Disable HW acceleration on Aztec when it crashes on Android 8 - Release Gutenberg to v1.15.1

WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/EditPostActivity.java

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
 import org.wordpress.android.widgets.AppRatingDialog;
 import org.wordpress.android.widgets.WPSnackbar;
 import org.wordpress.android.widgets.WPViewPager;
+import org.wordpress.aztec.exceptions.DynamicLayoutGetBlockIndexOutOfBoundsException;
 import org.wordpress.aztec.util.AztecLog;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -1769,7 +1770,29 @@ public void initializeEditorFragment() {
                         }
                 );
             }
+
+            PostModel currentPost = getPost();
+            if (currentPost != null && AppPrefs.isPostWithHWAccelerationOff(currentPost.getLocalSiteId(),
+                    currentPost.getId())) {
+                // We need to disable HW Acc. on this post
+                aztecEditorFragment.disableHWAcceleration();
+            }
             aztecEditorFragment.setExternalLogger(new AztecLog.ExternalLogger() {
+                // This method handles the custom Exception thrown by Aztec to notify the parent app of the error #8828
+                // We don't need to log the error, since it was already logged by Aztec, instead we need to write the
+                // prefs to disable HW acceleration for it.
+                private boolean isError8828(@NotNull Throwable throwable) {
+                    if (!(throwable instanceof DynamicLayoutGetBlockIndexOutOfBoundsException)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    PostModel currentPost = getPost();
+                    if (currentPost == null) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    AppPrefs.addPostWithHWAccelerationOff(currentPost.getLocalSiteId(), currentPost.getId());
+                    return true;
+                }
+
                 @Override
                 public void log(@NotNull String s) {
                     // For now, we're wrapping up the actual log into an exception to reduce possibility
@@ -1780,11 +1803,17 @@ public void log(@NotNull String s) {
 
                 @Override
                 public void logException(@NotNull Throwable throwable) {
+                    if (isError8828(throwable)) {
+                        return;
+                    }
                     CrashLoggingUtils.logException(new AztecEditorFragment.AztecLoggingException(throwable), T.EDITOR);
                 }
 
                 @Override
                 public void logException(@NotNull Throwable throwable, String s) {
+                    if (isError8828(throwable)) {
+                        return;
+                    }
                     CrashLoggingUtils.logException(
                             new AztecEditorFragment.AztecLoggingException(throwable), T.EDITOR, s);
                 }

WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/PostEditorAnalyticsSession.java

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 import org.wordpress.android.analytics.AnalyticsTracker.Stat;
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.PostModel;
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.SiteModel;
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefs;
 import org.wordpress.android.util.AppLog;
 import org.wordpress.android.util.AppLog.T;
 import org.wordpress.android.util.SiteUtils;
+import org.wordpress.android.util.analytics.AnalyticsUtils;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ public class PostEditorAnalyticsSession implements Serializable {
     private Editor mCurrentEditor;
     private boolean mHasUnsupportedBlocks = false;
     private Outcome mOutcome = null;
+    private boolean mHWAccOff = false;
 
     enum Editor {
         GUTENBERG,
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ enum Outcome {
         } else {
             mContentType = "classic";
         }
+
+        mHWAccOff = AppPrefs.isPostWithHWAccelerationOff(site.getId(), post.getId());
     }
 
     public void start(ArrayList<Object> unsupportedBlocksList) {
@@ -132,6 +137,8 @@ private Map<String, Object> getCommonProperties() {
         properties.put(KEY_BLOG_TYPE, mBlogType);
         properties.put(KEY_SESSION_ID, mSessionId);
         properties.put(KEY_HAS_UNSUPPORTED_BLOCKS, mHasUnsupportedBlocks ? "1" : "0");
+        properties.put(AnalyticsUtils.EDITOR_HAS_HW_ACCELERATION_DISABLED_KEY, mHWAccOff ? "1" : "0");
+
         return properties;
     }
 }

WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/PostUtils.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.post.PostStatus;
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.PostStore;
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.posts.RemotePreviewLogicHelper.RemotePreviewType;
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefs;
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.uploads.PostEvents;
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.uploads.UploadUtils;
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.utils.UiString.UiStringText;
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ public static void trackOpenEditorAnalytics(PostModel post, SiteModel site) {
         if (!post.isLocalDraft()) {
             properties.put("post_id", post.getRemotePostId());
         }
+        properties.put(AnalyticsUtils.EDITOR_HAS_HW_ACCELERATION_DISABLED_KEY, AppPrefs.isPostWithHWAccelerationOff(
+                site.getId(), post.getId()) ? "1" : "0");
         properties.put(AnalyticsUtils.HAS_GUTENBERG_BLOCKS_KEY,
                 PostUtils.contentContainsGutenbergBlocks(post.getContent()));
         AnalyticsUtils.trackWithSiteDetails(AnalyticsTracker.Stat.EDITOR_OPENED, site,

WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/prefs/AppPrefs.java

@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ public enum DeletablePrefKey implements PrefKey {
         // Widget settings
         STATS_WIDGET_SELECTED_SITE_ID,
         STATS_WIDGET_COLOR_MODE,
-        STATS_WIDGET_DATA_TYPE
+        STATS_WIDGET_DATA_TYPE,
+
+        // Keep the local_blog_id + local_post_id values that have HW Acc. turned off
+        AZTEC_EDITOR_DISABLE_HW_ACC_KEYS,
     }
 
     /**
@@ -959,4 +962,36 @@ public static void setSystemNotificationsEnabled(boolean enabled) {
     public static boolean getSystemNotificationsEnabled() {
         return getBoolean(UndeletablePrefKey.SYSTEM_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED, true);
     }
+
+    private static List<String> getPostWithHWAccelerationOff() {
+        String idsAsString = getString(DeletablePrefKey.AZTEC_EDITOR_DISABLE_HW_ACC_KEYS, "");
+        return Arrays.asList(idsAsString.split(","));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * adds a local site ID to the top of list of recently chosen sites
+     */
+    public static void addPostWithHWAccelerationOff(int localSiteId, int localPostId) {
+        if (localSiteId == 0 || localPostId == 0 || isPostWithHWAccelerationOff(localSiteId, localPostId)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        String key = localSiteId + "-" + localPostId;
+        List<String> currentIds = new ArrayList<>(getPostWithHWAccelerationOff());
+        currentIds.add(key);
+        // store in prefs
+        String idsAsString = TextUtils.join(",", currentIds);
+        setString(DeletablePrefKey.AZTEC_EDITOR_DISABLE_HW_ACC_KEYS, idsAsString);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isPostWithHWAccelerationOff(int localSiteId, int localPostId) {
+        if (localSiteId == 0 || localPostId == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        List<String> currentIds = getPostWithHWAccelerationOff();
+        String key = localSiteId + "-" + localPostId;
+        if (currentIds.contains(key)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }

WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/analytics/AnalyticsUtils.java

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class AnalyticsUtils {
     private static final String NEWS_CARD_VERSION = "version";
 
     public static final String HAS_GUTENBERG_BLOCKS_KEY = "has_gutenberg_blocks";
+    public static final String EDITOR_HAS_HW_ACCELERATION_DISABLED_KEY = "editor_has_hw_disabled";
 
     public enum BlockEditorEnabledSource {
         VIA_SITE_SETTINGS,

libs/editor/WordPressEditor/build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     ext {
-        aztecVersion = 'v1.3.33'
+        aztecVersion = 'v1.3.34'
     }
 
     dependencies {

libs/editor/WordPressEditor/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/editor/AztecEditorFragment.java

@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ public AztecLoggingException(Throwable originalException) {
 
     private LiveTextWatcher mTextWatcher = new LiveTextWatcher();
 
+    private View mFragmentView;
+
     public static AztecEditorFragment newInstance(String title, String content, boolean isExpanded) {
         mIsToolbarExpanded = isExpanded;
         AztecEditorFragment fragment = new AztecEditorFragment();
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     @Override
     public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_aztec_editor, container, false);
+        mFragmentView = view;
 
         mTitle = view.findViewById(R.id.title);
         mContent = view.findViewById(R.id.aztec);
@@ -2347,4 +2350,8 @@ public void disableContentLogOnCrashes() {
     public void setExternalLogger(AztecLog.ExternalLogger logger) {
         mContent.setExternalLogger(logger);
     }
+
+    public void disableHWAcceleration() {
+        mFragmentView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
+    }
 }