[android] - handle destroying activity programmatically as part of theme switching (#10589)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
index 2d2dc03022..1f8faf0231 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
@@ -416,8 +416,12 @@ public class MapView extends FrameLayout {
   public void onDestroy() {
     destroyed = true;
     mapCallback.clearOnMapReadyCallbacks();
-    nativeMapView.destroy();
-    nativeMapView = null;
+
+    if (nativeMapView != null) {
+      // null when destroying an activity programmatically mapbox-navigation-android/issues/503
+      nativeMapView.destroy();
+      nativeMapView = null;
+    }
 
     if (mapRenderer != null) {
       mapRenderer.onDestroy();