Catch Throwable instead of Exception

app/src/main/java/com/hippo/util/ExceptionUtils.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public final class ExceptionUtils {
     private static final String TAG = ExceptionUtils.class.getSimpleName();
 
     @NonNull
-    public static String getReadableString(@NonNull Exception e) {
+    public static String getReadableString(@NonNull Throwable e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
         if (e instanceof MalformedURLException) {
             return GetText.getString(R.string.error_invalid_url);
@@ -62,4 +62,15 @@ public final class ExceptionUtils {
             return GetText.getString(R.string.error_unknown);
         }
     }
+
+    public static void throwIfFatal(@NonNull Throwable t) {
+        // values here derived from https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava/issues/748#issuecomment-32471495
+        if (t instanceof VirtualMachineError) {
+            throw (VirtualMachineError) t;
+        } else if (t instanceof ThreadDeath) {
+            throw (ThreadDeath) t;
+        } else if (t instanceof LinkageError) {
+            throw (LinkageError) t;
+        }
+    }
 }

app/src/main/java/com/hippo/util/PackageUtils.java

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public final class PackageUtils {
             } else {
                 Log.e(TAG, "Can't find signature in package " + packageName);
             }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            ExceptionUtils.throwIfFatal(e);
             Log.e(TAG, "Can't find package " + packageName, e);
         }
         return null;