Why Is the android app crashing and establish our dev work mode

[sfc-gh-eraigosa]

We need a base working android app to work on.

• android app starts in the emulator
• we can build it from the github repository

[sfc-gh-eraigosa]

I was able to debug a little on the emulator and capture this exception:

V/FA: onActivityCreated
W/ci.redsolidari: Got a deoptimization request on un-deoptimizable method java.lang.Class java.lang.Class.classForName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader)
I/chatty: uid=10149(com.cleteci.redsolidaria) identical 6 lines
W/ci.redsolidari: Got a deoptimization request on un-deoptimizable method java.lang.Class java.lang.Class.classForName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader)
W/FA: Tasks have been queued for a long time
V/FA: onActivityCreated
W/ci.redsolidari: Accessing hidden field Landroid/view/LayoutInflater;->mConstructorArgs:[Ljava/lang/Object; (greylist-max-p, reflection, denied)
    Got a deoptimization request on un-deoptimizable method java.lang.reflect.Field java.lang.Class.getDeclaredField(java.lang.String)
W/ci.redsolidari: Got a deoptimization request on un-deoptimizable method java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[])
W/ci.redsolidari: Got a deoptimization request on un-deoptimizable method java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[])
W/ci.redsolidari: Got a deoptimization request on un-deoptimizable method void com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(java.lang.String[])
D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.cleteci.redsolidaria, PID: 6001
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.cleteci.redsolidaria/com.cleteci.redsolidaria.ui.activities.login.LoginActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #17 in com.cleteci.redsolidaria:layout/abc_screen_simple: Binary XML file line #17 in com.cleteci.redsolidaria:layout/abc_screen_simple: Error inflating class androidx.appcompat.widget.FitWindowsLinearLayout
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3356)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3500)
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:83)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2049)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7523)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941)
     Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #17 in com.cleteci.redsolidaria:layout/abc_screen_simple: Binary XML file line #17 in com.cleteci.redsolidaria:layout/abc_screen_simple: Error inflating class androidx.appcompat.widget.FitWindowsLinearLayout
     Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #17 in com.cleteci.redsolidaria:layout/abc_screen_simple: Error inflating class androidx.appcompat.widget.FitWindowsLinearLayout
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Field.get(java.lang.Object)' on a null object reference
        at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.ReflectionUtils.getValue(ReflectionUtils.java:29)
        at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.createCustomViewInternal(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:203)
        at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.access$000(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:20)
        at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater$PrivateWrapperFactory2.onCreateView(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:302)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater$FactoryMerger.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:237)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.tryCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:1067)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:995)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:959)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:657)
        at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.inflate(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:60)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:532)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:479)
        at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.createSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:773)
        at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:659)
        at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:552)
        at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:161)
        at com.cleteci.redsolidaria.ui.activities.login.LoginActivity.onCreate(LoginActivity.kt:64)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7984)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7973)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3329)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3500)
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:83)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2049)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7523)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941)
I/Process: Sending signal. PID: 6001 SIG: 9
Disconnected from the target VM, address: 'localhost:8636', transport: 'socket'

[Carlosgsuarez]

So we need to focus on this exception to hopefully make it run