HiveError: This should not happen

[lotusprey]

On app start, the following error is thrown in the readFrame method of the BinaryReadImpl class:

[ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(209)] Unhandled Exception: HiveError: This should not happen. Please open an issue on GitHub.

during:

await Hive.initFlutter();
await Hive.openBox('box_name'); // <- this line

Hive is loaded and a box is opened in main. I also have a background activity (handled by the workmanager package) that also loads hive and opens the same box. Usually the background activity is triggered on app start and I was getting the error for each of the 2 calls. I assumed that opening the box twice may be the problem, but after removing the background activity call, the issue persisted. Restarting the emulator didn't work too, but reinstalling the app completely fixed things.
Today I encountered this problem for the first time and I cannot pinpoint what I could have done to cause this.

Details

• Device: Emulator
• Platform: Android 11
• Flutter version: 2.8.1
• Hive version: 2.0.5
• Hive Flutter version: 1.1.0

[elmdecoste]

We are having the same problem, it's blocking our android users from opening our application.

Details

Device: Physical Pixel 6
Platform: Android 12
Flutter version: 2.8.1
Hive version: 2.0.5
Hive Flutter version: 1.1.0

01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : [ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(209)] Unhandled Exception: HiveError: This should not happen. Please open an issue on GitHub.
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #0      BinaryReaderImpl.readFrame (package:hive/src/binary/binary_reader_impl.dart:250)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #1      FrameHelper.framesFromBytes (package:hive/src/binary/frame_helper.dart:21)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #2      FrameIoHelper.framesFromFile (package:hive/src/io/frame_io_helper.dart:42)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #3      StorageBackendVm.initialize (package:hive/src/backend/vm/storage_backend_vm.dart:86)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #4      HiveImpl._openBox (package:hive/src/hive_impl.dart:111)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #5      HiveImpl.openBox (package:hive/src/hive_impl.dart:139)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #6      Preferences.getInstance (package:app/util/preferences.dart:14)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #7      mainDelegate (package:app/main.dart:53)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter :
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : [ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(209)] Unhandled Exception: HiveError: This should not happen. Please open an issue on GitHub.
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #0      BinaryReaderImpl.readFrame (package:hive/src/binary/binary_reader_impl.dart:250)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #1      FrameHelper.framesFromBytes (package:hive/src/binary/frame_helper.dart:21)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #2      FrameIoHelper.framesFromFile (package:hive/src/io/frame_io_helper.dart:42)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #3      StorageBackendVm.initialize (package:hive/src/backend/vm/storage_backend_vm.dart:86)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #4      HiveImpl._openBox (package:hive/src/hive_impl.dart:111)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #5      HiveImpl.openBox (package:hive/src/hive_impl.dart:139)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #6      Preferences.getInstance (package:app/util/preferences.dart:14)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : #7      mainDelegate (package:app/main.dart:53)
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter : <asynchronous suspension>
01-24 15:18:11.391  4698  4760 E flutter :

[lotusprey]

I just saw that this issue has already been reported (#872); sorry for not noticing this. Nonetheless, I will leave this open to indicate that the issue persists on later versions of flutter/hive. Unless, of course, a moderator decides that it's save to close this as a duplicate.

[themisir]

Closed with #914.

Please upgrade to hive v2.0.6.