Scene Viewer crashes on Android devices when launching AR from model-viewer

[hasnain95083]

Description

Scene Viewer crashes immediately or after a few seconds when launching AR
on multiple Android devices. This is happening on our WebAR SaaS platform
(ScanAR) and affects multiple device types.

Affected Devices

• Redmi (MIUI V816.0.8.0.TGCMIXM, Android 13)
• Multiple other Android devices

Error

JNI DETECTED ERROR: java_class == null
ImplModelView.nSetMode crash in com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

Expected Behavior

Model should appear in AR on detected floor surface

Actual Behavior

Google app (Scene Viewer) crashes to home screen

Additional Notes

• Same crash happens on other WebAR sites (AR Code etc.)
• iPhone AR works perfectly with Quick Look
• Desktop 3D preview works fine
• This appears to be a Google-side regression

model-viewer version

Latest

[x8BitRain]

Can confirm this crashes, any AR intent links also crash:

intent://arvr.google.com/scene-viewer/1.0?file=https://modelviewer.dev/shared-assets/models/Astronaut.glb&mode=ar_only&resizable=false&enable_vertical_placement=true#Intent;scheme=https;package=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox;action=android.intent.action.VIEW;end

Pixel 8 Pro
Android 16