So the other day, the following error popped up in the Crashes section of the Google Play Developer Console:
java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid double: "−0.05"
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but that is in fact a valid double - and it is recognised as a valid double on my computer, on the emulator and on my own Android device (Nexus 5)
The device that it crashed on was a Galaxy Note II running Android 4.3 - any ideas as to why it might be crashing please?
It is or isn't a valid double depending on your Locale. With a US/ENGLISH locale, -0.05
is a valid double but with a FRENCH locale for example, it is not (it should be -0,05
with a comma).
You can see it in action with:
NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US);
double d = fmt.parse("-0.05").doubleValue(); //-0.05
fmt = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.FRENCH);
d = fmt.parse("-0.05").doubleValue(); //-0.0
d = fmt.parse("-0,05").doubleValue(); //-0.05
EDIT
However your issue is maybe not that. The minus sign is not valid. You are using −
instead of -
(they look the same but are not the same character). Demo:
Double.parseDouble("-0.05"); //ok
Double.parseDouble("−0.05"); //exception
For double constants, the language asks you to use the form -0.05d (with the "d" suffix). See this for reference
Also make sure that the symbol intended to be a minus sign is a "hyphen" and not a "long em dash".