NullPointerException on com.google.android.gms.ads.identifier.AdvertisingIdClient$Info.isLimitAdTrackingEnabled()

[matteinn]

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Here's the stacktrace of a crash found from production users:

java.lang.NullPointerException (crashed)
Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean com.google.android.gms.ads.identifier.AdvertisingIdClient$Info.isLimitAdTrackingEnabled()' on a null object reference
com.revenuecat.purchases.google.attribution.GoogleDeviceIdentifiersFetcher.getAdvertisingID (Unknown Source:51)
com.revenuecat.purchases.google.attribution.GoogleDeviceIdentifiersFetcher.getDeviceIdentifiers$lambda$0 (Unknown Source:15)
com.revenuecat.purchases.google.attribution.GoogleDeviceIdentifiersFetcher.a (Unknown Source)
com.revenuecat.purchases.google.attribution.GoogleDeviceIdentifiersFetcher$$InternalSyntheticLambda$1$05e72c584e33dbd09bb60a652b02f5f9134b2cad99e8820e073032a93bb4cf4f$0.run (Unknown Source:5)
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call (Executors.java:462)
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run (FutureTask.java:266)
java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run (ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:301)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:923)

1. Environment
   1. Platform: Android
   2. SDK version: 6.9.5
   3. OS version: 11
   4. Android Studio version: not relevant
   5. How widespread is the issue. Percentage of devices affected. < 0.01%
2. Debug logs that reproduce the issue: not available
3. Steps to reproduce, with a description of expected vs. actual behavior: not available
4. Other information (e.g. stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. stackoverflow, etc.) Seems to be only happening on LGE Nexus 5X devices running Android 11

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[tonidero]

Thanks for reporting this @matteinn. We haven't been able to reproduce, but we've seen other similar reports related to the google ads library. We're working on a fix in #1550. Will let you know once we confirm and ship the fix!

[matteinn]

Many thanks @tonidero, makes sense to me!