Fix a crash for SDK 28 and lower in ICU4J due to previous update

app/build.gradle

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.abhijitvalluri.android.fitnotifications"
         minSdkVersion 19
         targetSdkVersion 30
-        versionCode 44
-        versionName "2.11.0"
+        versionCode 45
+        versionName "2.11.1"
     }
     compileOptions {
         encoding "UTF-8"

app/release/output-metadata.json

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     {
       "type": "SINGLE",
       "filters": [],
-      "versionCode": 44,
-      "versionName": "2.11.0",
+      "versionCode": 45,
+      "versionName": "2.11.1",
       "outputFile": "app-release.apk"
     }
   ]

app/src/main/java/com/abhijitvalluri/android/fitnotifications/services/NLService.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import android.os.PowerManager;
 import android.service.notification.NotificationListenerService;
 import android.service.notification.StatusBarNotification;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
 import com.abhijitvalluri.android.fitnotifications.R;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
  */
 public class NLService extends NotificationListenerService {
 
+    private static final String LOG_TAG = "FitNotif_NLService";
     private static final Integer NOTIFICATION_ID = (int)((new Date().getTime() / 1000L) % Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 
     private static final MessageExtractor sDefaultExtractor = new GenericMessageExtractor();
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ public class NLService extends NotificationListenerService {
     private static int mNotifLimitDurationMillis;
 
     private DebugLog mDebugLog;
-    private TranslitUtil translitUtil;
+    private TranslitUtil translitUtil = null;
     private NotificationManager mNotificationManager;
     private AppSelectionsStore mAppSelectionsStore;
     private Map<String, Long> mLastNotificationTimeMap;
@@ -134,16 +136,17 @@ public void onCreate() {
         mNumSplitNotifications = preferences.getInt(
                 getString(R.string.num_split_notifications_key), Constants.DEFAULT_NUM_NOTIF);
         mDisplayAppName = preferences.getBoolean(getString(R.string.display_app_name_key), true);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
-        super.attachBaseContext(base);
 
-        // base context is needed to access Resources
         Resources res = getResources();
 
-        translitUtil = new TranslitUtil(res);
+        try {
+            translitUtil = new TranslitUtil(res);
+        } catch (Throwable e) { // FIXME: Ugly hack for now. Next app update should update the ICU4J lib, and/or clean up the transliteration code to fix these horrible errors! :)
+            if (mDebugLog.isEnabled()) {
+                mDebugLog.writeLog("Failed to initialize TranslitUtil class. icu4j Transliterator threw: " + e);
+            }
+            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Failed to initialize TranslitUtil class. icu4j Transliterator threw: " + e);
+        }
 
         // Telegram
         mMessageExtractors.put("org.telegram.messenger", new GroupSummaryMessageExtractor(res, true));
@@ -314,7 +317,7 @@ public void onNotificationPosted(final StatusBarNotification sbn) {
             notificationText = "[" + mAppSelectionsStore.getAppName(appPackageName) + "] " + notificationText;
         }
 
-        if (mTransliterateNotif) {
+        if (mTransliterateNotif && translitUtil != null) {
             notificationTitle = translitUtil.transliterate(notificationTitle);
             notificationText = translitUtil.transliterate(notificationText);
         }

app/src/main/java/com/abhijitvalluri/android/fitnotifications/utils/TranslitUtil.java

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
  * Some Latin symbols returned by ICU4J are not supported by Fitbit.
  * This class takes care of replacing them with the supported ones.
  */
-public class TranslitUtil {
-    private static final Transliterator ANY_TO_LATIN = Transliterator.getInstance("Any-Latin");
+public class TranslitUtil { // FIXME: See below (line 25)
+    private static final Transliterator ANY_TO_LATIN = Transliterator.getInstance("Any-Latin"); // FIXME: Throws a java.lang.NoSuchMethodError exception on SDK 28 and below (potentially buggy ICU4J lib, needs updating)
 
     private static final String TAG = "TranslitUtil";
 

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -449,12 +449,14 @@
        killers or at least allow them to keep the \"Fit Notifications\" service running.</p>
     ]]></string>
     <string name="whats_new_text"><![CDATA[
-    <p style=\"font-size: 140%;\">Changes in <b>version 2.11.0:</b></p>
+    <p style=\"font-size: 140%;\">Changes in <b>version 2.11.1:</b></p>
     <ul>
         <li>Updated app to support Android 11 platform, general stability improvements, bug fixes, and UI tweaks.<br /><br /></li>
         <li>Updated placeholder notification message and added an FAQ entry to explain the importance of placeholder
             notifications, and clarify potential issues when using the \"Dismiss placeholder notification\" setting in the app.<br /><br /></li>
         <li>Implemented a proper dark theme! Now the app should look even better when you use a system-wide dark/night theme!<br /><br /></li>
+        <li><b>Emergency update:</b> Fixed a crash observed in the previous update (2.11.0) that occurs on older Android devices.
+            This crash was due to the transliteration feature not initializing correctly on phones running Android 9 or lower.<br /></li>
     </ul>
     <p><b>Note: </b>If your Fitbit device does not vibrate but still receives notifications, then
        try enabling the \"Always Vibrate\" setting in the Fitbit app, under the \"Notifications\"