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Description

What problem does this PR solve?

Mobile 1.6.3 introduced platform per-app language support that uses Android 13 (API 33) APIs. Several native classes that are loaded on every Android version contained direct references to API 33 symbols (android.app.LocaleManager, the API 33 Intent.getParcelableExtra(String, Class<T>) overload). On Android 12 and below the class verifier can resolve those references during class loading—before any SDK_INT guard can short-circuit—raising NoClassDefFoundError / VerifyError and crashing the app at startup.

How did you implement the solution?

Following the standard AndroidX out-of-line compatibility pattern, every API 33+ reference is moved into dedicated @RequiresApi(33) helper objects (AppLanguageApi33, WidgetLocaleApi33). The common classes (AppLanguageModule, WidgetLocale) call the helpers only after a runtime Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 33 / isNativeAppLanguageSupported() guard, so the class verifier on Android ≤12 never resolves the API 33 symbols. Helper methods that perform API 33 calls are annotated @JvmStatic @DoNotInline so R8/ART cannot inline them back into the common caller. No LocaleManager crosses the helper boundary.

Linked Issue: Fixes #2253

Root cause

  • App minSdk is 26 (Android 8.0); the app supports Android <33.
  • Common native classes (AppLanguageModule, WidgetLocale) are loaded unconditionally on all Android versions.
  • These classes imported android.app.LocaleManager and called the API 33 Intent.getParcelableExtra(String, Class<T>) overload directly in import statements, private method signatures, and member-access expressions.
  • An if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 33) return guard is insufficient: the class verifier resolves API 33 references during class loading, before the guard can run, and raises NoClassDefFoundError / VerifyError on Android ≤12.
  • The fix out-of-lines every API 33 reference into @RequiresApi(33) helper objects with @DoNotInline methods. The common layer keeps the SDK_INT guards and delegates to the helpers only on the API 33+ path.

The API compatibility defect affected the Android ≤12 code path and has now been confirmed against the reported Android 12 startup crash.

Real-device confirmation

Previous affected-device test (confounded)

An affected user (foreverimagining) reported:

  • Samsung, Android 12
  • SparkyFitness Mobile 1.6.3 instantly crashed on launch
  • Reinstall did not help
  • Clearing app data did not help

Issue report: #2253 (comment)

After installing a test APK, the same user confirmed:

"So far so good for me. It started up and logged in just fine."

Confirmation: #2253 (comment)

However, that test APK was built from fix/android-startup-api-compat (SHA f8dcf272), which also contained a separate hydratePreferences() Zustand hardening change. That file is NOT part of this PR. Therefore the previous test was confounded and cannot isolate which change fixed the Android 12 crash.

Clean PR-only validation

A new test APK has been built from the final PR-only HEAD (no hydration fix):

The affected Android 12 user has been asked to verify this exact build. Once confirmed, this section will be updated to:
AFFECTED ANDROID 12 USER CONFIRMED PR-ONLY BUILD STARTS AND LOGS IN SUCCESSFULLY

How to Test

  1. Check out this branch and run cd SparkyFitnessMobile && pnpm install && pnpm run validate.
  2. Run npx expo prebuild --clean --platform android and verify the generated Kotlin in android/app/src/main/java/.../language/AppLanguageModule.kt and .../widget/WidgetLocale.kt contains no LocaleManager import or direct API 33 call (only in AppLanguageApi33.kt / WidgetLocaleApi33.kt).
  3. Run pnpm exec jest --watchman=false --runInBand __tests__/config/androidApi33Isolation.test.ts — the contract test enforces the isolation.
  4. On an Android ≤12 device: install a release APK built from this branch and confirm the app starts without crashing (the app previously crashed immediately on 1.6.3).

PR Type

  • Issue (bug fix)
  • New Feature
  • Refactor
  • Documentation

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Frontend changes (SparkyFitnessFrontend/):

  • [MANDATORY for Frontend changes] Quality: I have run pnpm run validate and it passes.
  • [MANDATORY for Frontend changes] Translations: I have only updated the English (en) translation file.

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  • [MANDATORY for Mobile changes] Tested on device or emulator: I have verified the changes work on iOS or Android. — Full Android release build (assembleRelease + bundleRelease) and a test APK build both passed in CI. A clean PR-only test APK has been built and submitted to the affected Android 12 user for confirmation (see Real-device confirmation above).

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No UI changes.

Validation

Local validation (final branch, latest upstream/main)

cd SparkyFitnessMobile
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile   # OK
pnpm run validate                # OK (typecheck + lint + i18n:audit + native-locales:check + i18n:generate:check)
pnpm exec jest --watchman=false --runInBand
# Test Suites: 358 passed, 358 total
# Tests:       5909 passed, 5909 total
git diff --check                 # OK
npx expo prebuild --clean --platform android   # OK (idempotent on second run)

API compatibility contract tests

__tests__/config/androidApi33Isolation.test.ts (24 tests) enforces:

  • AppLanguageModule has no code reference to LocaleManager
  • WidgetLocale has no code reference to LocaleManager
  • WidgetLocale does not call the API 33 getParcelableExtra(String, Class<T>) overload
  • API 33 helpers have @RequiresApi
  • API 33 call methods have @DoNotInline
  • Common call sites are SDK_INT-guarded
  • API 33 helpers are not reached on the Android ≤32 path

__tests__/config/widgetResourceContract.test.ts (37 tests) — updated to verify the getParcelableExtra overload lives in the helper, not in the common WidgetLocale object.

CI build validation

Full Android Release buildBuild Android APK workflow:

Test APK buildBuild Test APK workflow:

Affected Android 12 user validation

A test APK from the earlier run was installed by an affected user on a Samsung Android 12 device and confirmed to start and log in successfully. However, that build also contained the hydration hardening change, so the result was confounded. A new PR-only build has been submitted for clean confirmation. See the "Real-device confirmation" section above.

Notes

  • The API compatibility patch in this PR is semantically identical to the one validated on the real Android 12 device (git range-diff confirms both commits are unchanged after rebase onto the latest main).
  • A separate, unrelated hydratePreferences() Zustand hardening fix was intentionally excluded from this PR to keep the scope narrow. It is preserved on the working branch fix/android-startup-api-compat for a follow-up PR.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved Android 13+ language and widget locale handling.
    • Prevented locale APIs from being accessed on unsupported Android versions.
    • Improved fallback behavior when system locale services are unavailable.
    • Fixed widget locale extraction from Android 13+ broadcast data.
  • Tests
    • Added regression coverage for Android version isolation and widget locale contracts.
    • Expanded checks across all widget source templates.

… classes

AppLanguageModule and WidgetLocale are loaded unconditionally on all Android
versions, but both referenced android.app.LocaleManager (API 33+) directly in
import statements, private method signatures, and member-access expressions.
On Android <=12 the class verifier resolves those references during class
loading—before any SDK_INT guard can short-circuit—raising
NoClassDefFoundError / VerifyError and crashing the app at startup.

Fix: move every LocaleManager reference into two isolated @RequiresApi(33)
helper objects (AppLanguageApi33, WidgetLocaleApi33). The common classes call
the helpers only after a runtime SDK_INT >= TIRAMISU check, so the verifier on
older devices never resolves the API 33 class.

Refs: CodeWithCJ#2253
…lpers

Review of the first pass found the API 33 isolation was too narrow: it moved
LocaleManager but left the API 33+ Intent.getParcelableExtra(String, Class<T>)
overload directly in the common WidgetLocale object, which is loaded on every
Android version. On Android <=12 the class verifier can resolve that overload
during class loading and raise NoClassDefFoundError / VerifyError before any
SDK_INT guard runs.

Full audit of the modified native path found one additional API 33 call:
  - WidgetLocale.kt.tmpl: intent.getParcelableExtra(EXTRA_LOCALE_LIST, LocaleList::class.java)

Fix:
  - Move getParcelableExtra(String, Class) into WidgetLocaleApi33.getLocaleListExtra
  - Adopt the AndroidX out-of-line pattern on both helpers: @RequiresApi(33) on
    the object, @JvmStatic + @DoNotInline on every method that touches an API 33
    symbol, so R8/ART cannot inline the body back into the common caller
  - Stop crossing the helper boundary with LocaleManager: make the private
    localeManager() helper private; public methods return only String?/LocaleList?
    (LocaleList is API 24, safe on minSdk 26)
  - Split AppLanguageApi33.getEffectiveLanguage into getApplicationLanguageTag
    (API 33 only) so the non-API-33 fallback stays in the common module and the
    helper never handles a minSdk-safe path

Contract tests now detect the API 33 getParcelableExtra overload specifically
(not the legacy single-arg form, which is API 1) and require @DoNotInline on
every helper method that performs an API 33 call.

Refs: CodeWithCJ#2253
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Android locale isolation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Language locale helper and delegation
SparkyFitnessMobile/targets/android-language/kotlin/com/sparkyapps/sparkyfitness/language/*
AppLanguageApi33 now owns API 33 LocaleManager access. AppLanguageModule delegates locale operations to the helper and retains lower-API fallbacks.
Widget locale helper and delegation
SparkyFitnessMobile/targets/android-widget/kotlin/com/sparkyapps/sparkyfitness/widget/WidgetLocale*.kt.tmpl
WidgetLocaleApi33 now owns API 33 locale-list extraction and locale reads. WidgetLocale delegates these operations and exposes normalizeLanguage internally.
API 33 isolation contract validation
SparkyFitnessMobile/__tests__/config/androidApi33Isolation.test.ts, SparkyFitnessMobile/__tests__/config/widgetResourceContract.test.ts
Tests validate helper ownership, annotations, method-local SDK guards, overload usage, public return boundaries, and dynamic widget-source coverage.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to acd57

The PR moves Android 13 language API calls behind guarded compatibility helpers, preventing startup crashes on Android 12 and below. With the reported Android 12 confirmation and passing validation and release builds, no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AppLanguageModule
  participant AppLanguageApi33
  participant WidgetLocale
  participant WidgetLocaleApi33
  participant LocaleManager
  AppLanguageModule->>AppLanguageApi33: Request application or platform language
  AppLanguageApi33->>LocaleManager: Read or write application locales
  LocaleManager-->>AppLanguageApi33: Return locale data
  AppLanguageApi33-->>AppLanguageModule: Return language tag
  WidgetLocale->>WidgetLocaleApi33: Request guarded locale-list or language access
  WidgetLocaleApi33->>LocaleManager: Read system or application locales
  LocaleManager-->>WidgetLocaleApi33: Return LocaleList
  WidgetLocaleApi33-->>WidgetLocale: Return normalized language
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In `@SparkyFitnessMobile/__tests__/config/androidApi33Isolation.test.ts`:
- Around line 74-92: Update the AppLanguageModule test’s SDK guard validation to
inspect each enclosing method body independently rather than searching across
the entire source. For every AppLanguageApi33 call site, extract its method body
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Comment thread SparkyFitnessMobile/__tests__/config/androidApi33Isolation.test.ts Outdated
The previous commit accidentally replaced the {{SUPPORTED_LOCALES}} and
{{FALLBACK_LOCALE}} placeholders in AppLanguageModule.kt with hardcoded
"en"/"pl" literals, and removed the dead-code FALLBACK_LOCALE/fallbackTag()
declarations. The placeholders are intentional: withAppLanguage.ts substitutes
them at prebuild time from the central localeRegistry, so the native module
stays in sync when a new locale is shipped. Hardcoding the list would silently
break the next shipped locale.

Restore the placeholders and the dead-code declarations to keep the PR scope
narrow (API 33 isolation only, no unrelated cleanup). Also drop the unused
java.util.Locale import from AppLanguageApi33.kt.

Add a contract test asserting AppLanguageModule.kt keeps the
{{SUPPORTED_LOCALES}}/{{FALLBACK_LOCALE}} placeholders and does not hardcode
an "en","pl" list.
CodeRabbit finding (PR CodeWithCJ#2259): the SDK guard assertions for AppLanguageModule
searched the entire source file with indexOf/lastIndexOf, so a guard from
setApplicationLanguage could satisfy the assertion for getApplicationLanguage
even if the latter lost its own guard.

Fix: add a brace-balanced extractFunctionBody helper and scope every
guard-vs-helper check to a single method body. Apply the same scoping to the
WidgetLocale guard assertions for refreshEffectiveRenderLocaleFromBroadcast,
systemPlatformLanguage, and currentPlatformLanguage.

Add a mutation-style regression test that removes the guard from
getApplicationLanguage in a synthetic copy and proves the per-body extraction
detects the missing guard while the helper call remains.
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Below comments are directly from calude. I didn't verify them. please use it with caution.

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The APK foreverimagining tested was built from fix/android-startup-api-compat (f8dcf27), which also contains the hydratePreferences change in src/localization/appLanguage.ts. That file isn't in this PR, so we don't know yet which change actually fixed the crash.

Either pull appLanguage.ts in here, or rebuild a test APK from db79fc8 and get foreverimagining to confirm that build before we close #2253.

Two small ones:

  • WidgetLocale.kt.tmplnormalizeLanguagePublic is internal, not public. Make normalizeLanguage internal and drop the alias.
  • androidApi33Isolation.test.ts — the otherFiles list is hardcoded, so a new widget .kt.tmpl importing LocaleManager won't get caught. Read the directory instead.

1. Remove the normalizeLanguagePublic alias: it was internal, not public,
   and the name was misleading. Make WidgetLocale.normalizeLanguage internal
   and have WidgetLocaleApi33 call it directly.

2. Replace the hardcoded list of widget Kotlin files in the API 33 isolation
   contract test with dynamic directory discovery. A new widget .kt.tmpl
   importing LocaleManager is now caught automatically without needing to
   update the list. Only the intentional API 33 helper
   (WidgetLocaleApi33.kt.tmpl) is excluded. Added invariant assertions proving
   the discovery finds .kt and .kt.tmpl files and excludes the helper.
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Thanks — all three points are valid.

I kept the hydration hardening out of this PR to preserve the narrow scope.

I addressed the two code/test review items and built a new test APK from the final PR-only HEAD:

https://github.com/Dragonk/SparkyFitness/actions/runs/32923967647

Source:
acd572430ed40ba0d49758e6865b8ecbd8ce4f35

This build does not contain the separate hydratePreferences change. I have asked the affected Android 12 user to verify this exact build.

Affected-device confirmation pending.

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