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5.17.0 has a crash on Android 6,NoClassDefFoundError

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile

Research direction

The report identifies a crash in release 5.17.0 on Android 6, but names no source file, test, stack trace, or reproducible steps beyond the attached image. Start by reproducing the crash with JNA 5.17.0 on Android 6 and inspect the resulting NoClassDefFoundError; done means identifying the missing class and verifying the crash no longer occurs.

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Description

feature request

Release 5.17.0 is out. I wanted to have a look at some other things, but time ran out, so just a small release.

Originally posted by @matthiasblaesing in #1647

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5.17.0 has a crash on Android 6

Can it be fixed as soon as possible? Our app is still unusable.

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