Candy Creek Android game - exiting out of game using the Kindle Fire's back button results in a "stopped unexpectedly" error message

Date: 04/14/2014

Candy Creek game (version 1.0) on the Kindle Fire

Description:

I just downloaded a game called Candy Creek onto my Kindle Fire.  The game is like Flappy Bird, but instead of a bird you send a winged carton of chocolate milk through an obstacle course of candy bars.

Anyways, there’s a funny little crash with the game.  If you use the Kindle Fire’s back button to exit from the game, and back into the Amazon Marketplace where you purchase the game, you’ll be presented with a notification that the game crashed.

If you exit out of the game using the Kindle Fire back button, you’ll be presented with a “Sorry” message that says, “The application Candy Creek (process com.iigemu.CandyCreek) has stopped unexpectedly.  Please try again.”

This is easier to show than to described, so please just see the attached screenshots.  This is the first time I’ve seen this with a game on the Kindle Fire.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.     On the Kindle Fire – Select “Apps” – Select “Store”

2.     Search for “Candy Creek” in the app store

3.     Download “Candy Creek” – launch the game using “Open”

4.     Exit out of the game using the Kindle Fire’s back button

5.     Note the “stopped unexpectedly” error message

Result:  Exiting out of “Candy Creek” using the Kindle Fire’s back button results in a “stopped unexpectedly” error message

Expected:  Exiting out of “Candy Creek” using the Kindle Fire’s back button should not result in a “stopped unexpectedly” error message

Launch Candy Creek from the App Store on the Amazon Kindle Fire.

Exit out of the game using the Kindle Fire's back button...

You'll be presented with a "stopped unexpectedly" error message - this isn't common on the Kindle Fire after exiting from games in the manner described above.