I have a published release with build 3294, will get back to you w/ results after sufficient time has elapsed to measure effect.
(Updated: This issue RE: runtime error caused by widget.lua has been moved to https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/72782-runtime-error-caused-by-widgetlua/))
@Rob, can anything be done to eliminate the line 27 error in Widget.lua, short of me creating my own version? I’ve done well to remain a Pro version user, because I don’t want to extend the time of creating builds. So, I’d really appreciate if my post details above about the widget.lua error can be fixed in the default version.
Troy, I would appreciate it if you would start a new thread about this since it has nothing to do with ANR’s. There is an older thread, but it’s archived. In that thread it sounds like there was an attempt to fix it. Also @roaminggamer said he had filed a bug report and perhaps it got closed after our attempt to fix this issue.
Rob
I just posted a version of my game using the 3294 build. Wait until tomorrow to see the results. Thank you for releasing this attempt to fix, hopefully solve!
Att.,
Joéver
Per @Rob’s request, I’ve created a different Topic specific to: Runtime Error caused by widget.lua at https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/72782-runtime-error-caused-by-widgetlua/
I just checked that the problem below continues! 
Broadcast of Intent { act=android.intent.action.SCREEN_OFF flg=0x50000010 }
“main” prio=5 tid=1 Blocked | group=“main” sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x73855268 self=0xaab85400 | sysTid=15186 nice=-4 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0xad827534 | state=S schedstat=( 0 0 0 ) utm=125 stm=69 core=3 HZ=100 | stack=0xbe74e000-0xbe750000 stackSize=8MB | held mutexes=
at com.ansca.corona.Controller.stop (Controller.java:263)
- waiting to lock <0x08b3cd4e> (a com.ansca.corona.Controller) held by thread 11
at com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity.requestSuspendCoronaRuntime (CoronaActivity.java:2005)
at com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity.onPause (CoronaActivity.java:1828)
at android.app.Activity.performPause (Activity.java:6806)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnPause (Instrumentation.java:1322)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivityIfNeeded (ActivityThread.java:3752)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivity (ActivityThread.java:3729)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performPauseActivity (ActivityThread.java:3703)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handlePauseActivity (ActivityThread.java:3677)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap16 (ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1492)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6146)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke! (Native method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:865)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:755)
“GLThread 15925” tid=11 Native
“GLThread 15925” prio=5 tid=11 Native | group=“main” sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x12c130e0 self=0xa1d6ee00 | sysTid=15202 nice=0 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0x946c3920 | state=R schedstat=( 0 0 0 ) utm=1180 stm=167 core=3 HZ=100 | stack=0x945c1000-0x945c3000 stackSize=1038KB | held mutexes=
#00 pc 000000000001629c /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libmpg123.so (INT123_synth_1to1+996)
#01 pc 0000000000011798 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libmpg123.so (???)
#02 pc 000000000000e94c /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libmpg123.so (INT123_do_layer3+3940)
#03 pc 000000000000ef90 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libmpg123.so (???)
#04 pc 000000000000fffc /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libmpg123.so (mpg123_decode+144)
#05 pc 00000000000100f4 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libmpg123.so (mpg123_read+32)
#06 pc 000000000000d16d /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libalmixer.so (???)
#07 pc 000000000000c1a5 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libalmixer.so (SoundDecoder_Decode+68)
#08 pc 000000000000c1f3 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libalmixer.so (SoundDecoder_DecodeAll+54)
#09 pc 0000000000006cb1 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libalmixer.so (???)
#10 pc 000000000000a105 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libalmixer.so (ALmixer_LoadSample+104)
#11 pc 0000000000130edc /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#12 pc 000000000010f6cc /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#13 pc 000000000000cc1c /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/liblua.so (???)
#14 pc 000000000001ce30 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/liblua.so (???)
#15 pc 000000000000d068 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/liblua.so (???)
#16 pc 000000000000c374 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/liblua.so (???)
#17 pc 000000000000d1e0 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/liblua.so (???)
#18 pc 00000000000055b8 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/liblua.so (lua_pcall+88)
#19 pc 0000000000107000 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#20 pc 000000000009adac /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#21 pc 00000000001411ec /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#22 pc 000000000008d4c0 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#23 pc 00000000000716bd /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/oat/arm/base.odex (Java_com_ansca_corona_JavaToNativeShim_nativeRender__J+80)
at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.nativeRender (Native method)
at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.render (JavaToNativeShim.java:195)
at com.ansca.corona.Controller.updateRuntimeState (Controller.java:347)
at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.CoronaGLSurfaceView$CoronaRenderer.onDrawFrame (CoronaGLSurfaceView.java:425)
at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun (GLSurfaceView.java:1623)
at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run (GLSurfaceView.java:1378)
@everyone: Per @Rob’s request, can you all move your reported issues of runtime errors caused by widget.lua to this new forum topic? https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/72782-runtime-error-caused-by-widgetlua/) - then, update all your previous related posts to point to this new location, should anyone in the future search on runtime errors caused by widget.lua - Thanks in advance everyone.
@joeversh, have all your users updated yet? Is there something that says that error is happening with the most recent release or did you get the crash while testing the app?
@Rob, in the Google console it is possible to filter by APK version. I’m just looking at the last version I generated today!
@Rob, this problem also continues…
executing service com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria/shared.google.play.services.base.PackageStateChangedService
shared.google.play.services.base.PackageStateChangedService
“main” prio=5 tid=1 Native | group=“main” sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x75a306d0 self=0xe8e85400 | sysTid=31902 nice=0 cgrp=default sched=0/0 handle=0xec4d7534 | state=S schedstat=( 0 0 0 ) utm=63 stm=22 core=0 HZ=100 | stack=0xff31e000-0xff320000 stackSize=8MB | held mutexes=
#00 pc 0000000000017520 /system/lib/libc.so (syscall+28)
#01 pc 00000000000477bf /system/lib/libc.so (pthread_join+146)
#02 pc 0000000000015b58 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libopenal.so (alcDestroyContext+516)
#03 pc 0000000000008ed7 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libalmixer.so (ALmixer_Quit+230)
#04 pc 000000000012ed34 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#05 pc 0000000000131168 /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#06 pc 000000000014126c /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#07 pc 000000000002bf9c /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (???)
#08 pc 000000000002f38c /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/lib/arm/libcorona.so (Java_com_ansca_corona_JavaToNativeShim_nativeDone+28)
#09 pc 00000000000716bd /data/app/com.gmail.joever.hoffman.Jogo_da_Memoria-1/oat/arm/base.odex (Java_com_ansca_corona_JavaToNativeShim_nativeDone__J+80)
at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.nativeDone (Native method)
at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.destroy (JavaToNativeShim.java:290)
at com.ansca.corona.Controller.destroy (Controller.java:286)
- locked <0x01f20bf8> (a com.ansca.corona.Controller)
at com.ansca.corona.CoronaRuntime.dispose (CoronaRuntime.java:88)
at com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity.onDestroy (CoronaActivity.java:1736)
at android.app.Activity.performDestroy (Activity.java:7195)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnDestroy (Instrumentation.java:1161)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performDestroyActivity (ActivityThread.java:4573)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleDestroyActivity (ActivityThread.java:4609)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap7 (ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1692)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6682)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke! (Native method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1520)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1410)
This is bizzare, because 3294 shouldn’t have pthread_join which seems to cause ANR…
Btw, I’d appreciate if you would use some service, like https://pastebin.com/ to share full crashlogs for future.
But for now we have another fix in workings.
Any news on these issues?
I’m also very interested in those issues, because my ANR-Rate is about 2.3% and most of the ANRs are of kind:
shared.google.play.services.base.PackageStateChangedService
and
Broadcast of Intent { act=android.intent.action.SCREEN\_OFF flg=0x50200010 (has extras) }
Best regards!
I’m getting too many ANR’s too. It’s affecting ranking. I assume there’s no way for the Corona Engine to try/catch situations that could cause ANR’s and keep the app alive? Or have some other thread running so that the App isn’t considered crashed by the Android OS?
John_M, ANR means Application Not Responding. Basically UI thread is blocked by something. It is not a crash. There isn’t a place you can wrap in try/catch because no exception is thrown. We were not able to reproduce now it happens.
However we try to reason about code. Daily 2018.3306 should fix most of ANRs. Make sure to test your app severely.