Crash on startup makes Podax completely unusable (Nexus 4 with 4.4.2)

[mcepl]

See https://gist.github.com/mcepl/8389899 for logcat. This looks promising:

E/ACRA (12704): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/ACRA (12704): at java.io.StringReader.<init>(StringReader.java:47)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.text.HtmlToSpannedConverter.convert(Html.java:445)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.text.Html.fromHtml(Html.java:139)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.text.Html.fromHtml(Html.java:102)
E/ACRA (12704): at com.axelby.podax.ui.PodcastDetailFragment.initializeUI(PodcastDetailFragment.java:253)
E/ACRA (12704): at com.axelby.podax.ui.PodcastDetailFragment.onLoadFinished(PodcastDetailFragment.java:333)
E/ACRA (12704): at com.axelby.podax.ui.PodcastDetailFragment.onLoadFinished(PodcastDetailFragment.java:43)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.callOnLoadFinished(LoaderManager.java:427)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.onLoadComplete(LoaderManager.java:395)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.Loader.deliverResult(Loader.java:104)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.CursorLoader.deliverResult(CursorLoader.java:73)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.CursorLoader.deliverResult(CursorLoader.java:35)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.AsyncTaskLoader.dispatchOnLoadComplete(AsyncTaskLoader.java:223)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.AsyncTaskLoader$LoadTask.onPostExecute(AsyncTaskLoader.java:61)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.ModernAsyncTask.finish(ModernAsyncTask.java:461)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.ModernAsyncTask.access$500(ModernAsyncTask.java:47)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.support.v4.content.ModernAsyncTask$InternalHandler.handleMessage(ModernAsyncTask.java:474)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
E/ACRA (12704): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
E/ACRA (12704): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/ACRA (12704): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
E/ACRA (12704): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
E/ACRA (12704): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
E/ACRA (12704): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

[thasmin]

I'm pretty sure I made a fix for this last night. There's another bug or two to fix and then I'll push out a new version. I'll try to get it out in the next couple of days. I'll update this bug when I push the fix to github.

[thasmin]

The fix is in bb9bc7d. By the way, if you can let me know what the first podcast in her queue is then I can make sure that her specific problem is fixed.

[mcepl]

By the way, if you can let me know what the first podcast in her queue is then I can make sure that her specific problem is fixed.

Unfortunately not, Podax crashes even before showing the queue.

BTW, I tried gradle build (although, I have huge doubts about using gradle at all ... see https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/java-devel/2013-October/004971.html; following that gradle has been removed from Fedora as unamaintenable; apparently it is yet another Google’s “crap we throw over the fence and don’t care about anybody else”) and the result is quite unpersuasive. It ends with:

ns-logging-1.1.1.jar
Download http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.4/commons-codec-1.4.jar

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/home/matej/archiv/knihovna/repos/tmp/Podax/build.gradle' line: 9

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'Podax'.
> Could not create plugin of type 'AppPlugin'.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 26.515 secs
matej@wycliff: Podax (master %)$ 

[mcepl]

then I'll push out a new version. I'll try to get it out in the next couple of days.

??? That was six days ago. I know, you are busy and this is a work of love, but my wife asks me every day where is here podcatcher. I am sorry for being pushy.

[thasmin]

There are still some issues but it's almost certainly better right now than the current version. I'll update it now.

[mcepl]

This has quite certainly not fixed in the Podax on the Play! store. Unfortunately, I have to find some other podcatcher for my wife, because Podax is currently unuseable for her.

[thasmin]

If Podax hasn't lost you as a user, could you try again with version 7.0? There was a bug fix in this version that fixed this problem.

[mcepl]

Unfortunately, you did loose her as an user, but I will test it for you anyway (I am on FxOS myself). Yes, version 7.0 (couldn't you get it on f-droid.org, please, as well?) Podax doesn't crash. Thanks $DEITY, that we have now choice between two nice FLOSS podcatchers (the second being AntennaPod).

[thasmin]

F-droid should update itself. If it's not updating, I'll talk to them again.