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If you were having this issue, then yes, you should be removing 'android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false' from the gradle.properties.

The size of the APK being bigger because of the native libs not being compressed is (counter-intuitively) a benefit for your users: the Android platform will be able to read the native libs directly from the APK without having to uncompress them on the device first during the installation which leads to your app having a smaller footprint on the device. The APK is also compressed when it's served from the Play Store to users and the compression is usually better when the native libs are uncompressed, which leads to smaller download sizes as well. Overall, smaller download size and smaller size on device which is a win-win for end-users: the only thing that's bigger is the file you upload to the Play Console.

Could you please share on what device you have seen this issue happen? (Brand, Model, Android API)

That property is for Bundles only indeed.

/mnt/asec/ suggests that this is related to ASEC external storage as well though.

Do you have the property android:extractNativeLibs=false set in your AndroidManifest.xml? If so, removing it could possibly fix the issue (since that's effectively what the enableUncompressedNativeLibs property is enabling for Bundles).

Aha, that probably explains it, yes.

What devices on Android 9 please? Do you have a list? It would help us so we can reach out to OEMs so they can fix those devices via OTA updates.

For us, data from the past 7 days:

Android 10: <1% Android 9: 94% Android 8: 5%

LG: 91%

• G6: 21%
• V40 ThinQ: 13%
• LG G7 ThinQ: 10%
• other (15 devices): 47%
• • LG Stylo 4
• • LG Premier Pro
• • LG Q7+
• • LG G7 ThinQ
• • LG V35 ThinQ
• • LG G6
• • V30
• • LG G6
• • LG Aristo 3+
• • LG Stylo 4
• • LG K8(2018)

Samsung: 3%

• Galaxy J7 Crown: 1%
• other (10 devices): 2%
• • Galaxy J7 Aura
• • SM-J337A
• • Galaxy S9+
• • Galaxy J7
• • Galaxy J7 Star
• • Galaxy S9
• • Galaxy Tab S3
• • Galaxy S7
• • Galaxy A70
• • Galaxy A20

Lenovo: 3%

• Lenovo Tab E7

Huawei: 1%

• HUAWEI Y6 2018
• HUAWEI Y7 2018
• P8 lite 2017
• Mate 20 lite
• HUAWEI P smart
• HUAWEI Y6 2018

95% of the time it's happening in the background. Unfortunately, I don't have the stat breakdown of which OEM devices are on Android 9.

We do not have extractNativeLibs or enableUncompressedNativeLibs set.

Having issues as well on my bundled app. Several reports from Samsung devices on Android 9.0.

Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: couldn't map "/mnt/asec/PKG/split_config.arm64_v8a.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a/libFOO.so" segment 1: Permission denied

Samsung: SM-N9500 SM-M305F

Too bad, I liked the idea to have smaller install size, but this clearly should not be recommended.

I can confirm it for an APK (non-bundle) app not setting android:extractNativeLibs="true" on the following devices (according to Firebase):

• LG G7 ThinQ
• LG G6
• LG G5

In our case this is exclusive to LG devices. Amongst those, 90% of crashes happen with Android 9, only device shows the issue with Android 8.0.0.

Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: couldn't map "/mnt/asec/XXX-1/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a/libbarhopper_v2.so" segment 1: Permission denied
       at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1016)
       at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1669)
       at com.google.android.libraries.barhopper.BarhopperV2.<init>(BarhopperV2.java:5)
       at com.google.firebase.ml.vision.barcode.zza.start(zza.java:14)

@comment#33

I think your sentence needs to be corrected so we can understand:

Amongst those, 90% of crashes happen with Android 9, only device shows the issue with Android 8.0.0.

As is, it looks like you might have forgotten "one" between "only" and "device" but I can't be sure.

Reopening for LG devices.

Having issues as well on our bundled app. enableUncompressedNativeLibs set to false.

Stack trace we are seeing in Firebase reports:

Caused by java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: couldn't map "/mnt/asec/com.---.---/split_config.arm64_v8a.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a/libshinobicharts-android.so" segment 0: Permission denied
       at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1016)
       at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1669)

Affected devices:

LG - 80%

Samsung - 20%.

no reports for other devices.

Affected android versions:

Android 7, 8, 9

From the provided stack trace it looks like Android tries to read native library from the APK instead of file system location. Can you ensure that android:extractNativeLibs is not set in Android manifest and gradle property android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs is set to false?

android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false - that's correct

regarding android:extractNativeLibs: we are not setting it explicitly, but as i can see from Merged Manifest it is set to false which is default value for gradle plugin 4.0.0 as i understood.

I see, could you try to explicitly set extractNativeLibs to true in your manifest?

Yes. I'll try. That may take couple of weeks to see if it helps due to our release process. Thank you.

We've started seeing a similar issue after switching to App Bundles (app's package name is com.squareup.cash). The issue is seen on a large range of devices (76% Samsung, 9% LG, 15% other), on all 6.0+ OS versions (our minSdk is 21). As per my understanding, the current recommendation is to:

• Set android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false in gradle.properties
• Set android:extractNativeLibs="true" in AndroidManifest.xml

Planning to try this in the next release and report back on whether this fixes the issue for us.

following configuration fixes the issue for us:

extractNativeLibs=true in AndnroidManifest.xml

android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false in gradle.properties

This issue is tightly related to https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/147096055

Adding extractNativeLibs=true in AndroidManifest.xml fixed the issue for me.

We are facing the same issue. Changing the following properties seem to be solving the issue on some devices, but makes the app crash on Pixel 3 XL running Android 9

extractNativeLibs=true in AndnroidManifest.xml

android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false in gradle.properties

extractNativeLibs=true should work but... extractNativeLibs=true has been replaced by this:

android {
    packagingOptions {
        jniLibs {
            useLegacyPackaging true
        }
    }
}

reference

The link to the 3.6.0 build notes in #26 is broken (broken link), but I think this link to the AGP 3.6.0 release notes extractNativeLibs changes is correct.

I verified that

packagingOptions.jniLibs.useLegacyPackaging = true

compressed my native libraries by downloading an APK from the play store and looking at the library sizes with

unzip -v config.arm64_v8a.apk

On the version before I set useLegacyPackaging = true, the Cmpr column was 0% for all native libs, but on the version after I set useLegacyPackaging = true, the Cmpr showed between 36% and 70% for all native libs, so I'm confident that useLegacyPackaging = true actually compresses the libs in the APK.

I added

packagingOptions.jniLibs.useLegacyPackagin = true

and I'm still seeing crashes when loading native libs, but the exception changed. Previously, it was a permission error: Welp I’m still seeing crashes, but now my exception has changed:

useLegacyPackaging=false:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: couldn't map "/mnt/asec/tv.twitch.android.app-2/split_config.armeabi_v7a.apk!/lib/armeabi-v7a/libtwitchsdk.so" segment 1: Permission denied
       at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1016)
       at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1669)
       at tv.twitch.Library$1.run(Library.java:65)
       at tv.twitch.JniThreadValidator.callJniRunnable(JniThreadValidator.java:21)
       at tv.twitch.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:62)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKLibrary.loadLibrary(SDKLibrary.java:53)
       at tv.twitch.Library.initialize(Library.java:85)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController.<init>(SDKServicesController.java:141)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.newInstance(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:42)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.get(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:31)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.get(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:11)
       at dagger.internal.DoubleCheck.get(DoubleCheck.java:47)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.core.ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.get(ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.java:185)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.core.ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.get(ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.java:43)
       at dagger.internal.DoubleCheck.get(DoubleCheck.java:47)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.dagger.DaggerAppComponent$AppComponentImpl.injectTwitchApplication(DaggerAppComponent.java:51752)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.dagger.DaggerAppComponent$AppComponentImpl.inject(DaggerAppComponent.java:51747)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.TwitchApplication.onCreate(TwitchApplication.java:122)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1155)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6171)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:208)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1696)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:205)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6993)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:884)

But now it's a file not found error:

useLegacyPackaging=true on a Xiaomi:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/tv.twitch.android.app-V8h3LJXVboHHCGZtVOXQyg==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/tv.twitch.android.app-V8h3LJXVboHHCGZtVOXQyg==/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64]]] couldn't find "libtwitchsdk.so"
       at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1029)
       at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1673)
       at tv.twitch.Library$1.run(Library.java:65)
       at tv.twitch.JniThreadValidator.callJniRunnable(JniThreadValidator.java:21)
       at tv.twitch.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:62)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKLibrary.loadLibrary(SDKLibrary.java:53)
       at tv.twitch.Library.initialize(Library.java:85)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController.<init>(SDKServicesController.java:141)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.newInstance(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:42)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.get(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:31)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.get(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:11)
       at dagger.internal.DoubleCheck.get(DoubleCheck.java:47)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.core.ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.get(ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.java:185)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.core.ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.get(ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.java:43)
       at dagger.internal.DoubleCheck.get(DoubleCheck.java:47)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.dagger.DaggerAppComponent$AppComponentImpl.injectTwitchApplication(DaggerAppComponent.java:51752)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.dagger.DaggerAppComponent$AppComponentImpl.inject(DaggerAppComponent.java:51747)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.TwitchApplication.onCreate(TwitchApplication.java:122)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1123)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5779)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1670)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6536)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeImpl(Method.java)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:411)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:468)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:808)

useLegacyPackaging=true on a Samsung:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: library "libtwitchsdk.so" not found
       at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:1077)
       at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:998)
       at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1661)
       at tv.twitch.Library$1.run(Library.java:65)
       at tv.twitch.JniThreadValidator.callJniRunnable(JniThreadValidator.java:21)
       at tv.twitch.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:62)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKLibrary.loadLibrary(SDKLibrary.java:53)
       at tv.twitch.Library.initialize(Library.java:85)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController.<init>(SDKServicesController.java:141)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.newInstance(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:42)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.get(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:31)
       at tv.twitch.android.sdk.SDKServicesController_Factory.get(SDKServicesController_Factory.java:11)
       at dagger.internal.DoubleCheck.get(DoubleCheck.java:47)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.core.ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.get(ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.java:185)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.core.ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.get(ApplicationLifecycleController_Factory.java:43)
       at dagger.internal.DoubleCheck.get(DoubleCheck.java:47)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.dagger.DaggerAppComponent$AppComponentImpl.injectTwitchApplication(DaggerAppComponent.java:51752)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.dagger.DaggerAppComponent$AppComponentImpl.inject(DaggerAppComponent.java:51747)
       at tv.twitch.android.app.consumer.TwitchApplication.onCreate(TwitchApplication.java:122)
       at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1266)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7598)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2397)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8741)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1067)

I see enableUncompressedNativeLibs is now removed from AGP 8.1.0. What's the workaround now?

is there any replacement for "enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false" after AGP 8.1.0?

#63 ChatGPT will answer that question.

android {
    packaging {
        jniLibs {
            useLegacyPackaging = true
        }
    }
}

comment #63 Use useLegacyPackaging = true for enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false

android {
    packaging {
        jniLibs {
            useLegacyPackaging = true
        }
    }
}

On the one hand, below code in AGP8 will cause aab download size increase.

android {
    packaging {
        jniLibs {
            useLegacyPackaging = true
        }
    }
}

before in AGP7 we use

android {
    packaging {
        jniLibs {
            useLegacyPackaging = false
        }
    }
}
and enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false 

But if we use "useLegacyPackaging = false for jniLibs" in AGP8 , i find when install aab ,the native lib(.so files) will not be extract to directory like "/data/app/~~zDyIMq8XI7U9xQqs3SiIAA==/com.app-nZl0Vjw0B-M0Ar5mXvqy0A==/lib/x86_64" and when load so file use such directory "getApplicationContext().getApplicationInfo().nativeLibraryDir" can not load so file, then cause crashes.

After look at AGP 7 source code normally, compressNativeLibs is same value of useLegacyPackaging, but when set "enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false", the compressNativeLibs is set true finally. so when install aab file ,so files can be extracted into directory like "/data/app/~~zDyIMq8XI7U9xQqs3SiIAA==/com.app-nZl0Vjw0B-M0Ar5mXvqy0A==/lib/x86_64" but in AGP 8 ,if we want so files to be extracted into such lib directory, we need to specified "useLegacyPackaging = true" for jniLibs, but will cause adb download size increase several Mbs.

is these two properties "useLegacyPackaging = false " and "enableUncompressedNativeLibs = false " are kind of conflict?

so how to config the build properties, for we can achieve both aab download size not increasing and so files also be extracted into "/data/app/lib" directory?

PackageBundleTask.kt
            task.compressNativeLibs.set(
                componentProperties.packaging.jniLibs.useLegacyPackagingFromBundle
            )
            // TODO(b/132103049, b/174695257) Deprecate the BooleanOption with instructions to use
            //  the DSL instead.
            if (!creationConfig.services.projectOptions[BooleanOption.ENABLE_UNCOMPRESSED_NATIVE_LIBS_IN_BUNDLE]) {
                task.compressNativeLibs.set(true)
            }
            task.compressNativeLibs.disallowChanges()

also above logic is removed in AGP8 source code.

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If only they would write something.. For example, I don't give a damn about you, but they don't have to write that, we can see that.

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