PH20121: ANDROID APP CAN CRASH WITH CONCURRENTMODIFICATIONEXCEPTION ERRORWHEN CALLS TO SERVER FAILS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Product components impacted: Cordova SDK
  Affected mobile development environments: Cordova
  Operating Systems impacted: Android
  User roles impacted:End users of mobile applications
  Distribution: npm
  Versions affected: 8.0
  
  A mobile app built with cordova-android can crash intermittently
  when calls to the Mobile Foundation server fail during the OAuth
  handshake.
  The app crashes with the following exception
  java.util.ConcurrentModificationException.
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * End users of mobile apps built on Cordova on the Android     *
  * platform                                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When Mobile Foundation API calls made to the server fail,    *
  * the Android application can intermittently crash with a      *
  * java.util.ConcurrentModificationException error.             *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed by a code change in preventing the
  exception from occurring.
  

Temporary fix

• -
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MOBILE1ST PLATF

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels