Firebase Dynamic Link crashes. setResultOrApiException(Unknown Source:12)

[richardliveraise]

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: 3.1.2
• Firebase Component: Firebase Dynamic Links
• Component version: 16.0.1

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

I've been getting this error log after I added Firebase Dynamic Link Invite. I still couldn't reproduce it though.

Fatal Exception: com.google.android.gms.f.f: com.google.android.gms.common.api.b: 8: 
       at com.google.android.gms.tasks.zzu.getResult(Unknown Source:17)
       at com.ordinaryman.android.referral.ReferralManager.init(Unknown Source:18)
       at com.ordinaryman.android.referral.ReferralManager$$Lambda$2.onComplete(Unknown Source:11)
       at com.google.android.gms.tasks.zzj.run(Unknown Source:23)
       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:789)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6938)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:327)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1374)

Caused by com.google.android.gms.common.api.b: 8: 
       at com.google.android.gms.common.api.internal.TaskUtil.setResultOrApiException(Unknown Source:12)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.measurement.zzyn.zza(Unknown Source:2)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.measurement.zzys.dispatchTransaction(Unknown Source:21)
       at com.google.android.gms.internal.measurement.zzo.onTransact(Unknown Source:22)
       at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:682)

Relevant Code:

try {

            generateShortenedDeepLink(context, code, refId, src, imageUrl).addOnFailureListener(new OnFailureListener() {
                @Override
                public void onFailure(@NonNull Exception e) {
                    if (onDoneLoading != null) {
                        onDoneLoading.run();
                    }

                    log.error("Error generating deeplink", e);

                    if (context instanceof BaseActivity) {
                        ((BaseActivity) context).showToastWarn("Error generating code. ");
                    }

                    return;
                }
            }).addOnCompleteListener(task -> {

                BaseActivity act;
                act = (BaseActivity) context;

                String defaultMessage = "Hi, come join me on this app ";
                String linkUrl = task.getResult().getShortLink().toString();
                String textMessage = defaultMessage + " " + linkUrl;

                if (StringUtils.isEmpty(imageUrl)) {
                    shareHandler(act, textMessage, null);
                    if (onDoneLoading != null) {
                        onDoneLoading.run();
                    }
                    return;
                }

                String filename = imageUrl.substring(imageUrl.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
                File cachePath = new File(context.getCacheDir(), "images");
                cachePath.mkdirs(); // don't forget to make the directory
                File imageFile = new File(cachePath, filename);

                Runnable continuation = () -> {
                    Uri contentUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context, context.getPackageName(), imageFile);
                    shareHandler(act, textMessage, contentUri);
                    if (onDoneLoading != null) {
                        app.getMainHandler().postDelayed(onDoneLoading, 3000);
                    }
                };

                if (imageFile.exists()) {
                    continuation.run();
                    return;
                }

                if (act.isNoMoUIChanges()) return;

                Glide.with(context)
                        .asBitmap()
                        .load(imageUrl)
                        .into(new SimpleTarget<Bitmap>() {

                            @Override
                            public void onResourceReady(Bitmap resource, Transition<? super Bitmap> transition) {

                                try (FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(imageFile)) {
                                    resource.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
                                } catch (IOException e) {
                                    log.error("Error generating share", e);
                                    if (onDoneLoading != null) {
                                        onDoneLoading.run();
                                    }
                                    return;
                                }
                                continuation.run();
                            }
                        });
            });

        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (context instanceof BaseActivity) {
                ((BaseActivity) context).showToastWarn("Error generating code. Please try again later");
            }
        }

private void shareHandler(BaseActivity context, String smsMsg, Uri contentUri) {

        if(context.isNoMoUIChanges()) return;

        Resources resources = context.getResources();

        Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        sendIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION); // temp permission for receiving app to read this file
        sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, contentUri);
        sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, smsMsg);
        sendIntent.setType(context.getContentResolver().getType(contentUri));

        Intent openInChooser = Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, resources.getString(R.string.share_intent_chooser_title));
        context.startActivity(openInChooser);
    }

[ashwinraghav]

@richardliveraise Thanks for reaching out! We do anticipate that this would be fixed in the upcoming release schedule a couple of weeks down the line.
Thanks for working with us on this.

[richardliveraise]

@ashwinraghav can you clarify what root cause of this issue? any workaround I can do in the meantime? Thanks!

[richardliveraise]

@ashwinraghav I figured the issue was generating the short link. The workaround I did was generate a long link, then get the short link.

 //Generate long link
 Uri dynamicLinkUri = dynamicLink.getUri();
 return FirebaseDynamicLinks.getInstance().createDynamicLink()
        .setLongLink(dynamicLinkUri)
        .buildShortDynamicLink(); 

Reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52152116/short-dynamic-link-error-com-google-android-gms-common-api-apiexception-8/52157428#52157428

Note that prior doing the workaround, I updated the SDK to the latest one, then it'd work for newer OS (7.0, 8.0) but it wouldn't work for older OS (5.0, 6.0). If you could explain what the cause of this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

[aguatno]

Hi @richardliveraise sorry for my late response here. It looks like the error log didn't persist in the latest version. I was wondering if you're still having this issue? If so, could you provide the following so that I can investigate the issue further:

• Minimal repro of your code that I can run locally
• Firebase SDK version you're using
• Any other relevant information

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