[tor-bugs] #32693 [Applications/Tor Browser]: TBB Android: startup crash when opened from external link - void org.mozilla.gecko.Tab.doReload(boolean)

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#32693: TBB Android: startup crash when opened from external link - void
org.mozilla.gecko.Tab.doReload(boolean)
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 Reporter:  ilf                 |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium              |      Component:  Applications/Tor Browser
  Version:                      |       Severity:  Major
 Keywords:  TBB, Android,       |  Actual Points:
  crash                         |
Parent ID:                      |         Points:
 Reviewer:                      |        Sponsor:
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 I've had this crash for quite a while (with quite a few TBB-Android
 versions), but only now got around to debugging it with current 68.2.0
 from F-Droid Guardian).

 Starting TBB-Android on its own works fine. But when starting TBB-Android
 by opening an URL from another app, it always crashes, right after
 finishing 100 % of the startup routine, with this error:

 {{{
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime: Process:
 org.torproject.torbrowser, PID: 23042
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:
 java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void
 org.mozilla.gecko.Tab.doReload(boolean)' on a null object reference
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserApp$34.onFinish(BrowserApp.java:3021)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.torbootstrap.TorBootstrapAnimationContainer.hide(TorBootstrapAnimationContainer.java:61)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.torbootstrap.TorBootstrapAnimationContainer$1.onFinish(TorBootstrapAnimationContainer.java:53)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.torbootstrap.TorBootstrapPager$1.finish(TorBootstrapPager.java:64)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.firstrun.FirstrunPanel.close(FirstrunPanel.java:83)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.torbootstrap.TorBootstrapPanel.updateStatus(TorBootstrapPanel.java:365)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 org.mozilla.gecko.torbootstrap.TorLogEventListener$2.handleMessage(TorLogEventListener.java:123)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6186)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:889)
 12-08 00:13:37:023 23042 23042 E AndroidRuntime:        at
 com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:779)
 }}}

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