -f 0 org.thoughtcrime.securesms ~~~ <details> <blockquote> ~~~MA URI intent:#Intent;package=org.thoughtcrime.securesms;component=org.thoughtcrime.securesms/.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity;end VERSION 1 ACTION android.intent.action.VIEW COMPONENT org.thoughtcrime.securesms/org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity PACKAGE org.thoughtcrime.securesms MATCHING ACTIVITIES 1 0 LABEL Signal NAME org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity PACKAGE org.thoughtcrime.securesms ~~~ </blockquote> </details> ...`logcat --buffer=crash` returns: <blockquote> ~~~YAML E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main E AndroidRuntime: Process: org.thoughtcrime.securesms, PID: 4982 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{org.thoughtcrime.securesms/org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.net.Uri.toString()' on a null object reference E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4049) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4236) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:112) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeNonLifecycleItem(TransactionExecutor.java:174) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeTransactionItems(TransactionExecutor.java:109) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:81) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2637) E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232) E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8751) E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580) E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:892) E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.net.Uri.toString()' on a null object reference E AndroidRuntime: at org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity.getDestinationForView(SystemContactsEntrypointActivity.java:66) E AndroidRuntime: at org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity.getNextIntent(SystemContactsEntrypointActivity.java:39) E AndroidRuntime: at org.thoughtcrime.securesms.SystemContactsEntrypointActivity.onCreate(SystemContactsEntrypointActivity.java:28) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:9002) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8980) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1527) E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4031) E AndroidRuntime: ... 13 more ~~~ </blockquote> Instead, I should have received a permission denial, or it should have invoked. All alternative activities act in this manner; this one, being exceptional, should be considered to be an error. ### Screenshots <details> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9340f1ed-7624-4003-874b-6c136159529f" /> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5e931827-ac5c-489a-ae54-2d83cb047484" /> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd70d998-d87a-4503-9f9f-f76398b77677" /> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b59ee64b-76cd-4071-b7b4-c7753bc6c08c" /> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9ae20fc6-de7a-4f27-88df-21106e3a9a08" /> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/03e454e0-f6bd-488f-8aed-05ef2a4fe8ac" /> <img width="1224" height="2700" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7add8a4b-368d-4e6c-bef3-f3be72a8ebb9" /> </details> ### Device <blockquote> ~~~YAML [ro.product.brand]: [Fairphone] [ro.build.product]: [FP5] ~~~ </blockquote> ### Android version <blockquote> ~~~YAML [ro.build.version.release]: [15] [ro.build.display.id]: [FP5.VT2E.C.059.20250908] ~~~ </blockquote> ### Signal version <blockquote> ~~~ini versionName=7.63.1 versionCode=160900 ~~~ </blockquote> ### Link to debug log I have submitted [`user-attachments/files/23300403/signal-log-1762166057402.zip`](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/23300403/signal-log-1762166057402.zip) to [`debuglogs.org/android/7.63.1/b97850bc19449a2796d315020f98f9e9cf3839279cae11701a18914de71ce71c`](https://debuglogs.org/android/7.63.1/b97850bc19449a2796d315020f98f9e9cf3839279cae11701a18914de71ce71c).

Specifically, although the fix differs to what Signal-Android/pull/14406#issuecomment-3500153826 describes, the cause was likely that the OS was invoking the modal without correctly supplying an argument to a mandatory parameter:

11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.google.android.feedback, PID: 28073
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.google.android.feedback/com.google.android.feedback.FeedbackActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'int android.app.ApplicationErrorReport.type' on a null object reference in method 'void com.google.android.feedback.FeedbackActivity.onCreate(android.os.Bundle)'
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4049)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4236)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:112)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeNonLifecycleItem(TransactionExecutor.java:174)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeTransactionItems(TransactionExecutor.java:109)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:81)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2637)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8751)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:892)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'int android.app.ApplicationErrorReport.type' on a null object reference in method 'void com.google.android.feedback.FeedbackActivity.onCreate(android.os.Bundle)'
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at com.google.android.feedback.FeedbackActivity.onCreate(FeedbackActivity.java:90)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:9002)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8980)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1527)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4031)
11-07 15:43:49.689 28073 28073 E AndroidRuntime:        ... 13 more

I can only produce this because the AOSP developers have neglected to remediate this, though. I can’t even be bothered to file a Buganizer ticket for it.