Crash: Attempt to invoke interface method 'void com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise.resolve(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference

[dgrover-spotnana]

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

Android Device (OS Level 34)

Please, provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

"react-native": "0.70.8",
"react-native-inappbrowser-reborn": "^3.7.0"

Please, explain the issue in as much detail as possible.

The issue was reported on our Instabug for one of the users. Although this is the first occurrence, it'll be great if we could get some insights around this crash early on.

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'void com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise.resolve(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference
	 at com.proyecto26.inappbrowser.RNInAppBrowser.close(RNInAppBrowser.java:241)
	 at com.proyecto26.inappbrowser.RNInAppBrowserModule.close(RNInAppBrowserModule.java:37)
	 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	 at com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaMethodWrapper.invoke(JavaMethodWrapper.java:372)
	 at com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaModuleWrapper.invoke(JavaModuleWrapper.java:188)
	 at com.facebook.jni.NativeRunnable.run(Native Method)
	 at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
	 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	 at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:27)
	 at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
	 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
	 at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$4.run(MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:228)
	 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

[MichaelPlan]

Same crash for many users

[akarshkumar]

Any update on this issue?

[ingvardm]

Happens for some users here as well. react_native 0.74.3 and react-native-inappbrowser-reborn is 3.7.0
happens on Samsung Galaxy S22 - Android 14.0.0 and Pixel 7 - Android 14.0.0

Version 3.6.3 works

[MAKARD]

this patch helped us to mitigate the crash

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/ChromeTabsManagerActivity.java b/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/ChromeTabsManagerActivity.java
index 78bb33a..7bf95f1 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/ChromeTabsManagerActivity.java
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/ChromeTabsManagerActivity.java
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ public class ChromeTabsManagerActivity extends Activity {
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       isError = true;
-      EventBus.getDefault().post(new ChromeTabsDismissedEvent("Unable to open url.", resultType, isError));
+
+      String errorMessage = e.getMessage();
+
+      EventBus.getDefault().post(new ChromeTabsDismissedEvent((errorMessage != null) ? errorMessage : "Unable to open url.", resultType, isError));
       finish();
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/RNInAppBrowser.java b/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/RNInAppBrowser.java
index 28158ce..58889cf 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/RNInAppBrowser.java
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-inappbrowser-reborn/android/src/main/java/com/proyecto26/inappbrowser/RNInAppBrowser.java
@@ -224,23 +224,19 @@ public class RNInAppBrowser {
   }
 
   public void close() {
-    if (mOpenBrowserPromise == null) {
-      return;
-    }
-
+    /*
+      Reducing the number of places where promise is resolving mitigates risks of race conditions.
+      
+    */
     if (currentActivity == null) {
-      mOpenBrowserPromise.reject(ERROR_CODE, "No activity");
-      mOpenBrowserPromise = null;
+      EventBus.getDefault().post(new ChromeTabsDismissedEvent("No activity", "", true));
       return;
     }
 
-    unRegisterEventBus();
-
-    WritableMap result = Arguments.createMap();
-    result.putString("type", "dismiss");
-    mOpenBrowserPromise.resolve(result);
-    mOpenBrowserPromise = null;
-
+    /*
+      Do not resolve promise directly here, but instead send dismiss intent,
+      which subsequently resolves promise within onEvent listener.
+    */
     currentActivity.startActivity(
         ChromeTabsManagerActivity.createDismissIntent(currentActivity));
   }