LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
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LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
I believe this may be connected to my recent upgrade to Android 6.0.1.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
You may want to try un-install and re-install. Sometimes in-place upgrades don't work well. The app may do things differently if it senses it's being installed on 6.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
Thanks for the suggestion. I just uninstalled and reinstalled and found the same crashing behavior persists. Now that I'm at home, I dug into it a little further: it looks like getNewestCatalogVersion() is throwing a null pointer exception (ldsmusic.api.sync) I've attached the stack trace for the dev team.russellhltn wrote:You may want to try un-install and re-install. Sometimes in-place upgrades don't work well. The app may do things differently if it senses it's being installed on 6.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
I'm also getting this error, and have not upgraded the OS (Android 5.0). LDS Music version is 1.1.0. Have power-cycled the phone, but it still does it. My tablet (Android 4.4.2) also does it. I think the latest update has something broken. I did send a crash report.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
As did I this morning. Android 5.0.1. LDS Music 1.1.0. I don't remember seeing a new version of LDS Music come doen recently. I must have been sleeping.lmcguire wrote:I did send a crash report.
I actually had to use a piano to pitch a hymn at Church today.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
A piano?!lajackson wrote:I actually had to use a piano to pitch a hymn at Church today.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
I had the same behavior, that I just noticed yesterday on my Moto X. I tried to fix by reinstalling the app, and cycling my phone. Problem persists.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
After experiencing the same thing, uninstalling and reinstalling, I looked at the Reviews for this app in Google Play and it appears to be a widespread issue. https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... s.ldsmusic
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
Does anyone know who maintains the LDS Music App? I always assumed the church employed professional developers for their apps, but perhaps they utilize more of a volunteer model? If it is volunteer driven, how do I get access to the source and commit rights to fix the bug? Usually null pointer exceptions are easy to track down and fix (especially when they're readily reproducible). Even if the fix isn't trivial, someone should roll back the breaking changes and republish a version that works until a proper fix is in place and tested.
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Re: LDS Music (Android) crashing at startup
Most of the app projects are a mix of some employee resources and some volunteer. You can join the LDS Music Android project by visiting the project page: https://tech.lds.org/projects?controlle ... jectid=116tysonjg wrote:I always assumed the church employed professional developers for their apps, but perhaps they utilize more of a volunteer model?