fix crash by adding a safe call for hardwareModel

app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/MetricsViewModel.kt

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import com.geeksville.mesh.repository.api.DeviceHardwareRepository
 import com.geeksville.mesh.repository.api.FirmwareReleaseRepository
 import com.geeksville.mesh.repository.datastore.RadioConfigRepository
 import com.geeksville.mesh.service.ServiceAction
+import com.geeksville.mesh.util.safeNumber
 import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
@@ -260,8 +261,9 @@ constructor(
                 .onEach { (node, ourNode) ->
                     // Create a fallback node if not found in database (for hidden clients, etc.)
                     val actualNode = node ?: createFallbackNode(destNum)
-                    val deviceHardware =
-                        actualNode.user.hwModel.number.let { deviceHardwareRepository.getDeviceHardwareByModel(it) }
+                    val deviceHardware = actualNode.user.hwModel.safeNumber().let { 
+                        deviceHardwareRepository.getDeviceHardwareByModel(it) 
+                    }
                     _state.update { state ->
                         state.copy(
                             node = actualNode,

app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import com.geeksville.mesh.ui.common.components.MainMenuAction
 import com.geeksville.mesh.ui.node.components.NodeMenuAction
 import com.geeksville.mesh.util.getShortDate
 import com.geeksville.mesh.util.positionToMeter
+import com.geeksville.mesh.util.safeNumber
 import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
@@ -228,8 +229,8 @@ constructor(
     val deviceHardware: StateFlow<DeviceHardware?> =
         ourNodeInfo
             .mapNotNull { nodeInfo ->
-                nodeInfo?.user?.hwModel?.let {
-                    deviceHardwareRepository.getDeviceHardwareByModel(it.number).getOrNull()
+                nodeInfo?.user?.hwModel?.let { hwModel ->
+                    deviceHardwareRepository.getDeviceHardwareByModel(hwModel.safeNumber()).getOrNull()
                 }
             }
             .stateIn(scope = viewModelScope, started = SharingStarted.WhileSubscribed(5_000), initialValue = null)

app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/util/HardwareModelExtensions.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Meshtastic LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.geeksville.mesh.util
+
+import com.geeksville.mesh.MeshProtos
+import com.geeksville.mesh.android.BuildUtils.warn
+
+/**
+ * Safely extracts the hardware model number from a HardwareModel enum.
+ * 
+ * This function handles unknown enum values gracefully by catching IllegalArgumentException
+ * and returning a fallback value. This prevents crashes when the app receives data
+ * from devices with hardware models not yet defined in the current protobuf version.
+ * 
+ * @param fallbackValue The value to return if the enum is unknown (defaults to 0 for UNSET)
+ * @return The hardware model number, or the fallback value if the enum is unknown
+ */
+fun MeshProtos.HardwareModel.safeNumber(fallbackValue: Int = 0): Int {
+    return try {
+        this.number
+    } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+        warn("Unknown hardware model enum value: $this, using fallback value: $fallbackValue")
+        fallbackValue
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the hardware model is a known/supported value.
+ * 
+ * @return true if the hardware model is known and supported, false otherwise
+ */
+fun MeshProtos.HardwareModel.isKnown(): Boolean {
+    return try {
+        this.number
+        true
+    } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+        false
+    }
+}