App crashing on clicking on EditText with latest updates (gradle 4.4 - android studio 3.1)

Question

I recently updated my android studio to version 3.1 and also my gradle to version 4.4. Since, then I have been facing this issue of app going into ANR when clicking on an EditText that should popup a soft input keyboard. On clicking on an EditText I see that there are multiple GCs that get triggered and eventually the app crashes with and ANR message saying that there is a stack overflow exceeding the size of 8 MB. Here is the crash that I see: http://crashes.to/s/77a48e5d43c. Also pasting it here:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.StackOverflowError: stack size 8MB
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.reportFullscreenMode(InputConnectionWrapper.java:122)
   at com.android.internal.view.IInputConnectionWrapper.executeMessage(IInputConnectionWrapper.java:416)
   at com.android.internal.view.IInputConnectionWrapper$MyHandler.handleMessage(IInputConnectionWrapper.java:78)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5268)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:902)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:697)

Here is a snippet of how I have used EditText:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/textInputLayout2"
    android:layout_width="@dimen/login_screen_elem_width"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/fbLogin"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/fbLogin">

    <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/etFirstName"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="@string/first_name"
        android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi|actionNext"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:textColor="@color/secondaryTextColour"
        android:textSize="16dp" />

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

FYI: I also face similar issue when I try to click on a text item in the my PreferenceFragmentCompat.

@EktaBhawsar updated the question with the usage of `TextInputEditText ` — Swapnil, Apr 03 '18 at 06:20
Can you try to hide `android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi|actionNext"` and run. — Ekta Bhawsar, Apr 03 '18 at 06:23
use `EditText` instead of `TextInputEditText` and remove `flagNoExtractUi` from `android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi|actionNext"` — Mohammed Farhan, Apr 03 '18 at 06:24

Oğuzhan Döngül · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-03T06:36:17.197

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UPDATE: There is one other reason to this error, Android Profilers bug. Disabling Advanced Profiling on Profiling Tab, in Run/Debug configurations may fix it.

Here related other answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49112444/3669559

You are getting java.lang.StackOverflowError which means most possibly you have calling some methods recursively and continuously. That causes infinite loop and this error.

If you have TextWatcher or any listener like OnFocusChangeListener on this EditText, you need to check it.

edited Apr 03 '18 at 06:36

answered Apr 03 '18 at 06:17

Oğuzhan Döngül

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I just checked. I don't have any listeners attached on my `TextInputEditText ` – Swapnil Apr 03 '18 at 06:19
This was the reason indeed. Thank you :) – Swapnil Apr 03 '18 at 06:43
Fixed in AS 3.1.1 https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/index.html – Martin Marconcini Apr 16 '18 at 18:36

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '18 at 06:37

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In the new release of Android Studio 3.1, there is a bug in advanced profiling.

So, You just disabling it (In menu bar Run -> Edit configurations -> Profiling -> Enable advanced profiling) prevents EditText from crashing.

answered Apr 03 '18 at 06:37

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 11 '18 at 18:06

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The latest version of Android Studio fixes this problem, 3.1.1. Had the problem and tested the fix myself moments ago. Hope that helps!

answered Apr 11 '18 at 18:06

NotThatDroid

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App crashing on clicking on EditText with latest updates (gradle 4.4 - android studio 3.1)

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