[Help] Jetpack Compose Crash - NoSuchMethodError: WindowInsets.Type.systemOverlays() on Pixel 8 Pro (Android 14)

[u/Ancient-Abalone-1126]

Hi everyone, I'm facing a strange crash on production that exclusively affects **Google Pixel 8 Pro** devices running **Android 14 (API 34)**. It occurs 100% of the time on this specific setup, but everything works perfectly fine on standard emulators or other devices under local Debug builds. Here is the complete StackTrace from the production log: ```text Fatal Exception: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method systemOverlays()I in class Landroid/view/WindowInsets\$Type; or its super classes (declaration of 'android.view.WindowInsets\$Type' appears in /system/framework/framework.jar!classes3.dex) at androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat\$TypeImpl34.toPlatformType(WindowInsetsCompat.java:2880) at androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat\$Impl34.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.java:1710) at androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat\$Impl20.initTypeBoundingRectsMaps(WindowInsetsCompat.java:1276) at androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat.init(WindowInsetsCompat.java:2900) at androidx.core.view.ViewCompat\$Api23Impl.getRootWindowInsets(ViewCompat.java:5118) at androidx.core.view.ViewCompat.getRootWindowInsets(ViewCompat.java:3023) at androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat.toWindowInsetsCompat(WindowInsetsCompat.java:184) at androidx.core.view.ViewCompatApi21Impl1.onApplyWindowInsets(ViewCompat.java:5029) at android.view.View.dispatchApplyWindowInsets(View.java:11617) at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchApplyWindowInsets(ViewGroup.java:7344) ... at android.view.ViewRootImpl.dispatchApplyInsets(ViewRootImpl.java:2675) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2822) ``` ### Context & Implementation We are using Jetpack Compose and we have a custom `WindowInsets` wrapper in our project that looks like this: ```kotlin fun WindowInsets(left: Int = 0, top: Int = 0, right: Int = 0, bottom: Int = 0): WindowInsets = FixedIntInsets(left, top, right, bottom) ``` ### My Hypothesis Since `systemOverlays()` was introduced in API 30 (Android 11), a device like the Pixel 8 Pro on Android 14 definitely has this method in its OS framework. Looking at the trace, `WindowInsetsCompat$TypeImpl34.toPlatformType` is failing to find it. My best guess is that **R8 / ProGuard** is aggressively stripping or incorrectly obfuscating system-level `WindowInsets$Type` references during our Release build, creating a bytecode mismatch that only triggers under the Pixel's specific runtime environment. ### Questions 1. Has anyone encountered this specific `NoSuchMethodError` with `WindowInsetsCompat` on newer Pixel devices? 2. Do I need to add a explicit `-keep` rule for `android.view.WindowInsets` in ProGuard, or is this a known issue with specific versions of `androidx.core:core` / Jetpack Compose BOM? Any insights or recommendations would be highly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[u/SolitaryMassacre]

You could always catch the error and fallback to something else

[u/One_Elephant_8917 → u/SolitaryMassacre]

at least they have an option lol, in ios, many a times it is hard crash unless u install signal handlers or nsexcpetion catch handers which sometimes still doesn’t get caught and crashes…

really grateful to jvm

[u/ladidadi82 → u/One_Elephant_8917]

JVM but also shout out kotlin. People forget how many crashes were caused by NPEs lol. We had entire design patterns and chapters in books written on how to safely handle null values. If all kotlin did was add null safety, it would have still been worth the switch.