CRASH: Unable to delete SharedPreferences: prefs_name

I can see crashes in firebase caused by this, mostly on devices with android 8 and more (mostly Samsung devices).
App crashes during migration from shared preferences when trying to delete shared prefs.

Can somebody explain me why are you throwing IOException if deleteSharedPreferences() returns false on api >= 24, but you are silently continuing when prefs aren't able to delete on api < 24? Why can't you silently continue also for api >= 24?

Thank you for your answer.


Start by locating the migration code that calls deleteSharedPreferences() and compare its API >=24 and API <24 handling. Reproduce the failed deletion on an affected Android version, then verify the agreed behavior for deletion failure and cover it with the relevant test.

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