Dexing failure when using AGP <= 8.0.1 when androidx.profileinstaller >= 1.4.0-alpha02 is a dependency [377760847]

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ha...@embrace.io

created issue #1

Nov 7, 2024 05:33AM

When using AGP 8.0.1 (Gradle 8.0, JDK 17), including androidx.profileinstaller:1.4.0-alpha2 a dependency causes the folowing error while dexing.

The :app:mergeExtDexDebug task failed.

Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
> Failed to transform profileinstaller-1.4.0.aar (androidx.profileinstaller:profileinstaller:1.4.0) to match attributes {artifactType=android-dex, asm-transformed-variant=NONE, dexing-enable-desugaring=true, dexing-enable-jacoco-instrumentation=false, dexing-is-debuggable=true, dexing-min-sdk=26, org.gradle.category=library, org.gradle.dependency.bundling=external, org.gradle.libraryelements=aar, org.gradle.status=release, org.gradle.usage=java-runtime}.
  > Execution failed for DexingNoClasspathTransform: /Users/hansonho/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/23490d491f67cf789f0c4309af6e1a56/transformed/jetified-profileinstaller-1.4.0-runtime.jar.
    > Error while dexing.
      > Compilation failed to complete, origin: /Users/hansonho/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/23490d491f67cf789f0c4309af6e1a56/transformed/jetified-profileinstaller-1.4.0-runtime.jar:androidx/profileinstaller/FileSectionType.class
        > Cannot invoke "String.length()" because "<parameter1>" is null

Caused by: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException:

Error while dexing.	
at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveBuilder.getExceptionToRethrow(D8DexArchiveBuilder.java:189)	
at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveBuilder.convert(D8DexArchiveBuilder.java:128)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.process(DexingTransform.kt:334)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.processNonIncrementally(DexingTransform.kt:279)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.doTransform(DexingTransform.kt:153)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.transform(DexingTransform.kt:107)	
at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.transform.DefaultTransformer.transform(DefaultTransformer.java:268)	
at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.transform.DefaultTransformerInvocationFactory$AbstractTransformerExecution$1.call(DefaultTransformerInvocationFactory.java:292)	
at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.transform.DefaultTransformerInvocationFactory$AbstractTransformerExecution$1.call(DefaultTransformerInvocationFactory.java:287)

Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException:

Compilation failed to complete, origin: /Users/hansonho/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/23490d491f67cf789f0c4309af6e1a56/transformed/jetified-profileinstaller-1.4.0-runtime.jar:androidx/profileinstaller/FileSectionType.class	
at Version.fakeStackEntry(Version_8.0.40.java:0)	
at com.android.tools.r8.utils.N0.a(R8_8.0.40_1caf5950b946297b5c46a21a695cd28795208d72fd17f5129543b31a15a067c2:74)	
at com.android.tools.r8.utils.N0.a(R8_8.0.40_1caf5950b946297b5c46a21a695cd28795208d72fd17f5129543b31a15a067c2:27)	
at com.android.tools.r8.utils.N0.a(R8_8.0.40_1caf5950b946297b5c46a21a695cd28795208d72fd17f5129543b31a15a067c2:26)	
at com.android.tools.r8.utils.N0.b(R8_8.0.40_1caf5950b946297b5c46a21a695cd28795208d72fd17f5129543b31a15a067c2:2)	
at com.android.tools.r8.D8.run(R8_8.0.40_1caf5950b946297b5c46a21a695cd28795208d72fd17f5129543b31a15a067c2:11)	
at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveBuilder.convert(D8DexArchiveBuilder.java:126)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.process(DexingTransform.kt:334)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.processNonIncrementally(DexingTransform.kt:279)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.doTransform(DexingTransform.kt:153)	
at com.android.build.gradle.internal.dependency.BaseDexingTransform.transform(DexingTransform.kt:107)	
at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.transform.DefaultTransformer.transform(DefaultTransformer.java:268)

I've stripped the project down where this is the only dependency. Changing minSdk down to 21 didn't do anything either.

This issue goes away if I do EITHER:

Upgrade AGP to 8.0.2, OR
Downgrade profileinstaller to 1.4.0-alpha01

The issue was actually first discovered using AGP 7.4.2 and Gradle 7.5.1 (JDK 11), but I figured I find the versions that would fix it so it might reduce the size of haystack in which the needle might be.

The reason I actually still care about such an old version is because Unity 2022.3 requires JDK 11, which maxes out AGP and Gradle at 7.x, and we want to continue to support it, yet still update to the latest platform deps. FWIW, androidx.lifecycle.*:2.8.7 causes similar issues.

Comments

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #2Nov 7, 2024 05:42AM

Androidx.activity actually doesn't do anything with those APIs and this behavior comes from the framework. Moving it to that component.

ch...@google.com <ch...@google.com> #3Nov 7, 2024 07:47AM

Reassigned to ch...@google.com.

Thank you for letting me know. Then which subject should we have instead of Android Public Tracker > App Development > Jetpack (androidx) > Activity ?

ch...@google.com <ch...@google.com> #4Nov 7, 2024 07:48AM

Status: Duplicate of

281536562

Android Public Tracker > Framework is the correct component for framework issues.

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #5Nov 7, 2024 03:45PM

Please provide the following additional information:

Please mention the steps to be followed for reproducing the issue with the given sample apk.

Android bug report capturing

After reproducing the issue, press the volume up, volume down, and power button simultaneously. This will capture a bug report on your device in the “bug reports” directory.

Alternate method

Navigate to “Developer options”, ensure “USB debugging” is enabled, then enable “Bug report shortcut”. Capture bug report by holding the power button and selecting the “Take bug report” option.

Screen record of the issue, for clarity
Please capture screen record or video of the issue using following steps:
adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/video.mp4
Subsequently use following command to pull the recorded file:
adb pull /sdcard/video.mp4

Note: Please upload the files to google drive and share the folder to android-bugreport@google.com, then share the link here.

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #6Nov 7, 2024 03:49PM

1 - If you click on "click me" button in the 1st Activity, 2nd Activity will start with option bundle. 2 - If you search in searchView, button in the 2nd Activity will be gone. 3 - click on device home button and then resume the app again, button in 2nd activity becomes visible which is unexpected. 4 - if you search again, click on device home button and resume the app again, button in the 2nd Activity will be gone as expected. (Unexpected behavior happens just in the 1st search)

Bug report capturing : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oVWNGpykUbMifWkQ76sApG9i1nEIYMfH/view?usp=sharing

Screen recording : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oY8qBizirEaPYi3ne3G3Opg_kU0tpUl9/view?usp=sharing

Sample code : https://github.com/alirezaeiii/SearchViewOption

APK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rBVU-DPh6Fx7xU9P5lKo9Pxlnz6k8H3/view?usp=sharing

Message last modified on Nov 7, 2024 03:55PM

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #7Nov 7, 2024 04:01PM

We have shared this with our product and engineering team and will update this issue with more information as it becomes available.

ch...@google.com <ch...@google.com> #8Nov 7, 2024 05:08PM

The branch prior to 8.0 was 4.0 (since R8 started following AGP versions). This fix was not cherry-picked to the 4.0 branch.

From b/281536562: The latest JDK 21 EA builds contain some system classes with MethodParameters attributes contain empty names.

I am guessing that maybe you have some dependencies that have been compiled with JDK 21, which doesn't work with D8/R8 4.0 and older versions.

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #9Nov 7, 2024 05:59PM

Understood. Thanks for the prompt response. The two that trigged this for me were both AndroidX libs, the latest versions of profilesinstaller and lifecycle, so I guess the platform libs are beginning to be built via JDK 21 eh?

Besides this issue, is this incompatibility stated somewhere or is explicitly communicated? We'd like to point to it to give our customers the heads up and explain why we are lagging behind.

Some apps, like those built on older versions of Unity, have a strict JDK 11 requirement, so they are unable to upgrade to the 8.x lines of Gradle and AGP. This means they'll likely not be able to upgrade to latest AndroidX libraries...

sg...@google.com <sg...@google.com> #10Nov 7, 2024 07:55PM

The change applies cleanly on the 4.0 branch (AGP 7.4), https://r8-review.googlesource.com/97861, so we can provide a fix for that as well. Same for the 3.3 branch (AGP 7.3), https://r8-review.googlesource.com/97882.

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #11Nov 7, 2024 10:16PM

Patching 4.0 would be fantastic! Let me know if there's anything I could do to get that going, e.g. open another issue, etc.

sg...@google.com <sg...@google.com> #12Nov 8, 2024 12:48PM

We have a patch for both 4.0. and 3.3 in versions 4.0.72 and 3.3.93. The instructions at https://r8.googlesource.com/r8/#replacing-r8-in-agp should also work for AGP versions 7.4 and 7.3.

ha...@embrace.io <ha...@embrace.io> #13Nov 8, 2024 04:52PM

Ah, got it. So there's no plan to release office patch releases for all of AGP 7.4.x, but folks can monkey patch in order to get their app working with the latest libraries?

Message last modified on Nov 8, 2024 04:53PM

sg...@google.com <sg...@google.com> #14Nov 11, 2024 07:36AM

Yes, exactly, just upgrading R8 by overriding the one shipped with AGP. Patches are usually only released for the current stable version.