Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.Editor$SelectionModifierCursorController.hide()' on a null object reference

Question

This error seems to be happening only on Samsung phones using Android 6.0.1. or 7.0:

 Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.Editor$SelectionModifierCursorController.hide()' on a null object reference android.widget.Editor.performLongClick (Editor.java:1139) android.widget.TextView.performLongClick (TextView.java:10945) android.view.View$CheckForLongPress.run (View.java:22568) android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:739) android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:95) android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:148) android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:7325) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java) com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1230) com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1120) 

Looking for a way to prevent it. =)

It seems it's a known issue, but with small priority:

Issue 228485: SelectionModifierCursorController.hide()' on a null object reference

Answer 1

For me easiest solution was to override this methods in EditText. Hope Samsung will fix it one day.

override fun performLongClick(): Boolean {
    try {
        return super.performLongClick()
    } catch (e: NullPointerException) {
        return true
    }
}

override fun performLongClick(x: Float, y: Float): Boolean {
    try {
        return super.performLongClick(x, y)
    } catch (e: NullPointerException) {
        return true
    }
}