android - IllegalArgumentException in ActivityManagerProxy

Question

Issue: ActivityA starts ActivityB with shared element transitions intermittently crashes Not consistently reproducible Api levels: 23, 24 and 25

Code to launch activity:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, ActivityB.class);
Pair<View, String> logoTransition = Pair.create(logo, getString(R.string.transition_logo));
Pair<View, String> logoTextTransition = Pair.create(logoText, getString(R.string.transition_logo_text));
ActivityOptionsCompat options = ActivityOptionsCompat.makeSceneTransitionAnimation(this, logoTransition, logoTextTransition);
ActivityCompat.startActivity(this, intent, options.toBundle());

Stacktrace (API 23):

Exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:1606)
android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:1555)
android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.isTopOfTask (ActivityManagerProxy.java:4787)
android.app.Activity.isTopOfTask (Activity.java:5753)
android.app.Activity.cancelInputsAndStartExitTransition (Activity.java:4075)
android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult (Activity.java:4052)
android.app.Activity.startActivity (Activity.java:4312)
android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.startActivity (ContextCompat.java)
__null__.getDrawable (ContextCompat.java)
__null__.isDeviceProtectedStorage (ContextCompat.java)
com.my.app.activity.ActivityA.startMainActivity (ActivityA.java)

Does anyone know what causes this behaviour? Any proposed fix for this?

Answer 1

I suppose, you should not use methods from support library for that versions. Sure, I can't figure out, from your existing issue due of random stacktrace.

Since Tranlsation Scene introduced form 4.4. You can include api deprecation. Moreover, it's recommended, otherwise, why we need both types?

 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
       ActivityOptions options = ActivityOptions
      .makeSceneTransitionAnimation(this, logoTransition, logoTextTransition);
       startActivity(this, intent, options.toBundle());
    } 
  else {
       ActivityOptionsCompat options = ActivityOptionsCompat
      .makeSceneTransitionAnimation(this, logoTransition, logoTextTransition);
       ActivityCompat.startActivity(this, intent, options.toBundle());
    }