Jetpack Compose previews crashes

[dees91]

Problem Description

Jetpack Compose preview throws an error when I create a preview using PreviewParameterProvider that utilizes a faker with a provider, such as address.

Faker Version Used

2.0.0-rc.6

Stacktrace

(observed in Android Studio logs ~/Library/Logs/Google/AndroidStudio2024.2/idea.log):

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: Composable pl.deesoft.fakerpreview.GreetingPreviewProvider.$FailToLoadPreviewParameterProvider not found
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposableInvoker.invokeComposable(ComposableInvoker.jvm.kt:216)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$init$3$1$composable$1.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:504)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$init$3$1$composable$1.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:502)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$init$3$1.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:539)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$init$3$1.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:497)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalKt.CompositionLocalProvider(CompositionLocal.kt:228)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.InspectableKt.Inspectable(Inspectable.android.kt:61)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$WrapPreview$1.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:444)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$WrapPreview$1.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:443)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalKt.CompositionLocalProvider(CompositionLocal.kt:228)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter.WrapPreview(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:438)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter.access$WrapPreview(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:124)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$init$3.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:497)
	at androidx.compose.ui.tooling.ComposeViewAdapter$init$3.invoke(ComposeViewAdapter.android.kt:494)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView.Content(ComposeView.android.kt:428)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AbstractComposeView$ensureCompositionCreated$1.invoke(ComposeView.android.kt:252)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AbstractComposeView$ensureCompositionCreated$1.invoke(ComposeView.android.kt:251)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalKt.CompositionLocalProvider(CompositionLocal.kt:228)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.CompositionLocalsKt.ProvideCommonCompositionLocals(CompositionLocals.kt:186)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidCompositionLocals_androidKt$ProvideAndroidCompositionLocals$3.invoke(AndroidCompositionLocals.android.kt:119)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidCompositionLocals_androidKt$ProvideAndroidCompositionLocals$3.invoke(AndroidCompositionLocals.android.kt:118)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalKt.CompositionLocalProvider(CompositionLocal.kt:228)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidCompositionLocals_androidKt.ProvideAndroidCompositionLocals(AndroidCompositionLocals.android.kt:110)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1$1$2.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:139)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1$1$2.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:138)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalKt.CompositionLocalProvider(CompositionLocal.kt:248)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1$1.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:138)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1$1.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:123)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:109)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.ComposableLambdaImpl.invoke(ComposableLambda.jvm.kt:35)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.ActualJvm_jvmKt.invokeComposable(ActualJvm.jvm.kt:90)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.ComposerImpl.doCompose(Composer.kt:3302)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.ComposerImpl.composeContent$runtime_release(Composer.kt:3235)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.composeContent(Composition.kt:725)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.Recomposer.composeInitial$runtime_release(Recomposer.kt:1071)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.composeInitial(Composition.kt:633)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.setContent(Composition.kt:619)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:123)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:114)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidComposeView.setOnViewTreeOwnersAvailable(AndroidComposeView.android.kt:1289)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition.setContent(Wrapper.android.kt:114)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition.onStateChanged(Wrapper.android.kt:164)
	at androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleRegistry$ObserverWithState.dispatchEvent(LifecycleRegistry.jvm.kt:320)
	at androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleRegistry.addObserver(LifecycleRegistry.jvm.kt:198)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:121)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.WrappedComposition$setContent$1.invoke(Wrapper.android.kt:114)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidComposeView.onAttachedToWindow(AndroidComposeView.android.kt:1364)
	at android.view.View.dispatchAttachedToWindow(View.java:21980)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:3490)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:3497)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:3497)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:3497)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:3497)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:3497)
	at android.view.AttachInfo_Accessor.setAttachInfo(AttachInfo_Accessor.java:53)
	at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:372)
	at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:454)
	at com.android.tools.idea.layoutlib.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:120)
	at com.android.tools.rendering.RenderTask.createRenderSession(RenderTask.java:784)
	at com.android.tools.rendering.RenderTask.lambda$inflate$6(RenderTask.java:932)
	at com.android.tools.rendering.RenderExecutor$runAsyncActionWithTimeout$3.run(RenderExecutor.kt:204)
	at com.android.tools.rendering.RenderExecutor$PriorityRunnable.run(RenderExecutor.kt:321)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

In the logs I also found:

java.util.NoSuchElementException: Faker provider 'Name' not found in io.github.serpro69.kfaker.Faker@8bf1fee or io.github.serpro69.kfaker.Faker@28d1533d
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService.getProvider(FakerService.kt:610)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService.access$getProvider(FakerService.kt:34)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService$resolveExpression$resolvedExpression$1.invoke(FakerService.kt:497)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService$resolveExpression$resolvedExpression$1.invoke(FakerService.kt:492)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService.findMatchesAndAppendTail(FakerService.kt:622)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService.resolveExpression-goSy63c(FakerService.kt:492)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.FakerService.resolve(FakerService.kt:414)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.YamlFakeDataProvider$returnOrResolveUnique$3.invoke(YamlFakeDataProvider.kt:227)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.YamlFakeDataProvider$returnOrResolveUnique$3.invoke(YamlFakeDataProvider.kt:221)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.AbstractFakeDataProvider.resolveUniqueValue(AbstractFakeDataProvider.kt:74)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.AbstractFakeDataProvider.resolveUniqueValue(AbstractFakeDataProvider.kt:59)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.YamlFakeDataProvider.returnOrResolveUnique(YamlFakeDataProvider.kt:221)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.YamlFakeDataProvider.returnOrResolveUnique$default(YamlFakeDataProvider.kt:216)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.YamlFakeDataProvider.resolve(YamlFakeDataProvider.kt:77)
	at io.github.serpro69.kfaker.provider.Address.streetAddress(Address.kt:50)

I've created sample reproduction: https://github.com/dees91/Faker-preview-issue

[serpro69]

Hey @dees91 ,
Thanks for reporting the issue, and for the repro example!
I haven't worked with compose yet myself, and it's been quite awhile since I've dealt with android also 😬 but I will try to look into this and see if I can find the root cause.
If you do figure out the issue - don't hesitate to update with more details or contribute a fix.

Just out of curiosity, did you try latest stable version also, 1.6.0? Do you have the same problem there?

[dees91]

Yes I have the same problem using version 1.6.0

[serpro69]

Could this https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/254315195 or https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/281014894 be somewhat related?
The first one has "fixed" status, but the second one does not. So could this be something that faker uses and compose doesn't support yet? 🤔

[serpro69]

A bit more updates: I've narrowed it down to code that uses reflection to call functions from other providers. E.g. in your example, faker.address.streetAddress() would actually call faker.name.* functionality.
So this must be something related to reflection? 🤔
If you try a function that doesn't need to resolve data from other providers, e.g. faker.name.name(), - it would work fine.

[dees91]

If you try a function that doesn't need to resolve data from other providers, e.g. faker.name.name(), - it would work fine.

Yes, I confirm that faker.name.name() works 👍🏻 Can be a temporary solution for me, thanks

[serpro69]

Yes, I confirm that faker.name.name() works 👍🏻 Can be a temporary solution for me, thanks

No problem, glad at least some parts can be of use for now.
I'll try to debug further and see if I can at least come up with a workaround, if not an immediate fix. A bit challenging since whenever I startup intellij/android studio these days - my CPU temps go to a 100 😁

[serpro69]

So faker uses KProperty1<out T, *> for the above mentioned functionality (

kotlin-faker/core/src/main/kotlin/io/github/serpro69/kfaker/FakerService.kt

Lines 582 to 584 in caf10e6

	this::class.declaredMemberProperties.firstOrNull { it.name == funcName.substringBefore(".") }?.let {
	(it.getter.call(this) as YamlFakeDataProvider<*>)
	.getFunctionName(funcName.substringAfter("."))

), and according to this comment in the issue I linked above, this will break preview in Android Studio.

I'm not sure what else we could do here but wait for the fix. Of course implementing #23 would also help here. But I'm not sure if I'll be able to tackle that one quick enough :/

[serpro69]

Hey @dees91 ,
I think I have a fix for it now. Would you mind testing out latest snapshot version - 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT? (I had to remove Android studio since I didn't have enough storage 😁 so can't test it anymore myself.)
If it works as expected - I'll make rc.7 with the fix.

Note that while regular functionality should work fine now, things like e.g. unique data generation might still produce same exceptions in compose preview because that part of faker still depends on reflection.

[dees91]

it looks like the preview is being generated now 🎉

But I can't build and run the app using 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT, I get this error:

1: Task failed with an exception.
-----------
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not find org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:.
     Required by:
         project :app > io.github.serpro69:kotlin-faker:2.1.0-SNAPSHOT:20241028.081202-24

I wonder if it's because it's a snapshot version? or did I connect something wrong? here's the commit: dees91/Faker-preview-issue@655ea7c

[serpro69]

Thanks for the confirmation.

That error is weird. I can't see what changes could have caused this since rc.6
Kotlin version was bumped, and I started using a new shadow plugin, so those are probably the first things to look into.

So I guess you needed to explicitly add kotlin-reflect dependency to make it work?

I'll look into this in #253