java.lang.StackOverflowError in android 4.0 and not in android 3.0

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01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957): java.lang.StackOverflowError
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.graphics.Paint.getTextRunAdvances(Paint.java:1711)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.TextLine.handleText(TextLine.java:749)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.TextLine.handleRun(TextLine.java:972)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.TextLine.measureRun(TextLine.java:416)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.TextLine.measure(TextLine.java:295)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.TextLine.metrics(TextLine.java:269)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.Layout.getLineExtent(Layout.java:942)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.Layout.draw(Layout.java:405)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.text.BoringLayout.draw(BoringLayout.java:400)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.widget.TextView.onDraw(TextView.java:5038)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:10978)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2887)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.widget.AbsListView.dispatchDraw(AbsListView.java:2092)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:11083)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.widget.AbsListView.draw(AbsListView.java:3398)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2887)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:11083)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:450)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.widget.ScrollView.draw(ScrollView.java:1524)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2887)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:10981)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2887)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:10981)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:450)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2887)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2885)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:10981)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:2887)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2489)
01-31 12:52:53.020: E/AndroidRuntime(10957):    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(Vi

Answer 1

This stack is VERY similar to the stack you get when you have too many nested Layouts. I would run layoutopt and see if you can reduce your layout hierarchy and see if it fixes it, as for Framework differences I can't say if they reduced this limit or if the newer controls increase their internal hierarchy layouts which pushed you over the limits. Hard to say...

https://developer.android.com/studio/tools/help/layoutopt.html