Crash caused by an error in AndroidManifest.xml

[dani1913]

Severity

BLOCKING ISSUE

Since today the Thunkable platform encode the ~ symbol with %7E in Android Manifest in the meta-data com.google.android.gms.ad.APPLICATION_ID

This causes a crash anytime I open my app.

It is a very urgent issue because I cannot deliver the app to my customers.

Platform

Does this affect:
Drag and Drop UI - Android

Steps to Reproduce

1. Insert Android Admob App ID in project settings (app id normally contains symbol ~)
2. Build and download the APK
3. Open the app

Expected Behavior

No crash expected

Actual Behavior

What actually happens?
The App crashes immediately every time

Project Link

https://x.thunkable.com/projects/61ae31cc17ca440442439781

  STACK TRACE AND/OR SCREENSHOTS

The issue is located in the android manifest

ADB debugger shows this
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException:
02-09 12:36:18.362 28630 28630 E AndroidRuntime:
02-09 12:36:18.362 28630 28630 E AndroidRuntime: ******************************************************************************
02-09 12:36:18.362 28630 28630 E AndroidRuntime: * Invalid application ID. Follow instructions here: *
02-09 12:36:18.362 28630 28630 E AndroidRuntime: * https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-android-update-manifest *
02-09 12:36:18.362 28630 28630 E AndroidRuntime: * to find your app ID. *
02-09 12:36:18.362 28630 28630 E AndroidRuntime: ******************************************************************************

[jaredgibb]

How many times has this error occurred for you?

[dani1913]

@jaredgibb every time I open the app there is a crash.
This started to happen since today.
Last friday everything worked fine.

[dani1913]

@jaredgibb you can try yourself by puttin a ~ in admob settings app id, build the apk and read the manifest. You will see that ~ become %7E

[weihuali0509]

@dani1913 we are looking into it now.