I am using SQLCipher in an android project. All works well in testing, but whenever I built a signed release APK and installed it I am receiving the following error and crash whenever I call
SQLCipher.loadLibs(context);
Here is the crash
03-09 14:47:45.833 24895-24895/? E/Database: Can't find SQLiteDatabase.mNativeHandle
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] No pending exception expected: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: no "I" field "mNativeHandle" in class "Lnet/sqlcipher/database/SQLiteDatabase;" or its superclasses
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at java.lang.String java.lang.Runtime.nativeLoad(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader, java.lang.String) (Runtime.java:-2)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at java.lang.String java.lang.Runtime.doLoad(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader) (Runtime.java:428)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader) (Runtime.java:369)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void java.lang.System.loadLibrary(java.lang.String) (System.java:988)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.a(android.content.Context, java.io.File) ((null):-1)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.a(android.content.Context) ((null):-1)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void com.myapp.BBISDK.ax.o() ((null):-1)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void com.myapp.BBISDK.ax.<init>(java.lang.Integer, com.myapp.BBISDK.d.a, android.app.Activity) ((null):-1)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at com.myapp.BBISDK.ax com.myapp.BBISDK.ax.a(java.lang.Integer, com.myapp.BBISDK.d.a, android.app.Activity) ((null):-1)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void com.myapp.myapp.LoginActivity.onCreate(android.os.Bundle) ((null):-1)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.app.Activity.performCreate(android.os.Bundle) (Activity.java:5990)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(android.app.Activity, android.os.Bundle) (Instrumentation.java:1106)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at android.app.Activity android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(android.app.ActivityThread$ActivityClientRecord, android.content.Intent) (ActivityThread.java:2278)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(android.app.ActivityThread$ActivityClientRecord, android.content.Intent) (ActivityThread.java:2387)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(android.app.ActivityThread, android.app.ActivityThread$ActivityClientRecord, android.content.Intent) (ActivityThread.java:151)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(android.os.Message) (ActivityThread.java:1303)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(android.os.Message) (Handler.java:102)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.os.Looper.loop() (Looper.java:135)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void android.app.ActivityThread.main(java.lang.String[]) (ActivityThread.java:5254)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke!(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[], boolean) (Method.java:-2)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) (Method.java:372)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run() (ZygoteInit.java:903)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143] at void com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(java.lang.String[]) (ZygoteInit.java:698)
03-09 14:47:45.834 24895-24895/? A/art: art/runtime/thread.cc:1143]
03-09 14:47:45.965 24895-24895/? A/libc: Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 2, fault addr 0x203a79ac in tid 24895 (kit.myapp)
03-09 14:47:45.965 24895-24895/? I/libc: Suppressing debuggerd output because prctl(PR_GET_DUMPABLE)==0
I receive a similar error when running the app live in debug but it does not cause a crash.
Any direction would be great here. Thanks.
When you move from debug to release builds, and you start getting NoSuchFieldError or similar sorts of "hey, this stuff is missing!" errors, turn first to your ProGuard settings. If -keep of the class or package clears up the problem, you have at least a stopgap solution. You might add a TODO item to come up with a more fine-grained solution, though.