Only some users reporting “Resource Not Found” error. Does this make sense?

Question

I am seeing a a couple of errors coming up on Crittercism (Crash reporting service) for my published Android app. The trace is the following:

0   java.io.IOE         


        

Answer 1

I see similar, infrequent reports from a popular free app. I haven't reproduced it so far. There are various references to this problem sprinkled around the web, not all involving Android.

One clue: the ZoneInfoMap is a resource file in the original jar, not a class. So if any of the various app markets was stripping out non-class information (e.g. unjar then re-jar), ZoneInfoMap would be a candidate. Likewise, if any classloader utility had an issue, for security or stupidity, with non-class resources, ZoneInfoMap would be a candidate.

Another angle: could the problematic runtime environment have its own joda-time jar earlier in the classpath, one that lacks a /data/ segment?

Bottom line: seems like this is another example of the Wild West of Android, one that I've learned to ignore until I can find a repro.