android crash by implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:20.7.0'

[billdizl]

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{xxx.xx.xx/com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3635)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3792)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:103)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2210)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7838)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1003)

implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:20.7.0'
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.0'

[billdizl]

have this problem

[efstathiosntonas]

any updates on this one? getting tons of crashes

[pistolcaffe]

I also received this issue recently. The reproduction path is unclear, making it difficult to analyze the cause.