Android apps using Admob ads start dropping en masse

In English-speaking countries, starting on Monday, Android applications using Admob ads began to fly out in large numbers. Most complaints come from the United States.


The developers note that a large number of bugs are reported with the following stack

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.append0 (AbstractStringBuilder.java:156)
at java.lang.StringBuilder.append (StringBuilder.javahaps11)
at libcore.net .UriCodec.appendEncoded (UriCodec.java:114)
at libcore.net.UriCodec.appendPartiallyEncoded (UriCodec.java:142)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.toExternalForm (URLStreamHandler.java:281)
at java.net.URL.toURen URL.java► 1010)
at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine. (HttpEngine.java:192)
at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.newHttpEngine (HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:256)
at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.initHttpEngine (HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:243)
at libcore.net.httponn.plplntpplnnt.plplntp.plphntplnp.httplnp.httplonn.httplntp.httpln.httpconn.httpln.httpln.hp )
at w.run (Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:856)

For example, I have more than 1000 such bugs. The

drops do not depend on which version of the Admob SDK you are using.

Admob suggests that the reason was some kind of ad. But they don’t know which one yet.