I am getting a No implementation found for native Ldalvik/system/VMRuntime;.pauseGc Error, below is the logCat.
05-13 22:39:22.538: W/dalvikvm(8350): No implementation found for native Ldalvik/system/VMRuntime;.pauseGc:(Ljava/lang/String;)I
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): Pause GC
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.app.MyThread.pauseGC(MyThread.java:5525)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.app.MyThread.performLaunchActivity(MyThread.java:2324)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.app.MyThread.handleLaunchActivity(MyThread.java:2471)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.app.MyThread.access$900(MyThread.java:175)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.app.MyThread$H.handleMessage(MyThread.java:1308)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at android.app.MyThread.main(MyThread.java:5602)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Native method not found: dalvik.system.VMRuntime.pauseGc:(Ljava/lang/String;)I
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): at dalvik.system.VMRuntime.pauseGc(Native Method)
05-13 22:39:22.543: E/MyThread(8350): ... 15 more
I searched across various forums, but this bug is related to Samsung 4.4.2 and above updates for a Subset of note devices ( I have two Note devices with same specs and this bug only occurs on one of them)
The idea here is to know what is exactly causing this bug, so that I can change the course of my program to avoid a condition wherein this bug can occur. A credible or an official answer is most sought after and I am putting a bounty of 200 on this question once I get eligible.
In my case this occurs when I am doing a memory intense operation, my knowledge (Naive as it might be) tells me it has got something to do with pausing the GC, would a (manual) call to System.gc resolve things for me?
How to recover from this error? In my loop I am reading from One DB table, Address book and a file one after the other. These read values undergo calculation process and results are stored in a larger DB. These statements are in a while loop, I have put checks in try catch so that if any and not limited to this error occurs. I start from the next iteration of the loop using a continue statement in the catch clause- neglecting the record where crash occurs. However the execution is not guaranteed using this method, as the crash can keep happening forcing the subsequent records to be omitted.
if(FLAG ==1){
toRead=new File(getApplicationContext().getFilesDir()+"/Reminders/fileone.txt");
}else{
toRead=new File(getApplicationContext().getFilesDir()+"/Reminders/output.txt");
}
// copyDirectoryOneLocationToAnotherLocation(new File(getApplicationContext().getFilesDir()+"/Reminders/output.txt"), new File("mnt/sdcard/filecheck.txt"));
FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(toRead);
Scanner sc=new Scanner(fis);
String currentLine;
while(sc.hasNextLine()){
try{
System.out.println("count in file"+i);
currentLine=sc.nextLine();
// TODO = gets concatnated
StringTokenizer st=new StringTokenizer(currentLine,"=",false);
CONTACT_NAME = toTitleCase(st.nextToken());
if(CONTACT_NAME.contains("'")){
CONTACT_NAME = CONTACT_NAME.replace("'", "");
}
// *********
String listStr = st.nextToken();
String cut = listStr.substring(1, listStr.length() - 1);
String[] array = cut.split(",");
// System.out.println("Array is: "+Arrays.toString(array));
CONTACT_ID = (array[0].trim());
String dateStr = (array[1].trim());
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date date = format.parse(dateStr);
java.sql.Date dx = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime());
Date key = dx;
dateToInsert = String.valueOf(dx);
CONTACT_IMAGE_URI = (array[2].trim());
if(CONTACT_IMAGE_URI.contains("?typ")){
CONTACT_IMAGE_URI = CONTACT_IMAGE_URI+"e=normal";
}
if (isCancelled()) {
break;
}
progress = ("" + Character.toUpperCase(CONTACT_NAME.charAt(0)) + CONTACT_NAME.substring(1) + "\n"+i + " of " + lines + " Contacts"); // Progress displayed here.
years = getDiffYear(key); // For years elapsed
secon = seconds(key); // for seconds elapsed
min = seconds(key) / 60; // For minutes elapsed
hours = getDiffHour(key);// For hours elapsed
mon = months(String.valueOf(key)); // for months elapsed
days = daysElapsed(key); // Days elapsed
weeks = daysElapsed(key) / 7; // For weeks
//===============================================================================================================
if (dateToInsert.contains("0001-") == true){ //Special Case, we added 0001 to Birthdays Which Have NO Year field.
//===========================================================================================================
dbHelper.insert(dateToInsert, CONTACT_NAME, "","", CONTACT_IMAGE_URI, "", "", "", CONTACT_ID, "", "","1"); // All other fields will be empty, because we don't have a Year.
int PRIMARY_ID = dbHelper.getPrimaryId();
String FOREIGN_KEY = dbHelper.getHighestID(PRIMARY_ID);
//=====================================================================================================
//In this case we are only interested in fetching the year alert for next birthday of this contact -->
//=====================================================================================================
intCal.yearsToNotify(years, dateToInsert);
int yearsSpecial = intCal.getYearsRegular();
Date dateYearsReg = intCal.getYearsRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(5, convertDate(dateYearsReg), 0, yearsSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
}
//=========================================================================
//Case when all the Date fields exist and we set up notifications --->
//=========================================================================
else if(dateToInsert != "null" && dateToInsert.contains("0001-") != true){
dbHelper.insert(dateToInsert, CONTACT_NAME, String.valueOf(days), String.valueOf(hours), CONTACT_IMAGE_URI, String.valueOf(min),String.valueOf(mon), String.valueOf(secon), CONTACT_ID, String.valueOf(weeks), String.valueOf(years),"1");
int PRIMARY_ID = dbHelper.getPrimaryId(); // Fetch the PrimaryId (_id) of the above inserted row, its the Foreign key for Notification and SpecialNotifications Table.
String FOREIGN_KEY = dbHelper.getHighestID(PRIMARY_ID); // Same as above, but fetches the Name field of the last inserted row.
//=========================================================================
//**Database Insertions Notifications Table/ SpecialNotifications Table**
//=========================================================================
//=======================================================================================//
//Regular intervals DB Insertions:
//======================================================================================//
//Notification Types:
//1 for months
//2 for weeks
//3 for days
//4 for minutes
//5 for years
//6 for seconds
//7 for hours
//======================================================================================//
//==============================
//For Months
//==============================
intCal.monthsNotify(mon, dateToInsert);
int monSpecial = intCal.getMonthRegular();
Date dateMonReg = intCal.getMonRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(1, convertDate(dateMonReg), 0, monSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//===============================
//For Weeks
//===============================
intCal.weeksToNotify(weeks,dateToInsert);
int weekSpecial = intCal.getWeekRegular();
Date dateWeekReg =intCal.getWeekRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(2, convertDate(dateWeekReg), 0, weekSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//===============================
//For Days
//===============================
intCal.daysToNotify(days, dateToInsert);
int daysSpecial= intCal.getDaysRegular();
Date dateDaysReg = intCal.getDaysRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(3, convertDate(dateDaysReg), 0, daysSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//===============================
//For minutes
//===============================
intCal.minutesToNotify(min,dateToInsert);
long minutesSpecial= intCal.getMinutesRegular();
Date dateMinsReg = intCal.getMinutesRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(4, convertDate(dateMinsReg), 0,(int) minutesSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//==============================
//For Years
//==============================
intCal.yearsToNotify(years, dateToInsert);
int yearsSpecial = intCal.getYearsRegular();
Date dateYearsReg = intCal.getYearsRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(5, convertDate(dateYearsReg), 0, yearsSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//=============================
//For Seconds
//=============================
intCal.secondsToNotify(secon, dateToInsert);
long secondsSpecial= intCal.getSecondsRegular();
Date dateSecondsReg = intCal.getSecondsRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(6, convertDate(dateSecondsReg), 0, secondsSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//=============================
//For Hours
//=============================
intCal.hoursToNotify(hours, dateToInsert);
int hoursSpecial= intCal.getHoursRegular();
Date dateHoursReg= intCal.getHoursRegDate();
dbHelper.insertNotifications(7, convertDate(dateHoursReg), 0, hoursSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID,CONTACT_IMAGE_URI,dateToInsert );
//============================================================================================//
//Special Intervals
//============================================================================================//
//Notification Types:
//1 for months
//2 for weeks
//3 for days
//4 for minutes
//5 for years
//6 for seconds
//7 for hours
//For Years
intCal.specialIntervalYears(years, dateToInsert);
int yearsOnceSpecial =intCal.getYearsSpecial();
Date dateYearsSpecial = intCal.getYearsSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(5, convertDate(dateYearsSpecial), yearsOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
//For Months
intCal.specialIntervalMonths(mon,dateToInsert);
int monthsOnceSpecial= intCal.getMonthsSpecial();
Date dateMonthsSpecial = intCal.getMonthsSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(1, convertDate(dateMonthsSpecial), monthsOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
//For Weeks
intCal.specialIntervalsWeeks(weeks,dateToInsert);
int weeksOnceSpecial= intCal.getWeeksSpecial();
Date dateWeeksSpecial = intCal.getWeeksSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(2, convertDate(dateWeeksSpecial), weeksOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
//For Days
intCal.specialIntervalsDays(days, dateToInsert);
int daysOnceSpecial= intCal.getDaysSpecial();
Date dateDaysSpecial = intCal.getDaysSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(3, convertDate(dateDaysSpecial), daysOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
//For Hours
intCal.specialIntervalsHours(hours,dateToInsert);
int hoursOnceSpecial= intCal.getHoursSpecial();
Date dateHoursSpecial = intCal.getHoursSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(7, convertDate(dateHoursSpecial), hoursOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
//For Minutes
intCal.specialIntervalMinutes(min,dateToInsert);
long minutesOnceSpecial= intCal.getMinutesSpecial();
Date dateMinutesSpecial= intCal.getMinutesSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(4, convertDate(dateMinutesSpecial), (int)minutesOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
//For Seconds
intCal.specialIntervalsSeconds(secon,dateToInsert);
long secondsOnceSpecial= intCal.getSecondsSpecial();
Date dateSecondsSpecial= intCal.getSecondsSpDate();
dbHelper.insertSpecialNotifications(6, convertDate(dateSecondsSpecial), secondsOnceSpecial,FOREIGN_KEY,PRIMARY_ID);
}
publishProgress(progress);
Asycdialog.setMax(lines);
Asycdialog.incrementProgressBy(1);
i++;
}catch (Exception e){
System.out.println("From catch 4"+e);
continue;
}
}
I am doing the above process inside a try catch wherein I am using transactions to speed up things. I have implemented these transaction snippets at the opening of the try block, where I start the transaction and I end them at the finally block and set them successful at the same place.
It seems to be a Samsung specific bug. It has been reported to
So far there does not seem to be a solution except updating your Android version (if I got that right).