Crash with email in EditText TextInput on Xiaomi devices running android 10

Question

Recently I got a crash in google play console.

java.lang.NullPointerException:  
  at android.widget.Editor$SelectionModifierCursorController.access$300 (Editor.java:6696) 
  at android.widget.Editor.getEmailPopupWindow (Editor.java:1469) 
  at android.widget.Editor.showEmailPopupWindow (Editor.java:1477) 
  at android.widget.Editor.handleEmailPopup (Editor.java:1456) 
  at android.widget.Editor.updateCursorPosition (Editor.java:2099) 
  at android.widget.TextView.getUpdatedHighlightPath (TextView.java:7813) 
  at android.widget.TextView.onDraw (TextView.java:7998) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21472) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20349) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.drawChild (RecyclerView.java:4820) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21475) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20349) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21475) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20349) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout.dispatchDraw (ConstraintLayout.java:2023) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.drawChild (CoordinatorLayout.java:1246) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21475) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20349) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20340) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21204) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild (ViewGroup.java:4412) 
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw (ViewGroup.java:4171) 
  at android.view.View.draw (View.java:21475) 
  at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.draw (DecorView.java:830) 
  at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty (View.java:20349) 
  at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.updateViewTreeDisplayList (ThreadedRenderer.java:575) 
  at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.updateRootDisplayList (ThreadedRenderer.java:581) 
  at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.draw (ThreadedRenderer.java:654) 
  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.draw (ViewRootImpl.java:3687) 
  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performDraw (ViewRootImpl.java:3482) 
  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals (ViewRootImpl.java:2819) 
  at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal (ViewRootImpl.java:1782) 
  at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run (ViewRootImpl.java:7785) 
  at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run (Choreographer.java:1031) 
  at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks (Choreographer.java:854) 
  at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame (Choreographer.java:789) 
  at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run (Choreographer.java:1016) 
  at android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:883) 
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:100) 
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:224) 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:7520) 
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java) 
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:539) 
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:950)

Device: Redmi K20 Pro

Android version: 10

I can't find this part of code in android sources(well, seems it's Xiaomi modification)

I found same issue in the React-Native community.

Any ideas on how to solve it?

UPD: I got this crash on completely native app, without any crossplatform framework.

Same here! No solutions till yet and Facebook closed this issue as resolved. — Manoj Perumarath, Mar 26 '20 at 09:50
Maybe this is where they answer to that issue. https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/xiaomi-android-10-crashes-when-typing-in-an-email-address.56363/ — Tobias Reich, Jul 06 '20 at 11:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '20 at 13:32

This crash comes from OS, actually, the Xiaomi makes a custom Android and the modification on version 10 makes this crash. there is a solution, pass caretHidden flag by true value and this issue will disappear:

<TextInput
  caretHidden={true}
  ...

We can write it a little better:

<TextInput
  caretHidden
  ...

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '20 at 17:29

I landed myself into the same problem yesterday. So, It took me some time to find out that if I type a . (dot) in the email input field and then clear it, after that typing the email does not crash the app anymore. So here is yet another workaround that does not include caret hiding and still working for me on Redmi 9.

const [email, setEmail] = useState(".");

useEffect(() => {
  setTimeout(() => {
    setEmail("");
  }, 1);
}, []);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 01 '21 at 10:35

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I found a solution for native android developers.I believe you must be using inputType as 'textEmailAddress' in your editText, just change it to this:

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textEmailAddress"

answered Dec 01 '21 at 10:35

Pravesh Singh

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Crash with email in EditText TextInput on Xiaomi devices running android 10

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