Gson 2.2.2 causing a stackoverflow on 4.2.1 only

Question

I am developing an app for android which downloads points of interest from a server using JSON strings. Everything was working fine but since I have started testing on 4.2.1, I have been getting the following error:

01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174): FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:299)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:352)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:219)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:239)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174): Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:371)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:375)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:380)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types.resolve($Gson$Types.java:355)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getBoundFields(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:117)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.create(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:72)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.Gson.getAdapter(Gson.java:353)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.<init>(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:82)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.createBoundField(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:81)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getBoundFields(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:118)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.create(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:72)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.Gson.getAdapter(Gson.java:353)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.<init>(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:82)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.createBoundField(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:81)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.getBoundFields(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:118)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.create(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:72)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.Gson.getAdapter(Gson.java:353)
01-28 15:32:14.167: E/AndroidRuntime(31174):    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.<init>(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:

The weird thing is, it works fine on every other version I have tried...

Here is the line I think it is crashing at:

    Gson g = new Gson();
    JSONResponse jsonResponse = g.fromJson(serverReply, JSONResponse.class); <---

and the class I am trying to create:

/**
 * The JSONResponse from the server
 * @author Tom
 *
 */
public class JSONResponse {
    private String          status;
    private PointOfInterest result;

    /**
     * Creates a JSONResponse object 
     * @param json
     * @return
     */
    static JSONResponse convertJSONToResponse(String json){
        Gson gson = new Gson();
        JSONResponse jsonResponse = gson.fromJson(json, JSONResponse.class);
        return jsonResponse;
    }

    /**
     * Get Point of Interest
     */

    public PointOfInterest getPointofInterest(){
        return result;
    }

    public String getStatus(){
        return status;
    }

    /**
     * Get PrivateSection, area we can put our own data
     */
    /*
    public String getPrivateSection(){
        return privateSection;
    }
    */
    /**
     * Creates a JSONResponse object 
     * @param json
     * @return
     */
    String convertJSONResponseToJSON(){
        Gson gson = new Gson();
        return gson.toJson(this);
    }
}

Please note I am aware of the terrible design pattern I have employed here, this application is for a mobile apps class I am taking in college so take it easy on me !

Edit Turns out downgrading gson to 1.7.1 works for me.

Answer 1

So it turns out this is a bug as Erik Nedwidek pointed out. I took the easy route and downgraded gson from 2.2.2 to 1.7.1, everything works a treat now !