How to fix Unmarshalling unknown type code XXX at

Question

I'm having app crash on resume because of Unmarshalling exception. I've checked all the Serializables have constructor with no parameters and even checked all the serializables using ObjectStream (save to file and load from file). How can i understand actual class type for parcelable offset that cause exception:

Parcel android.os.Parcel@42209460: Unmarshalling unknown type code
 2131165303 at offset 3748
         at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2080)
         at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2105)
         at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:136)
         at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1201)
         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
         at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4876)
         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:804)
         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:571)
         at com.kdgdev.xtension.core.XtensionMain.main(XtensionMain.java:91)
         at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
        Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Parcel android.os.Parcel@42209460: Unmarshalling unknown type code 2131165303
 at offset 3748
         at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2032)
         at android.os.Parcel.readSparseArrayInternal(Parcel.java:2255)
         at android.os.Parcel.readSparseArray(Parcel.java:1687)
         at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2022)
         at android.os.Parcel.readMapInternal(Parcel.java:2226)
         at android.os.Bundle.unparcel(Bundle.java:223)
         at android.os.Bundle.getSparseParcelableArray(Bundle.java:1232)
        at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.restoreHierarchyState(PhoneWindow.java:1690)
         at android.app.Activity.onRestoreInstanceState(Activity.java:999)
         at com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragmentActivity.onRestoreInstanceState(Unknown
 Source)
         at name.myname.android.app.ui.MainActivity.onRestoreInstanceState(Unknown
 Source)
         at android.app.Activity.performRestoreInstanceState(Activity.java:971)
         at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnRestoreInstanceState(Instrumentation.java:1130)
         at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2058)
       ... 12 more

Saved data consists of Bundles and Serializables and all of them look good.

I'm going to do the next:

try {
// unmarshalling
} catch (Throwable t) {
// look offset 
}

How can i understand what type is actually for Parcelable offset?

Answer 1

Using Kotlin, the object 'Nota' has a Custom object 'CentroCusto' that contains only primitive properties.

class Nota(var id: Int? = null, var centroCusto: ArrayList<CentroCusto>? = null) : Parcelable {

constructor(source: Parcel) : this(
        source.readValue(Int::class.java.classLoader) as Int?,
        //Exception in below line -> Unmarshalling unknown type code 
        source.createTypedArrayList(CentroCusto.CREATOR) 
)

override fun describeContents() = 0

override fun writeToParcel(dest: Parcel, flags: Int) = with(dest) {
    writeValue(id)
    writeTypedList(centroCusto)
}

companion object {
    @JvmField
    val CREATOR: Parcelable.Creator<Nota> = object : Parcelable.Creator<Nota> {
        override fun createFromParcel(source: Parcel): Nota = Nota(source)
        override fun newArray(size: Int): Array<Nota?> = arrayOfNulls(size)
    }
}

The CentroCusto class:

class CentroCusto(var id: Int? = null, var descricao: String? = null, var aprovacaoDiretoria: Int? = null, var permiteMarcar: Boolean? = null) : Parcelable {

constructor(parcel: Parcel) : this(
        parcel.readValue(Int::class.java.classLoader) as? Int,
        parcel.readString(),
        parcel.readValue(Int::class.java.classLoader) as? Int,
        parcel.readValue(Boolean::class.java.classLoader) as? Boolean) {
}

override fun writeToParcel(parcel: Parcel, flags: Int) {
    parcel.writeValue(id)
    parcel.writeString(descricao)
    parcel.writeValue(aprovacaoDiretoria)
    parcel.writeValue(permiteMarcar)
}

override fun describeContents(): Int {
    return 0
}

companion object CREATOR : Parcelable.Creator<CentroCusto> {
    override fun createFromParcel(parcel: Parcel): CentroCusto {
        return CentroCusto(parcel)
    }

    override fun newArray(size: Int): Array<CentroCusto?> {
        return arrayOfNulls(size)
    }
}

}

Answer 2

If a type of List is added, it should be:

@Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        super.writeToParcel(dest, flags);
        dest.writeList(this.mList);

and unparcel it using the class type like this:

protected MyClass(Parcel in) {
        super(in);
        this.mList = new ArrayList<>();
        in.readList(this.mList, MyRequiredClass.class.getClassLoader());

Answer 3

There's some rules for write and read parcelables.

1- Be careful about type mismatch. If you write int, don't try to read long etc.

2- Be careful about order of writes and reads. Objects must be at the same sort order when reading and writing.

Both of these can cause "Unmarshalling unknown type code".