App Crashing on Android Version 8.0.0 & Version 8.1.0

[SachinA94]

Description

Recently getting lots of crash report from my users that their app is suddenly crashing while using. I tried multiple solutions, but nothing is solving this issue. These crashes are only happening on Oreo devices only.

React Native version:

System:
OS: macOS 11.3.1
CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7360U CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 81.34 MB / 8.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.1.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: Not Found
npm: 7.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: Not Found
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4
Android SDK:
API Levels: 23, 28, 29, 30
Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.3
System Images: android-22 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 4.2 AI-202.7660.26.42.7351085
Xcode: 12.5/12E262 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 1.8.0_292 - /usr/bin/javac
Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1
react-native: 0.63.3 => 0.63.3
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Firebase Crashlytics error log

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException
Unable to resume activity {<package_name>/<package_name>.MainActivity}: android.view.Surface$OutOfResourcesException
android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {<package_name>/<package_name>.MainActivity}: android.view.Surface$OutOfResourcesException
at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3741)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3781)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1749)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:192)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6748)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:556)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:875)

Caused by android.view.Surface$OutOfResourcesException
at android.view.Surface.nativeLockCanvas(Surface.java)
at android.view.Surface.lockCanvas(Surface.java:337)
at com.reactnativecommunity.art.e.b(:14)
at com.reactnativecommunity.art.e.onHostResume(:1)
at com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext.onHostResume(:34)
at com.facebook.react.r.E(:23)
at com.facebook.react.r.L(:39)
at com.facebook.react.r.M(:5)
at com.facebook.react.q.j(:29)
at com.facebook.react.n.t(:2)
at com.facebook.react.m.onResume(:5)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1360)
at android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:7249)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3716)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3781)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1749)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:192)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6748)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:556)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:875

[SachinA94]

I figured it out there is a drawOutput method in file ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode behind this issue. To temp. resolve, i putted a check to stop call drawOutput method on Oreo devices. If anyone knows, how to get rid of these crashes, please share.