Crash on Xiaomi device: Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException service!!.referrerBundle(bundle) must not be null

[enea-ceolini]

Describe the bug

The app crashes at launch on a Xiaomi Redmi 13 Running Android 15 (HyperOS 2.0.3.0).
The Branch SDK version was 5.15.0

This seems to be related to retrieving referral information on Xiamoi devices. Interestingly we have not seen this issue in other manufacturers or in other Xiaomi devices

Steps to reproduce

1. Branch is integrated/initialized in the standard way

// Application
Branch.getAutoInstance(this)

3. Upon opening the app the crash appears

Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException: service!!.referrerBundle(bundle) must not be null
       at com.miui.referrer.api.GetAppsReferrerClientImpl.getInstallReferrer(GetAppsReferrerClientImpl.kt:141)
       at io.branch.coroutines.InstallReferrersKt$getXiaomiGetAppsReferrerDetails$2$1.onGetAppsReferrerSetupFinished(InstallReferrers.kt:201)
       at com.miui.referrer.api.GetAppsReferrerClientImpl$GetAppsReferrerServiceConnection.onServiceConnected(GetAppsReferrerClientImpl.kt:158)
       at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher.doConnected(LoadedApk.java:2321)
       at android.app.LoadedApk$ServiceDispatcher$RunConnection.run(LoadedApk.java:2354)
       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:959)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:249)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:337)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:9486)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)

Expected behavior

The app should not crash at launch

SDK Version

5.15.0

Make and Model

Xiaomi Redmi 15

OS

15

Additional Information/Context

HyperOS 2.0.3.0

[gdeluna-branch]

Thanks for reporting this, we'll investigate and issue a fix for this.

[Enny1991]

Quick update, we have encountered the same crash also on an additional Xiaomi device, Xiaomi 14 Ultra running HyperOS 2.0.103.0 and Android version 15.

Is there any ETA on this investigation?

Thanks!

[gdeluna-branch]

Work will start later this week, thanks.

[adonixis]

I am also waiting for this bug to be fixed, it affected a lot of devices in our application

[gdeluna-branch]

@adonixis Are the devices affected using HyperOS, or can you repro on MIUI?

[adonixis]

@adonixis Are the devices affected using HyperOS, or can you repro on MIUI?

Among the devices in the Crashlytics I see Redmi Note 13 Pro, Redmi Note 13, Redmi 14C, Redmi Note 13, Redmi 12, Poco X6 Pro 5G, Redmi Note 13, Redmi 13C, Redmi Note 8m, etc. As far as I know, they all run MIUI, not HyperOS. Unfortunately, I don't have a device with MIUI, so I can't reproduce this on mine.

[enea-ceolini]

Some of those devices did receive an update to HyperOS, but it is unclear if they did update or not since unfortunately Firebase does not help in discerning HyperOS/MIUI. We received the crash reports directly from users running HyperOS and we got confirmation that a device running MIUI was NOT affected, but we cannot vouch for all MIUI (which we also do not have in house to reproduce).

[adonixis]

Ok, I get it. And can you fix this for HyperOS devices?

[gdeluna-branch]

I'm able to repro with a HyperOS device, working on a fix now.

[gdeluna-branch]

Please give 5.18.1 a try. Please re-open if you have a repro with 5.18.1, thanks!

[arunlodhi]

Thanks for the fix!

@gdeluna-branch Can you please also publish a new version of the React Native SDK pointing to this version? Unable to open an issue there as issues are disabled.

[adonixis]

@gdeluna-branch Great, thanks! We'll check it in the next release

[gdeluna-branch]

Yes I'll publish this to react native sdk soon. Thanks!