[Bug] Native crash in xamarin.forms due to "Xamarin_Essentials_Xamarin_Essentials_Preferences_Get_string_System_DateTime_string"

[abdul-wasey]

Our xamarin.forms app has faced a native crash for iOS (SIGSEGV). According to the available crash information on App Center, it seems like the crash is related to "Xamarin_Essentials_Preferences" as we can see in the crash logs below :

App Center's Crash Report Details :

MAIN THREAD - CRASHED
CoreFoundation
mdict_rehashd
CoreFoundation
-[__NSDictionaryM __setObject:forKey:]
CoreFoundation
-[CFPrefsSource mergeIntoDictionary:sourceDictionary:cloudKeyEvaluator:]
CoreFoundation
-[__NSFrozenDictionaryM __apply:context:]
CoreFoundation
-[CFPrefsSource mergeIntoDictionary:sourceDictionary:cloudKeyEvaluator:]
CoreFoundation
-[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_getDictionary:]
CoreFoundation
-[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_copyValueForKey:]
CoreFoundation
-[CFPrefsSource copyValueForKey:]
CoreFoundation
-[_CFXPreferences copyAppValueForKey:identifier:container:configurationURL:]
CoreFoundation
-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]
CoreFoundation
normalizeQuintuplet
CoreFoundation
-[_CFXPreferences withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]
CoreFoundation
-[_CFXPreferences copyAppValueForKey:identifier:container:configurationURL:]
CoreFoundation
_CFPreferencesCopyAppValueWithContainerAndConfiguration
Foundation
-[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) objectForKey:]
wrapper_managed_to_native_ObjCRuntime_Messaging_objc_msgSend_intptr_intptr_intptr
NSUserDefaults.g.cs:263
Xamarin_Essentials_Xamarin_Essentials_Preferences_Get_string_System_DateTime_string (D:\a_work\1\s\Xamarin.Essentials\Preferences\Preferences.shared.cs:113)
mono_jit_runtime_invoke mini-runtime.c:3190
mono_runtime_invoke_checked object.c:3052
mono_runtime_invoke object.c:3107
native_to_managed_trampoline_8(objc_object*, objc_selector*, _MonoMethod**, unsigned int) registrar.m:485
-[__MonoMac_NSAsyncSynchronizationContextDispatcher xamarinApplySelector] registrar.m:10473
Foundation
__NSThreadPerformPerform
CoreFoundation
CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION
CoreFoundation
__CFRunLoopDoSource0
CoreFoundation
__CFRunLoopDoSources0
CoreFoundation
__CFRunLoopRun
CoreFoundation
CFRunLoopRunSpecific
GraphicsServices
GSEventRunModal
UIKitCore
-[UIApplication run]
UIKitCore
UIApplicationMain
xamarin_UIApplicationMain bindings.m:126
wrapper_managed_to_native_UIKit_UIApplication_xamarin_UIApplicationMain_int_intptr_intptr_intptr_intptr
UIApplication.cs:58
mono_jit_runtime_invoke mini-runtime.c:3190
mono_runtime_invoke_checked object.c:3052
mono_runtime_exec_main_checked object.c:0
mono_jit_exec driver.c:1383
xamarin_main monotouch-main.m:490
main main.m:260
0x0 + 0

Basic Information

• Platform Target Frameworks:
  • iOS: iOS 17.2
• Nuget Packages: Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.1