LongCatIsLooong 2fcda04790
Add error handling for Element lifecycle user callbacks (#173148)
This is for #172289, but since this fix is speculative so I'll wait for
the confirmation from the original reporters before closing the issue.

As a bonus this fixes #65655

The framework Element rebuild logic relies heavily on
`Element._lifecycleState` being correct. When a user-supplied lifecycle
callback (e.g., `State.deactivate`) fails the framework currently only
ensures that every `Element` in the tree has the right lifecycle state,
so an out-of-tree `Element` that is supposed to be disposed may still
have an `active` state and continue being rebuilt by the BuildScope
(because it's in the dirty list). See the comments in #172289

Also related:
#100777
Internal:
b/425298525 b/431537277
b/300829376 b/415724119 b/283614822

# TODO (in a different PR)
The original issue could also be caused by incorrect
`Element.updateChild` calls. If an `Element` subclass calls
`Element.updateChild` to add child but forgets to update its child list
accordingly (such that `visitChildren` misses that child), you'll get a
child Element that thinks it's a child of the parent but the parent
doesn't recognize the child so won't take that child into account during
reparenting or unmounting. This is a programmer error that we should try
to catch in the framework.

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