Google play services 5.0.77

Question

From the 25th of june two unrelated apps that are using ads started to have this NPE

java.lang.NullPointerException
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Answer 1

I got exactly same errors on different android versions after updating admob to google play services. I think it can't be solved on user side.

Answer 2

According to: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-admob-ads-sdk/DkjtCx_Zvn8

Some have had a success by adding android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" to activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity" in the manifest.

I'm rolling out a new version with that fix now. Will see in a couple of days if it helps.

Answer 3

Today, Google posts this : http://android-developers.blogspot.fr/2014/07/google-play-services-5.html

And now it works for me. Just try again to update the GooglePlayService in your mobile and update your ADT.

Edit :

Code to check GPS version :

// Check if GooglePlay Service is good;
            resultCode = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this.getActivity());
            if (resultCode != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) {
                if (GooglePlayServicesUtil.isUserRecoverableError(resultCode)) {
                    GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(resultCode, this.getActivity(), 1).show();
                    rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_googleplayerror, container, false);
                    return rootView;
                } else {
                    Log.i(Tag, "This device is not supported.");
                    getActivity().finish();
                }
            }

Answer 4

It is related to Play services update, see sample crash log below. Since it crashes onCreate it might be happening when user click on an advert or a specific type of advert

USER_COMMENT=
ANDROID_VERSION=4.1.2
APP_VERSION_NAME=8.9
BRAND=samsung
PHONE_MODEL=GT-I9100
CUSTOM_DATA=
STACK_TRACE=java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{xxxxx/com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2110)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:140)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1237)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4921)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1027)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:794)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at acm.a(SourceFile:215)
at acz.onTransact(SourceFile:58)
at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:326)
at com.google.android.gms.internal.ck$a$a.onCreate(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onCreate(Unknown Source)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5206)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2074)
... 11 more
java.lang.NullPointerException
at acm.a(SourceFile:215)
at acz.onTransact(SourceFile:58)
at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:326)
at com.google.android.gms.internal.ck$a$a.onCreate(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity.onCreate(Unknown Source)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5206)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2074)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:140)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1237)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4921)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1027)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:794)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)