Sample repo to repro the crash that we detected on Android 7 and 8 (haven't tested on other versions of Android):
Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException
Error calling RCTEventEmitter.receiveEvent
Caused by com.facebook.jni.CppException
Failed to create Value from JSON:
<...stacktrace>
Steps to reproduce:
- clone the repo & cd into it
react-native run-android- make sure the device on which you run it has the Google GBoard installed
- tap on the textinput and write "night"
- the GBoard will suggest in the bar the night with stars emoji 🌃
- click on the suggestion
- crash
Other words that trigger GBoard suggestion:
- "cat" 🐈 -> crash
- "rainbow" 🌈 -> crash
- "cloud" ☁️ -> no crash
- "sun" ⛅️ -> no crash
This only happens on Android: I tested the steps on iOS (yes, there is a GBoard for iOS) and it doesn't happen there - btw there the words that 'trigger' emoji suggestions are different, the only one that triggers the same emoji on both platforms is "piano" 🎹 (and on iOS it doesn't crash, on Android yes) (ok maybe not the only one, but the only one I found quickly).
And yes, it doesn't happen if remote debugging is active.
Maybe related to the JSC version?