Error: Android app crashes on startup (GL_INVALID_OPERATION)

My ionic android app crashes on startup. The ios apps are absolutely fine though.

cordova: 7.0.1
ionic: 2.2.1

Android
Android 7.1.1 (API 25)
Android 6.0.1 (API 23)

The error logs - note the last few lines:

In short:

  • Cordova calls loadUrl(about:blank)

  • Warning WebView.destroy() called while WebView is still attached to window. is thrown

  • Webview throwsERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : BackFramebuffer::Destroy: <- error from previous GL command

  • application dies

Any pointers or direction on how to debug this are most welcome!

05-17 11:34:54.246  2157  6299 E AudioRecord-JNI: Error creating AudioRecord instance: initialization check failed with status -22.
05-17 11:34:54.246  2157  6299 E android.media.AudioRecord: Error code -20 when initializing native AudioRecord object.
05-17 11:34:54.246  2157  6299 I MicrophoneInputStream: mic_started com.google.android.apps.gsa.staticplugins.z.c@3fce888
05-17 11:34:54.248  2157  6299 E ActivityThread: Failed to find provider info for com.google.android.apps.gsa.testing.ui.audio.recorded
05-17 11:34:54.249  2157  7963 W SpeechLevelGenerator: Really low audio levels detected. The audio input may have issues.
05-17 11:34:54.258  7893  7893 W art     : Attempt to remove non-JNI local reference, dumping thread
05-17 11:34:54.262  2157  2157 I MicroDetectionWorker: onReady
05-17 11:34:54.263  2157  6299 I MicrophoneInputStream: mic_close com.google.android.apps.gsa.staticplugins.z.c@3fce888
05-17 11:34:54.265  2157  7963 I MicroRecognitionRunner: Detection finished
05-17 11:34:54.265  2157  7963 W ErrorReporter: reportError [type: 211, code: 524300]: Error reading from input stream
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: onFatalError, processing error from engine(4)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.speech.a.g: Error reading from input stream
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.staticplugins.recognizer.i.a.a(SourceFile:342)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.staticplugins.recognizer.i.a$1.run(SourceFile:1367)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:428)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.util.concurrent.a.ak.run(SourceFile:66)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1133)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:607)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:761)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.util.concurrent.a.ad$1.run(SourceFile:85)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: Caused by: com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.exception.GsaIOException: Error code: 393238 | Buffer overflow, no available space.
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.speech.audio.Tee.g(SourceFile:2531)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.speech.audio.ap.read(SourceFile:555)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.io.InputStream.read(InputStream.java:101)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.speech.audio.al.run(SourceFile:362)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.speech.audio.ak$1.run(SourceFile:471)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:428)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.util.concurrent.a.ak.run(SourceFile:66)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.util.concurrent.a.ax.run(SourceFile:139)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	at com.google.android.apps.gsa.shared.util.concurrent.a.ax.run(SourceFile:139)
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 W ErrorProcessor: 	... 4 more
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  7963 I AudioController: internalShutdown
05-17 11:34:54.267  2157  2535 I MicroRecognitionRunner: Stopping hotword detection.
05-17 11:34:54.275  2157  2157 I MicroDetector: Keeping mic open: false
05-17 11:34:54.275  2157  2157 I MicroDetectionWorker: #onError(false)
05-17 11:34:54.276  2157  7962 I DeviceStateChecker: DeviceStateChecker cancelled
05-17 11:34:54.535  7893  7893 D CordovaActivity: Stopped the activity.
05-17 11:34:54.535  7893  7893 D CordovaActivity: CordovaActivity.onDestroy()
05-17 11:34:54.535  7893  7893 D com.unarin.beacon: Unbind from IBeacon service
05-17 11:34:54.538  7893  7893 D CordovaWebViewImpl: >>> loadUrl(about:blank)
05-17 11:34:54.539  7893  7893 W cr_AwContents: WebView.destroy() called while WebView is still attached to window.
05-17 11:34:54.622  7893  7934 E chromium: [ERROR:gles2_cmd_decoder.cc(2210)] [.RenderCompositor-0x8db18c00]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : BackFramebuffer::Destroy: <- error from previous GL command
05-17 11:34:54.708  2068  2203 W OpenGLRenderer: Incorrectly called buildLayer on View: ShortcutAndWidgetContainer, destroying layer...
05-17 11:34:59.112  2409  7961 W PlatformStatsUtil: Could not retrieve Usage & Diagnostics setting. Giving up.
05-17 11:34:59.283  2157  2157 I MicroDetectionWorker: Micro detection mode: [mDetectionMode: [1]].
05-17 11:34:59.283  2157  2157 I AudioController: Using mInputStreamFactoryBuilder
05-17 11:34:59.289  2157  7970 I MicroRecognitionRunner: Starting detection.

Tips to fix-
Force stop the app. The easiest way to fix an app that keeps crashing on your Android smartphone is to simply force stop it and open it again.
Restart the device.
Reinstall the app.
Check app permissions.
Keep your apps updated.
Clear cache.
Free up storage space

This may help you,
Rachel Gomez