[CB-12659] If a page has contacts plugin, security Exception is coming and crashing the app in Android Marshmallow.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Not A Bug
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-contacts (DEPRECATED)
• Labels: Android crash
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Srinivasa Rao Boyina
• Created: 14/Apr/17 11:10
• Updated: 18/Apr/17 11:50
• Resolved: 18/Apr/17 11:50

Description

Our Android App is crashing in Marshmallow with the following exception.
This exception comes until the user allow the app to access Contacts.

Test Device: Samsung galaxy duos with Android Marshmallow

04-14 16:05:02.594 18029-18602/? E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: pool-2-thread-5
Process: com.contacts_test, PID: 18029
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2 from ProcessRecord

{41a69ed 18029:com.contacts_test/u0a150}

(pid=18029, uid=10150) requires android.permission.READ_CONTACTS or android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1620)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1573)
at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.getContentProvider(ActivityManagerNative.java:4291)
at android.app.ActivityThread.acquireProvider(ActivityThread.java:6493)
at android.app.ContextImpl$ApplicationContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContextImpl.java:2407)
at android.content.ContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContentResolver.java:1521)
at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:486)
at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:445)
at org.apache.cordova.contacts.ContactAccessorSdk5.search(ContactAccessorSdk5.java:188)
at org.apache.cordova.contacts.ContactManager$3.run(ContactManager.java:209)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)