Gcam crashes when installed from APKS (APK Bundle)

[zliebersbach]

Describe the bug
See steps to reproduce. I do not have Google Photos installed and have installed the 1.3 "photos" version of the APK.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install Gcam-Services-Provider 1.3 "photos" version from Releases page using normal method (without --force-queryable)
2. Install Google Camera from Aurora Store (with correct device Pixel 3 selected in device spoofing)
3. Launch Google Camera - works after accepting permissions
4. Go to home screen and reopen app - this works
5. Close Google Camera from recent apps list and launch again - crashes 😞
6. Device reboot does not work, you need to clear the Google Camera app data

Expected behavior
Does not crash on subsequent launches.

Log
gcam-8.2-logcat.txt

Smartphone (please complete the following information, the more detailed, the better)

• Device: Pixel 3
• OS/ROM: GrapheneOS 11 (RQ3A.211001.001.2021100606), which includes this fix
• Google Camera version (original, modified): original 8.2.x
• Gcam-Services-Provider version: 1.3

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

[lukaspieper]

Hi,

thanks for your detailed report and the log. It seems to be the same issue talked about here. If you install Gcam from a different distribution channel it should work fine.

I will change the title and use this issue to keep track on crashes coming from installing Gcam trough Google Play/Aurora Store.

It might also be different from OS (rom) to OS, so I don't know if it can be fixed inside the scope of this project. Will need further information/research.

[zliebersbach]

I just tried installing the same version from APKMirror, and used SAI to install the bundle...

Got exactly the same issue. Does this mean I have to find an unsecure redistribution of a standard APK for it to work? Has anyone managed to get the official APKS to run?

[lukaspieper]

Thanks for testing. It might also be related to APK Bundles.

I'm currently running version 8.2.300 (that version is available at APKMirror as APK).

[innir]

I extracted 8.3.252 from the Android 12 image (Pixel 4a) yesterday and it works fine on GrapheneOS 11 - I guess Aurora Store just picks a wrong variant somehow. Did anyone check installing if from Google Play Store?

[innir]

I just tried installing the same version from APKMirror, and used SAI to install the bundle...

Got exactly the same issue. Does this mean I have to find an unsecure redistribution of a standard APK for it to work? Has anyone managed to get the official APKS to run?

You can extract Gcam from the images Google provides - they always work for me (see #17 (comment) for details).