Crash: Cannot use PaystackCheckout in a fragment "LifecycleOwners must call register before they are STARTED"

[codedentwickler]

I'm using this library in a fragment and I get a crash when I try to initiate a charge.

I called initiateCharge() in onViewCreated().

Issue seems similar to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64476827/how-to-resolve-the-error-lifecycleowners-must-call-register-before-they-are-sta

Code sample:

 private fun initiateCharge() {

        val checkoutResultListener = object : CheckoutResultListener {
            override fun onSuccess(transaction: Transaction) {
                // Executed when transaction is successful
                print("Paystack transaction $transaction")
            }

            override fun onError(exception: Throwable) {
                // Executed when an error occurs
                print("Paystack error $exception")
            }

            override fun onCancelled() {
                // Executed when the user cancels the payment process
                print("Paystack onCancelled()")
            }
        }
        val email = "hellouser@gmail.com"
        val amount = 1000
        val currency = "NGN"
        PaystackCheckout.Builder(requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity, email, amount, currency)
            .build()
            .charge(checkoutResultListener)

    }

Error logs

2022-01-23 23:15:09.928 20620-20620/com.sample.mobile.sampleAndroid E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.sample.mobile.sampleAndroid, PID: 20620
    java.lang.IllegalStateException: LifecycleOwner com.sample.mobile.sampleAndroid.features.auth.activity.AuthActivity@e34c27c is attempting to register while current state is RESUMED. LifecycleOwners must call register before they are STARTED.
        at androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultRegistry.register(ActivityResultRegistry.java:123)
        at androidx.activity.ComponentActivity.registerForActivityResult(ComponentActivity.java:673)
        at com.paystack.checkout.PaystackCheckout.charge(PaystackCheckout.kt:57)
        at com.sample.mobile.sampleAndroid.features.auth.fragment.NewLoginFragment.initiateCharge(NewLoginFragment.kt:198)
        at com.sample.mobile.sampleAndroid.features.auth.fragment.NewLoginFragment.access$initiateCharge(NewLoginFragment.kt:31)
        at com.sample.mobile.sampleAndroid.features.auth.fragment.NewLoginFragment$onViewCreated$4$invokeSuspend$$inlined$collect$1.emit(Collect.kt:135)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.flow.FlowKt__ChannelsKt.emitAllImpl$FlowKt__ChannelsKt(Channels.kt:62)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.flow.FlowKt__ChannelsKt.access$emitAllImpl$FlowKt__ChannelsKt(Channels.kt:1)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.flow.FlowKt__ChannelsKt$emitAllImpl$1.invokeSuspend(Unknown Source:14)
        at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTaskKt.resume(DispatchedTask.kt:235)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTaskKt.resumeUnconfined(DispatchedTask.kt:191)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTaskKt.dispatch(DispatchedTask.kt:162)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.CancellableContinuationImpl.dispatchResume(CancellableContinuationImpl.kt:406)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.CancellableContinuationImpl.completeResume(CancellableContinuationImpl.kt:522)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.channels.AbstractChannel$ReceiveElement.completeResumeReceive(AbstractChannel.kt:932)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.channels.ArrayChannel.offerInternal(ArrayChannel.kt:76)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.channels.AbstractSendChannel.trySend-JP2dKIU(AbstractChannel.kt:155)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.channels.SendChannel$DefaultImpls.offer(Channel.kt:166)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.channels.AbstractSendChannel.offer(AbstractChannel.kt:143)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.channels.ChannelCoroutine.offer(Unknown Source:2)
        at reactivecircus.flowbinding.common.SafeOfferKt.safeOffer(SafeOffer.kt:11)
        at reactivecircus.flowbinding.android.view.ViewClickedFlowKt$clicks$1$listener$1.onClick(ViewClickedFlow.kt:34)
        at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7441)
        at com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton.performClick(MaterialButton.java:1119)
        at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:7418)
        at android.view.View.access$3700(View.java:835)
        at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:28676)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
        at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7809)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1003)

[AlmightyDevAndroid]

Hello @michael-paystack

Any updates for the above issue? We still face such issues.

[certified84]

Hey, @michael-paystack any walk around for this?

[michael-paystack]

Hi @certified84, @codedentwickler, @AlmightyDevAndroid.
I'm so sorry we let this issue slip for so long. This project has been left dormant for so long.

Please let me know if any of you went ahead to use this library in your projects (even temporarily).
We're currently rethinking what the payment experience on Android devices should be and would appreciate your feedback when we put something out in the near future.