How to fix Unmarshalling unknown type code XXX at offset YYY in Android?

Question

I\'m having app crash on resume because of Unmarshalling exception. I\'ve checked all the Serializables have constructor with no parameters and even checked all the serializ

Answer 1

Using Kotlin, the object 'Nota' has a Custom object 'CentroCusto' that contains only primitive properties.

class Nota(var id: Int? = null, var centroCusto: ArrayList<CentroCusto>? = null) : Parcelable {

constructor(source: Parcel) : this(
        source.readValue(Int::class.java.classLoader) as Int?,
        //Exception in below line -> Unmarshalling unknown type code 
        source.createTypedArrayList(CentroCusto.CREATOR) 
)

override fun describeContents() = 0

override fun writeToParcel(dest: Parcel, flags: Int) = with(dest) {
    writeValue(id)
    writeTypedList(centroCusto)
}

companion object {
    @JvmField
    val CREATOR: Parcelable.Creator<Nota> = object : Parcelable.Creator<Nota> {
        override fun createFromParcel(source: Parcel): Nota = Nota(source)
        override fun newArray(size: Int): Array<Nota?> = arrayOfNulls(size)
    }
}

The CentroCusto class:

class CentroCusto(var id: Int? = null, var descricao: String? = null, var aprovacaoDiretoria: Int? = null, var permiteMarcar: Boolean? = null) : Parcelable {

constructor(parcel: Parcel) : this(
        parcel.readValue(Int::class.java.classLoader) as? Int,
        parcel.readString(),
        parcel.readValue(Int::class.java.classLoader) as? Int,
        parcel.readValue(Boolean::class.java.classLoader) as? Boolean) {
}

override fun writeToParcel(parcel: Parcel, flags: Int) {
    parcel.writeValue(id)
    parcel.writeString(descricao)
    parcel.writeValue(aprovacaoDiretoria)
    parcel.writeValue(permiteMarcar)
}

override fun describeContents(): Int {
    return 0
}

companion object CREATOR : Parcelable.Creator<CentroCusto> {
    override fun createFromParcel(parcel: Parcel): CentroCusto {
        return CentroCusto(parcel)
    }

    override fun newArray(size: Int): Array<CentroCusto?> {
        return arrayOfNulls(size)
    }
}

}

Answer 2

It's because of Proguard obfuscation - it processed Parcelable. solution: Proguard causing RuntimeException (Unmarshalling unknown type code) in Parcelable class

Answer 3

If a type of List is added, it should be:

@Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        super.writeToParcel(dest, flags);
        dest.writeList(this.mList);

and unparcel it using the class type like this:

protected MyClass(Parcel in) {
        super(in);
        this.mList = new ArrayList<>();
        in.readList(this.mList, MyRequiredClass.class.getClassLoader());

Answer 4

In my case my class don't added CREATOR filed when extending from another Parcelable parent.

public class Image implements Parcelable {
        protected Image(Parcel in) {
        }

        public static final Creator<Image> CREATOR = new Creator<Image>() {
            @Override
            public Image createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
                return new Image(in);
            }

            @Override
            public Image[] newArray(int size) {
                return new Image[size];
            }
        };

        @Override
        public int describeContents() {
            return 0;
        }

        @Override
        public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        }
}

public class ImageChild extends Image {
        protected ImageChild(Parcel in) {
            super(in);
        }


        @Override
        public int describeContents() {
            return 0;
        }

        @Override
        public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
            super.writeToParcel(dest, flags);
        }
}

In ImageChild missing CREATOR field

Answer 5

There's some rules for write and read parcelables.

1- Be careful about type mismatch. If you write int, don't try to read long etc.

2- Be careful about order of writes and reads. Objects must be at the same sort order when reading and writing.

Both of these can cause "Unmarshalling unknown type code".

Answer 6

In my case it was caused by data size exceeding max limit of that can be put to Parcel which is about 1 MB.

Solution: optimize your Parcelable code to put as less data as possible (e.g. do not put Serializable objects to Parcel)