Android old devices crashing on start

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My android app is crashing on older devices, it crashes as soon as it press run. I cannot work out where the error is, and if I put breakpoints it appears to crash before any of them fire. Here is the logcat...

05-19 08:10:53.847 7782-7788/com.appname.appname I/dalvikvm: Debugger is active
05-19 08:10:53.851 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: Debugger has connected
05-19 08:10:53.851 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:54.055 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:54.255 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:54.455 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:54.655 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:54.855 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:55.059 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:55.259 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: waiting for debugger to settle...
05-19 08:10:55.459 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/System.out: debugger has settled (1419)
05-19 08:10:55.463 7782-7782/com.appname.appname W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10394 (common_google_play_services_unknown_issue) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$string;
05-19 08:10:55.463 7782-7782/com.appname.appname D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x0012
05-19 08:10:55.467 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/dalvikvm: Could not find method android.app.AppOpsManager.checkPackage, referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.zze.zzb
05-19 08:10:55.467 7782-7782/com.appname.appname W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 134: Landroid/app/AppOpsManager;.checkPackage (ILjava/lang/String;)V
05-19 08:10:55.467 7782-7782/com.appname.appname D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x0011
05-19 08:10:55.467 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/dalvikvm: Could not find method android.content.pm.PackageManager.getPackageInstaller, referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.zze.zzi
05-19 08:10:55.467 7782-7782/com.appname W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 495: Landroid/content/pm/PackageManager;.getPackageInstaller ()Landroid/content/pm/PackageInstaller;
05-19 08:10:55.467 7782-7782/com.appname.appname D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x000b
05-19 08:10:55.559 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/GMPM: App measurement is starting up, version: 8487
05-19 08:10:55.559 7782-7782/com.appname.appname I/GMPM: To enable debug logging run: adb shell setprop log.tag.GMPM VERBOSE
05-19 08:10:55.567 7782-7782/com.appname.appname W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve static field 10394 (common_google_play_services_unknown_issue) in Lcom/google/android/gms/R$string;
05-19 08:10:55.567 7782-7782/com.appname.appname D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x60 at 0x000c
05-19 08:10:55.567 7782-7782/com.appname.appname D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
05-19 08:10:55.567 7782-7782/com.appname.appname W/dalvikvm: threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xa4c35648)
05-19 08:10:55.571 7782-7782/com.appname.appname E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                      java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.android.gms.R$string
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.zza.<init>(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.zza.zzaR(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzn.zziJ(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzz.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzw.<init>(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzaa.zzDj(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzw.zzaT(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
                                                                          at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1214)
                                                                          at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1189)
                                                                          at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:4879)
                                                                          at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4485)
                                                                          at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4425)
                                                                          at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:141)
                                                                          at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1316)
                                                                          at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
                                                                          at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                                                                          at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
                                                                          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                                                                          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
                                                                          at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
                                                                          at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
                                                                          at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

What version of android does the apk target? and *define* old devices, *android versions preferably*! — t0mm13b, May 19 '16 at 12:20
presumably the app is build using latest SDK that targets Lollipop and later, running it on Jellybean/ICS/Gingerbread will fail with a crash. — t0mm13b, May 19 '16 at 12:20
It Seems Google Play Services Library is Crashing as it is unable to found any required Method or Class — AmniX, May 19 '16 at 12:21
I was using a phone which I no longer am, but I am using genymotion simulator, which is using APK 18 — Adam Katz, May 19 '16 at 12:22
the logcat, is that from the Samsung Galaxy S3 or the genymotion simulator? — t0mm13b, May 19 '16 at 12:23
It is on the simulator, the only big change to the code from when it was working is I upgraded from retrofit 1 to retrofit 2 — Adam Katz, May 19 '16 at 12:26
You're using a class not available on older Android versions. Check your Android Studio warning and you'll probably found a warning saying this. — Iulian Popescu, May 19 '16 at 12:27
In the right of the screen, where is the scrollbar. You'll find there warning, errors or things like this — Iulian Popescu, May 19 '16 at 13:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Make sure you have not added google-play-services_lib project as library in Libraries (under Modules). If you have, you can go to Libraries and simply remove it. Google Play Library Should Not Appear In Libraries.

make sure you have no duplicate libraries.

For example,

If you are using SDK of Facebook it has it's own support library in it's libs folder. If you are using support library in your project then compiler throws error. Solution is, point your project and Facebook (and other modules if you have) to a (one) support library

check answer here for more details.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered May 19 '16 at 12:30

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I dont have anything called google-play-services but I have many play-services libraries, such as play-services analytics – Adam Katz May 19 '16 at 12:54
Have you checked above link answers ? – Amit Vaghela May 19 '16 at 14:11
Yes I have been working through them, nothing yet, but havnt tried everything, back on it this morning. – Adam Katz May 20 '16 at 08:16
try answers from that link. it will solve your issue. – Amit Vaghela May 20 '16 at 08:19
Thanks I am on it, will give you plus tick when i get it – Adam Katz May 20 '16 at 08:33
I had some reactive x libraries that I deleted and now the problem has disappeared. – Adam Katz May 20 '16 at 11:55

Android old devices crashing on start

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