Google Maps crashes when Play service apps are installed in another profile but not in current one

[justinhsa]

Device: Pixel 5 (redfin)
OS version: RQ3A.211001.001.2021100606

Hello, just noticed this. I have one secondary profile with play service apps installed. If I install google maps in another secondary profile without play service apps, it will crash on start. Haven't tested on owner profile yet. Below is part of the logs that I think related:

FATAL EXCEPTION: DefaultPool5
Process: com.google.android.apps.maps, PID: 15591
java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to find provider com.google.android.gsf.gservices for user 12; expected to find a valid ContentProvider for this authority
at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:2373)
at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:2357)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2340)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2282)
at android.content.IContentService$Stub$Proxy.registerContentObserver(IContentService.java:1229)
at android.content.ContentResolver.registerContentObserver(ContentResolver.java:2627)
at android.content.ContentResolver.registerContentObserver(ContentResolver.java:2615)
at cytj.<init>(PG:2)
at cytj.a(PG:2)
at cyue.j(PG:2)
at cyue.d(PG:10)
at czdw.d(PG:1)
at com.google.android.libraries.social.peoplekit.avatars.viewcontrollers.glide.FifeGlideModule.c(PG:2)
at ddn.g(PG:42)
at ddn.b(PG:3)
at ddn.d(PG:2)
at ddn.c(PG:1)
at crqt.a(PG:2)
at ddbw.a(PG:1)
at crqp.run(PG:6)
at bwkl.run(PG:2)
at bwlv.run(PG:2)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at bwlm.run(PG:4)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:923)
Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
at com.android.server.content.ContentService.registerContentObserver(ContentService.java:355)
at android.content.IContentService$Stub.onTransact(IContentService.java:482)
at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1154)
at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1123)

[thestinger]

Are you talking about a secondary user or a work profile?

[justinhsa]

Secondary user, not work profile.

[thestinger]

Should be resolved in Android 12. You may have to remove and reinstall Play services in secondary profiles due to the upstream profile fixes though.

[justinhsa]

Tested this again in SP1A.210812.015.2021102203. I removed play services apps in all secondary profiles, restarted the phone, installed play services apps in one secondary profile, ended this profile, went to another secondary profile and installed gmaps, and gmaps still crashed upon starting. Relevant error logs are here. From what I can see, the error logs are similar as before, so I don't think the issue has been resolved yet.

[codethief]

Similar (but slightly different) observation: When I install Signal in my personal profile (while having Play Services installed only in my work profile), Signal will still think Play Services are available and attempt to use them for notifications instead of resorting to web socket notifications – which will obviously fail. Interestingly, I could fix that by running

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.gms

Details and discussion: signalapp/Signal-Android#9279 (comment)

[ghost]

I can't reproduce this on the latest release. Can you please try the latest version (2022013120) and see if it still happens?

[thestinger]

This shouldn't be an issue anymore across user profiles. The issue should be fixed upstream now.