Invalid Payload type Android

Question

After a new update, I've discovered an issue with the compatibility of spannable/formatted strings in action bars and LG devices.

Here's my code before:

SpannableString s = new SpannableString("About");
s.setSpan(new TypefaceSpan(this, "Sansation-Regular.ttf"), 0, s.length(),Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(s);

I believe on setTitle is when it crashes and gives this error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid payload item type at android.util.EventLog.writeEvent(Native Method)

Would this fix any potential issues? I'm new to Android so wouldn't know. Because the issue seems to only happen with LG devices running 4.1.2 using actionbarcompat - but because I plan to add in support for lower API levels in the future, I don't really want to get rid of actionbarcompat for now.

SpannableString s = new SpannableString("About");
s.setSpan(new TypefaceSpan(this, "Sansation-Regular.ttf"), 0, s.length(),Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
try{
    getSupportActionBar().setTitle(s);
}catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
    getSupportActionBar().setTitle("About");
}

Thanks.!

PS: Device in question is LG's running 4.1.2

Answer 1

Apparently this is a bug in Android itself. It is fixed with the following commit:

commit 332944f8a0a001c1754ce3298edbb4246e53c8fb
Author: zobject <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Dec 10 22:52:59 2012 +0900

 Fix EventLog string class problem in onOptionMenuSelected

 EventLog function can handle string,integer class and long class. (in android_util_EventLog.cpp)
 If menu title string are used bold tag(like <b>test</b>), it'll be android.text.SpannedString.
 In onOptionMenuSelected, it is using item.getTitleCondensed() function for writing event log.
 therefore any android activity using tag menu string(like <b></b>) can be crashed by IllegalArgumentException.

 I found this crash on GMS Application.
 change locale chinese -> launch Google+ -> hangout -> menu key -> Invite(expressed chinese) click -> Google+ crash

 Change-Id: I0437be81699925e29bf4510eb615ef2424432763