Causes of CFDictionaryGetValue crash? - ios

I'm having random crashes within my swift app and they are all throwing a similar error around CFDictionaryGetValue
Here are two screenshots from my Google Crashlytics showing the error and that its effecting to different URLs, Note these are from two separate crashes
Then here is also a screenshot directly from within Xcode where I was able to reproduct the error:
There doesn't seem to be any specific action that causes this issue and it occurs at random times.
And advise for trying to trace it and debug would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Oliver

As it turns out this issue was caused by a bug within the Firebase Performance SDK. After removing the SDK everything is working as expected
https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/issues/6734?fbclid=IwAR0L5U4dsBjyUGmklr8qEohlKTyY7P6zJwzWUnU3dUTnFmb0aclK4-rt5os

Try setting up an Exception breakpoint, it would probably give you more information to help you debug it:
In Xcode:
Go to Breakpoint Navigator (CMD+8)
Click the + button in the bottom left corner of the navigator and then choose Exception Breakpoint...
Select All in the Exception field
Re-run your app and you should get clearer information in the debugger

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How do I debug a Thread 1: signabrt, debug console doesn't show any logs

My ios project builds and installs on the device but has a runtime crash after launcher screen finishes.
I'm looking in the debugger console but I don't see any logs to help me diagnose what is going on. My project was working correctly before I upgraded react-native-firebase from v3 to v4 https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/releases. Stepping into or over the code doesn't show me any errors in the code itself.
I'm hesitant to log an issue with the react-native-firebase project before I understand what the error could be - and whether it was a simple error somewhere.
However, the error seems pretty cryptic and I don't have any clues on what's actually causing the runtime crash. Is there a way that I can read more verbose logs that might give more info on the crash?
add an Exception breakpoint: by going to the breakpoint tab (command + 8) and the click the add "+" button on the bottom left corner and click on Exception breakpoint - all exceptions.
That will pause the code exactly were the exception is being raced therefore you will be able to see the line of code that it is causing the crash.

Xcode 9 crashing when running split view app on iPhone

After working just fine on both iPhone and iPad for a month, my Xcode 9 app has consistently started crashing causing me the following fatal problem: When I build & run it on an iPhone (simulator or device) Xcode completes loading the app and then crashes too fast for me to copy/paste the error from the debugger. When I run on iPad it works fine leading me to believe this is a result of something related to the split master/detail view.
If I use either an exception breakpoint or an "all C++ exceptions" it will stop at the AppDelegate class and crash if I hit play. If I use only an "all Objective-C exceptions" it will crash as before.
In the debug view hierarchy I get the following errors as well:
Error: Unable to capture view hierarchy.
Details: Log Title: Data source expression execution failure.
Log Details: error evaluating expression “(id)
[[(Class)objc_getClass("DBGTargetHub") sharedHub]
performRequestWithRequestInBase64:#"...
Log Method: -[DBGDataSourceConnectionLibViewDebugger
_executeLLDBExpression:forRequest:onPotentialThread:iteration:]
_block_invoke_2
Method: -[DBGViewDebugger updateDebugHierarchy]_block_invoke_2
I have tested other apps and this issue is unique to the app I am working on. Any ideas or debugging tips for how to proceed? I might just have to redo this whole project again if I can't even find the root cause of this! Appreciate any help.
Quick solution: Reset Simulator Device
I managed to resolve the above issue thanks to some serious digging. First, to resolve the instantaneous crash problem, I set a breakpoint at every line in the app delegate. That allowed me to narrow the error to a memory handling problem. From there I started running the code on one of each device available, and realized the crash only occurred on devices I had used earlier in development. Resetting those devices solved the problem.
The core issue here is that when you clean/rebuild your xcode program, it updates the app code on the device, but not necessarily the data model information. So when I changed my data model by including new data and renaming old data it was not properly updated.

Xcode 5 not printing exception detail

I have a project built for iOS 7 and it worked fine so far, but after a Git merge, some settings or something became corrupted and exceptions are not outputted to console anymore. So the "Terminating app due to uncaught exception" error message is never displayed in console. I've tried the project on both the device and the simulator, same thing. I cannot find the reason why is this and how to fix it and I am humbly asking for your help.
The facts:
debugger is working and running,
debugger stops and highlights correct line,
all exceptions breakpoint is active,
NSLog commands are working,
po command in lldb is working.
What I have tried before asking for help?
Cleaning (including build folder) and rebuilding project,
Restarting Xcode,
Restarting OS X,
Reconnecting device,
Rebooting device.
What else can I do? Thank you for your help!
I ran into this issue when trying to debug an autolayout crash. Not sure if this applies to all cases, but here's my solution:
I did some hunting, and came across this link:
Investigating NSExceptions with LLDB
That led me to mess around with exception breakpoints to try to figure out what the issue was. In my case, I could always find the description on $eax, so I decided to add an action to the breakpoint, so I don't have to debug it each time. This caused it to always print $eax without a breakpoint, so it pretty much acts like I want it to (print the exception description, continue crashing).
Steps:
Solved the issue I was currently having, and I'm sure variations on this solution (po $ebx, po [NSThread callStackSymbols], etc) should get around most issues with missing exception descriptions.

CoreFoundation Trap error "Thread1:EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=EXC_ARM_BREAKPOINT, subcode=0xdefe)"

i need your help i've got this frustrating "random" error.
The app is compose of one Mapviewcontroller and a collectionview on the second controller.
Sometimes when I return to the map from the second controller the app suddenly crash with this error on the the "trap" line.
The crash report doesn't point to any of my lines of code.
EXC_BREAKPOINT (code=EXC_ARM_BREAKPOINT, subcode=0xdefe)
I said "random error" because the same version of the same app could be build and run smooth for days, then suddenly it stuck. The only way to regain control of the app is to delete manually from the iPad and rebuild.
For your information the app uses Coredata.
Any ideas? Some method to figure out where the error come from?
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
I had this error on line like that
NSLog(#"%#: tutorial view retain count = %ld",self.class,CFGetRetainCount(CFTypeRef(tutorialView)));
where tutorialView equals nil
Restart your iOS device - that worked for me. You can also try restarting Xcode.
I was getting the crash where I had a breakpoint set, but I had breakpoints turned off. I think that there are glitches in how Xcode handles breakpoints that can cause this issue even if there aren't issues in the code itself.

Xcode console wont show error details

I have been developing iOS applications for about 2 years and have never come across this before.
I recently took on a project, but for some reason whenever it crashes while I am debugging the console shows no details about the error. The code highlights with a SIGABRT or ESC_BAD_ACCESS but never tells me the details of the crash in the console (like unrecognised selector sent to instance etc.)
I've come to the conclusion this is a problem with the project settings as I test other apps with the same xCode and don't have the same problem.
I've looked all over but can't find anyone with a similar problem please help!
Try adding an Exception breakpoint:
Open the breakpoint navigator and click the + icon and add an exception breakpoint
Add a breakpoint with the settings as shown
I don't think this is an Xcode problem. But try this two options:
1) In your VC or AppDelegate perform crash on purpose for example:
[self performSelector:#selector(methodNameNotExistingInMyProject:) withObject:nil];
This should return you some console output
2) Are you sure you have Debug configuration in scheme? You may want to check it out.

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