Android Stackoverflow Error on Listview only on selected device

Question

While Developing Native App for Android i gone through crash on a purticular HTC DESIRE S which is happening frequently purticularly on listview pages .

What the crash is on :

1. Listview View overflow
2. Span overflow issue
3. Views Overflow issue
4. Other (Please explain )

Logcat:

java.lang.StackOverflowError
at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.checkRange(SpannableStringBuilder.java:940)
at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.drawText(SpannableStringBuilder.java:1042)
at android.graphics.Canvas.drawText(Canvas.java:1323)
at android.text.Styled.drawUniformRun(Styled.java:141)
at android.text.Styled.drawDirectionalRun(Styled.java:298)
at android.text.Styled.drawText(Styled.java:357)
at android.text.Layout.drawText(Layout.java:1797)
at android.text.Layout.draw(Layout.java:679)
at android.widget.TextView.onDraw(TextView.java:4338)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7014)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.view.View.buildDrawingCache(View.java:6739)
at android.view.View.getDrawingCache(View.java:6512)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1657)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.widget.AbsListView.dispatchDraw(AbsListView.java:1499)
at android.widget.ListView.dispatchDraw(ListView.java:3194)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.widget.AbsListView.draw(AbsListView.java:2607)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:357)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:357)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:357)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1730)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:357)
at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1732)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1459)
at android.view.View.draw(View.java:7017)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:357)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.draw(PhoneWindow.java:2054)
at android.view.ViewRoot.draw(ViewRoot.java:1632)
at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1335)
at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1991)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:150)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4385)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:849)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:607)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

It would be great help to track this error because i tried lot of solution but it didn't work .

Answer 1

As Commonsware said it seems you have too many nested views.

Try using more RelativeLayouts as they allow making complex views with less nesting. Also try refactor the whole screen, not only the list items.

If you want more help on how to do so, post your code.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/layout/relative.html

Answer 2

This basically happens when you have too much views in your layout tree. Try to remove some view from your hierarchy, or go for this "dangerous" fix by overriding the draw() method of your ListView and add a try/catch:

@Override
public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
    try {
        super.draw(canvas);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        //TODO reschedule a redraw?
    }
}