[Bug] Crash: RemoteServiceException Couldn't expand RemoteViews for StatusBarNotification

[colintheshots]

Steps to reproduce

The exact steps are unknown, but it appears to only happen with the search widget on Android 5.x devices, mostly from Huawei.

https://sentry.prod.mozaws.net/operations/firefox-nightly/issues/6241350/

Expected behavior

The search widget should not crash.

Actual behavior

The search widget crashes.

Device information

• Android device: Huawei Android 5, Lollipop
• Fenix version: 1.4.0-1.4.1 release

┆Issue is synchronized with this Jira Task

[colintheshots]

It almost seems like Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers don't support the full set of views in RemoteViews in their old smartphones.

[boek]

Also a problem here: https://sentry.prod.mozaws.net/operations/firefox-beta/issues/7672941/?query=is%3Aunresolved%20level%3Afatal

[mcarare]

I investigated this and it seems like the problem was solved in mozilla-mobile/android-components#7514. That also correlates with the app versions that we see in sentry. The fix was integrated in 78 beta, and we do not have any reports for versions >= 78 beta.
@liuche IMO this can be closed, and reopened only if we see reports for versions after 78 beta.

[liuche]

Thanks for the investigation! Looking at the sentry jeff posted, it does seem to have dropped off, and neither report has a lot of issues, so I agree this is okay to close.