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Forgot to note the environment.
This crash occurs on only API 21.

This crash occurs on API 22 and 23 when the user doesn't have Google Play installed. Related discussions: https://stackoverflow.com/q/41025200/842697

This crash doesn't reproduce on 1.1.0-rc0. Found that this commit in 1.1.0 with applyOverrideConfiguration https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/26079d87c79a64829f036236353fac1dae4e0613%5E%21/#F2 causes crashes.

For me this still persisted in 1.1.0-rc01 as well as 1.1.0-alpha01.

Only downgrading all my androidx version to the previously working state helped.

From:

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha10'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.1.0-beta04'
implementation 'androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2:1.0.0-beta04'
implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.1.0'
implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.1.0'
implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.2.0-alpha04'

back to:

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01'
implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha09'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.1.0-beta03'
implementation 'androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2:1.0.0-beta03'
implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.1.0-rc01'
implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.1.0-rc01'
implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.2.0-alpha03'

If you want to use 1.1.0 , override applyOverrideConfiguration in your activity as follows. However, this might need app restart for API 21 to 25, while switching Dark Theme to Light Theme and vice versa.

override fun applyOverrideConfiguration(overrideConfiguration: Configuration?) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT in 21..25 && (resources.configuration.uiMode == AppConstants.appContext.resources.configuration.uiMode)) {
                return
        }
        super.applyOverrideConfiguration(overrideConfiguration)
}

Any update? Issue reproduces with androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0...