java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: setSpan (-1 ... -1) starts before 0, in AccessibilityNodeInfo.java at AccessibilityNodeInfo.replaceClickableSpan

Question

Lately we've been experiencing a lot of crashes in our application due to IndexOutOfBoundsException being thrown by Android internally.

Fatal Exception: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: setSpan (-1 ... -1) starts before 0
       at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.checkRange(SpannableStringBuilder.java:1331)
       at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.setSpan(SpannableStringBuilder.java:685)
       at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.setSpan(SpannableStringBuilder.java:677)
       at android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo.replaceClickableSpan(AccessibilityNodeInfo.java:2925)
       at android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo.setText(AccessibilityNodeInfo.java:2889)
       at android.widget.TextView.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfoInternal(TextView.java:12028)
       at android.view.View.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(View.java:8925)
       at android.view.View.createAccessibilityNodeInfoInternal(View.java:8884)
       at android.view.View.createAccessibilityNodeInfo(View.java:8869)
       at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.populateAccessibilityNodeInfoForView(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:396)
       at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.findAccessibilityNodeInfoByAccessibilityIdUiThread(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:358)
       at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController.access$500(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:74)
       at android.view.AccessibilityInteractionController$PrivateHandler.handleMessage(AccessibilityInteractionController.java:1547)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:210)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:299)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8302)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:556)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1037)

have find answer in stack overflow Android SpannableStringBuilder IndexOutOfBoundsException but not find Any answer

I have try to reproduce but no luck, have one try that if device has talkback on and app is crash but not sure that all user has activate this talkback

I would be happy to hear any ideas what the problem could be :)

Answer 1

Considering whether you have used SpannableString and NoCopySpan in your project. This error occurs when users enable the accessibility feature. You can trace the source code from the provided clues below.

android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo#setText android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo#replaceClickableSpan

SpannableStringBuilder

However, if you don't use NoCopySpan, it may lead to memory leaks. My personal solution is to abandon their usage and refactor the code in that part using alternative components.

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