ExceptionInInitializerError in Android app?

Question

In my Android app the WebView activity class has following line,

webView.addJavascriptInterface(new JSInterface(this), "Android");   

And in JSInterface class, I'm initializing Google "SpreadSheetService" like below,

import com.google.gdata.client.spreadsheet.SpreadsheetService;

--- some more imports ---


public class JSInterface {
    Context mContext;

    public SpreadsheetService service;

    /** Instantiate the interface and set the context */
    JSInterface(Context c) {
        mContext = c;
        service = new SpreadsheetService("List Demo");
    }

    ------- some more code -----

When I run the application I'm getting the following exception,

01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085): java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

which has the below trace

01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085): java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at com.android.quotes.JSInterface.<init>(JSInterface.java:33)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at com.android.quotes.CHQuotesActivity.onCreate(CHQuotesActivity.java:19)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1919)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1980)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:122)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1146)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-19 21:38:00.652: E/AndroidRuntime(4085):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)

I searched Google, but didnt get any solution for this.. Any idea on why I'm getting this exception??

Peter

Solution 1

Based on this documentation An ExceptionInInitializerError is thrown to indicate that an exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the initializer for a static variable. Check your code has any static initialization logic.

Solution 2

If your android version is 11 or higher you might encounter java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError and IllegalStateException for which you will need to add latest okhttp3 dependencies which are:

implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.1'  

and

implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.9.0'

Solution 3

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError android OS 11

if this is related to OkHttp then update your version 4.4.0.

In this version its fixed.

implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.4.0'

thanks.

Comments

[IgorGanapolsky]

Yeah, but what could be the problem? A static member should have no issues being accessed, hence it is static.

[kosa]

@IgorGanapolsky: It is not due to being accessed, it is because of value being initialized is not properly constructed. The right side part of static variable.

[IgorGanapolsky]

Interesting, initialized to what? An inconvertible type or null?

[kosa]

@IgorGanapolsky: My guess is, some class instance, which is either throwing exception (or) causing some bad dependency.

[McLan]

I am using a library in my app. For specific class in that library, whenever I create a new instance of it, my app crashes and gives me the same exception. Since it is a library class, it means I cannot change any thing in it. At the same time, I want to use it is functionality inside that class's methods. I am totally stuck and cannto find a way to solve this, any suggestions ? thanks

[kosa]

@Suda.nese I would suggest create new question and refer this question, you could get lot of answers.

[McLan]

@Nambari : I've already done so here : stackoverflow.com/q/42227184/2135363 .. and here : stackoverflow.com/q/42248119/2135363 .. Please have a look.

[user158]

@McLan did you found a solution to your problem?

[McLan]

@user158 can’t remember. But will check for you.