Android Studio 3.1 EditText StackOverflowError

Question

After updating to Android Studio 3.1 I'm facing exception when EditText in focus

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: <package>, PID: 18938
java.lang.StackOverflowError: stack size 8MB
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.getTextBeforeCursor(InputConnectionWrapper.java:46)

Any idea how to fix this?

Update:

After some research I found out that StackOverflowError appears with different stacktraces with simple EditText:

<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>

When trying to enter any symbol I get:

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: <package>, PID: 21122
java.lang.StackOverflowError: stack size 8MB
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.beginBatchEdit(InputConnectionWrapper.java:106)

When I press back:

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: <package>, PID: 21280
java.lang.StackOverflowError: stack size 8MB
    at android.view.inputmethod.InputConnectionWrapper.finishComposingText(InputConnectionWrapper.java:78)

Even entering text in WebView causing this error

In AS 3.0 EditText's worked normal

Answer 1

As @evi pointed out there is a bug in advanced profiling.

For now disabling it (Edit configuration settings -> Profiling -> Enable advanced profiling) prevents EditText from crashing

Update:

Fix released in Android Studio 3.1.1

Advanced profiling available once again!

Answer 2

This seems only happens on Android 6.0 devices, the EditText works fine on Android 5 and android 7 devices. Disable advanced profiling (API < 26) in the run configuration works for me.

Answer 3

Android 5.1.1, same problem. Seems to a bug in new Android Studio. Disabling advanced profiling fixes the problem for debug build.