Cannot access ErrorReporter before ACRA#init

[greenscreens-io]

Error occurs after starting application again after crash.

Here is initialization and error log.

@AcraCore(reportFormat = StringFormat.JSON, buildConfigClass = BuildConfig.class )
@AcraHttpSender(
        httpMethod = HttpSender.Method.POST,
        uri = R.string.acra_url)
@AcraToast(
        resText = R.string.crash_toast_text
)
@AcraDialog(
        resText = R.string.crash_dialog_text,
        resTheme = R.style.AppTheme_Dialog,
        resIcon = android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info,
        resTitle = R.string.crash_dialog_title,
        resCommentPrompt = R.string.crash_dialog_comment_prompt
)
public class App extends Application {

    @Override
    protected void attachBaseContext(final Context base) {
        super.attachBaseContext(base);
  
        final String uuid = Preferences.getUUID(app);

        ACRA.DEV_LOGGING = Constants.DEBUG;
        ACRA.init(this);
        ACRA.getErrorReporter().putCustomData("AppUUID", uuid);
 
    }
}

01-08 16:43:22.535 5575-5575/io.greenscreens.terminal:acra E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  Process: io.greenscreens.terminal:acra, PID: 5575
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate application io.greenscreens.terminal.App: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot access ErrorReporter before ACRA#init
      at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:601)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4915)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:144)
      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1424)
      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:155)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5696)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1028)
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:823)
   Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot access ErrorReporter before ACRA#init
      at org.acra.ACRA.getErrorReporter(ACRA.java:280)
      at io.greenscreens.terminal.App.attachBaseContext(App.java:67)
      at android.app.Application.attach(Application.java:190)
      at android.app.Instrumentation.newApplication(Instrumentation.java:1002)
      at android.app.Instrumentation.newApplication(Instrumentation.java:986)
      at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:587)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4915) 
      at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:144) 
      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1424) 
      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:155) 
      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5696) 
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) 
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1028) 
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:823) 

[MFlisar]

I've had this issue as well, you need to use following before accessing the error reporter:

ACRA.init(app, config);
if (!ACRA.isACRASenderServiceProcess()) {
	ACRA.getErrorReporter()....
}

Because the error reporter is not initialised in the crash service process. It was also added to the docs in the meantime I think

[greenscreens-io]

All I've found is this, but it was not so clear what to do with it
https://github.com/ACRA/acra/wiki

Your answer was helpful, thank you. It is working now.

[F43nd1r]

5.0.1 will not crash anymore with this call (it'll warn instead). Also, the message was improved. See #616