[HOLD for payment 2024-12-25] Hybrid Android - App crashes on launching

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.75-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N/A
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Exp
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 / Android 14
App Component: Other

Action Performed:

1. Launch hybrid Android app.

Expected Result:

App will not crash.

Actual Result:

App crashes.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6691708_1733977412090!log.txt

Bug6691708_1733970342503.1733968628419_Screen_Recording_20241212_095624_One_UI_Home.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @CortneyOfstad

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @CortneyOfstad (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @lakchote (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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[IuliiaHerets]

Our prod version from PlayStore is 9.0.73-8

screen-20241212-091554.mp4

[lakchote]

Raised a discussion here.

[Julesssss]

Firebase crash logs.

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'Store.ReportHistory.bindCacheClearingEvents') at position 81:24 in app/expensify.js
Expensify@app/expensify.js:81:24
getInstance@app/expensify.js:590:44
main@app/main.js:4:36
onAllFilesIncluded@app/yapl/Yapl.js:244:21
onAllFilesIncluded@[native code]
yaplIncludeFiles@app/yapl/Yapl.js:51:17
init@app/yapl/Yapl.js:246:25
global code@YAPL-Platform:1:10
       at yapl.android.Yapl.handleJSException(Yapl.java:624)
       at yapl.android.Yapl.js_evaluate(Yapl.java:573)
       at yapl.android.Yapl.js_evaluate(Yapl.java:556)
       at yapl.android.Yapl.setActiveActivity(Yapl.java:765)
       at yapl.android.YaplActivityBase.onStart(YaplActivityBase.java:379)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1583)
       at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:8647)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleStartActivity(ActivityThread.java:3826)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.performLifecycleSequence(TransactionExecutor.java:230)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.cycleToPath(TransactionExecutor.java:210)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleState(TransactionExecutor.java:182)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:103)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2462)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8256)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:557)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:993)
        

[Julesssss]

We've seen this Yapl issue before and I'm almost certain it's because we're failing to build JS. Here's what we need to be doing as part of the build process.

11-27 15:49:02.427 10958 10958 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'Store.ReportHistory.bindCacheClearingEvents') at position 81:24 in app/expensify.js

Fix:
npm run grunt:build:shared

[Julesssss]

Here's my WIP PR. I think some small path changes here will resolve the issue 🤞

[Julesssss]

• Fix PR merged
• Test run of new build.yml file

[Julesssss]

Fixed as of 9.0.75.1.

[Julesssss]

QA verified fixed here

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Reviewing label has been removed, please complete the "BugZero Checklist".

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.75-6 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] [No QA] Fix paths in deploy.yml #54028

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-12-20. 🎊

[melvin-bot]

@Julesssss @CortneyOfstad @Julesssss The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed. Please copy/paste the BugZero Checklist from here into a new comment on this GH and complete it. If you have the K2 extension, you can simply click: [this button]

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.0.76-12 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] [No QA] Fix paths in deploy.yml #54028

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-12-25. 🎊

[melvin-bot]

@Julesssss @CortneyOfstad @Julesssss The PR fixing this issue has been merged! The following checklist (instructions) will need to be completed before the issue can be closed. Please copy/paste the BugZero Checklist from here into a new comment on this GH and complete it. If you have the K2 extension, you can simply click: [this button]