NS 9: Android JNI crash when app is closed #10998
Description
Issue Description
When creating a new NS 9 app, running it on Android and swiping it out of "Recent apps", there seems to be some JNI crash occuring.
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The same is happening when closing the app by tapping the back button of the Android device.
Reproduction
Sample app:
Just run it on Android and close it (with Android back button or by swiping it out of "recent apps".
Relevant log output (if applicable)
System.err: An uncaught Exception occurred on "main" thread.
System.err: Unable to destroy activity {org.nativescript.ns9test/com.tns.NativeScriptActivity}
System.err:
System.err: StackTrace:
System.err: (file:///data/data/org.nativescript.ns9test/files/app/vendor.mjs:2449:38)
System.err: at _handleListenerEntry(file:///data/data/org.nativescript.ns9test/files/app/vendor.mjs:6380:97)
System.err: at _fireEvent(file:///data/data/org.nativescript.ns9test/files/app/vendor.mjs:6369:22)
System.err: at notify(file:///data/data/org.nativescript.ns9test/files/app/vendor.mjs:6351:24)
System.err: at onDestroy(file:///data/data/org.nativescript.ns9test/files/app/vendor.mjs:27935:83)
System.err: at onDestroy(file:///data/data/org.nativescript.ns9test/files/app/vendor.mjs:25050:29)
System.err: at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:6536)
System.err: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:6568)
System.err: at android.app.servertransaction.DestroyActivityItem.execute(DestroyActivityItem.java:52)
System.err: at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityTransactionItem.execute(ActivityTransactionItem.java:63)
System.err: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeLifecycleItem(TransactionExecutor.java:169)
System.err: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeTransactionItems(TransactionExecutor.java:101)
System.err: at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:80)
System.err: at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2961)
System.err: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:132)
System.err: at android.os.Looper.dispatchMessage(Looper.java:333)
System.err: at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:263)
System.err: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:367)
System.err: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:9282)
System.err: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
System.err: at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:566)
System.err: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:929)
System.err: Caused by: com.tns.NativeScriptException: Calling js method onDestroy failed
System.err: Error: JNI Exception occurred (SIGABRT).
System.err: =======
System.err: Check the 'adb logcat' for additional information about the error.
System.err: =======
System.err:
System.err: at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
System.err: at com.tns.Runtime.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Runtime.java:1316)
System.err: at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodImpl(Runtime.java:1202)
System.err: at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:1189)
System.err: at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:1167)
System.err: at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:1163)
System.err: at com.tns.NativeScriptActivity.onDestroy(NativeScriptActivity.java:43)
System.err: at android.app.Activity.performDestroy(Activity.java:9628)
System.err: at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnDestroy(Instrumentation.java:1576)
System.err: at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity(ActivityThread.java:6523)
System.err: ... 15 moreEnvironment
OS: macOS 26.1
CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Shell: /bin/zsh
node: 22.19.0
npm: 11.6.2
nativescript: 9.0.1
# android
java: 17.0.11
ndk: Not Found
apis: 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36
build_tools: 25.0.2, 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 32.0.0, 33.0.0, 33.0.1, 33.0.2, 34.0.0, 35.0.0, 35.0.1, 36.0.0, 36.1.0
system_images:
- android-29 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
- android-35 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
- android-35 | Google Play Tablet Intel x86_64 Atom
- android-36.1 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
- android-36.1 | Pre-Release 16 KB Page Size Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
# ios
xcode: 26.1.1/17B100
cocoapods: 1.16.2
python: 2.7.18
python3: 3.13.0
ruby: 2.6.10
platforms:
- DriverKit 25.1
- iOS 26.1
- macOS 26.1
- tvOS 26.1
- visionOS 26.1
- watchOS 26.1Dependencies
"dependencies": {
"@nativescript/core": "^9.0.4"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@nativescript/android": "^9.0.0",
"@nativescript/ios": "^9.0.1",
"@nativescript/webpack": "^5.0.27"
}Please accept these terms
- I have searched the existing issues as well as StackOverflow and this has not been posted before
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