Fixed a crash on some Android 8 and 8.1 devices when accessing TimeZone information

Author: ajungg

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog  
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. 
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+ 
+## [0.10.6]
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed a crash on some Android 8 and 8.1 devices when updating the ProductDatabase
 
 ## [0.10.5]
 

build.gradle

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ allprojects {
     }
 
     project.ext {
-        sdkVersion='0.10.5'
+        sdkVersion='0.10.6'
         versionCode=1
 
         compileSdkVersion=28

core/src/main/java/io/snabble/sdk/ProductDatabase.java

@@ -230,8 +230,19 @@ private void parseLastUpdateTimestamp() {
 
     void updateLastUpdateTimestamp(long timestamp) {
         putMetaData(METADATA_KEY_LAST_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP, String.valueOf(timestamp));
-        lastUpdateDate = new Date(timestamp);
-        Logger.d("Updating last update timestamp: %s", lastUpdateDate.toString());
+
+        try {
+            lastUpdateDate = new Date(timestamp);
+            Logger.d("Updating last update timestamp: %s", lastUpdateDate.toString());
+        } catch (AssertionError e) {
+            // Some Android 8 and 8.1 builds are faulty and throw an AssertionError when
+            // accessing time zone information
+            //
+            // Since this is only used for logging and we are fine with catching the error
+            // and not providing an alternative implementation
+            //
+            // see https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/110848122
+        }
     }
 
     /**