NullPointerException in Android 8 and 9

[ghost]

Mobile device model and OS version

LG G6, Android 8.0
Essential Products PH-1, Android 9

Android Beacon Library version

2.16.2

Stack dumps from Google Play

LG G6, Android 8.0

java.lang.RuntimeException:
at android.app.job.JobServiceEngine$JobHandler.handleMessage (JobServiceEngine.java:121)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6710)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:770)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException:
at org.altbeacon.beacon.service.ScanJob.startPassiveScanIfNeeded (ScanJob.java:139)
at org.altbeacon.beacon.service.ScanJob.onStopJob (ScanJob.java:171)
at android.app.job.JobService$1.onStopJob (JobService.java:76)
at android.app.job.JobServiceEngine$JobHandler.handleMessage (JobServiceEngine.java:117)

Essential Products PH-1, Android 9

java.lang.RuntimeException:
at android.app.job.JobServiceEngine$JobHandler.handleMessage (JobServiceEngine.java:121)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6718)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException:
at org.altbeacon.beacon.service.ScanJob.startPassiveScanIfNeeded (ScanJob.java:139)
at org.altbeacon.beacon.service.ScanJob.onStopJob (ScanJob.java:171)
at android.app.job.JobService$1.onStopJob (JobService.java:67)
at android.app.job.JobServiceEngine$JobHandler.handleMessage (JobServiceEngine.java:117)

[davidgyoung]

There is a fix for this in place in #890, currently only in a beta release here:

https://github.com/AltBeacon/android-beacon-library/releases/tag/2.16.3-beta2