Android Question Can't add Starter service to legacy app

[Rusty]

I have an app written with B4a back in 2010. Back then, there was no Starter service to provide a standard entry point.
I wish to add a Starter service to my app, but when I do, it won't compile (even with B4a 6.5), it dies with:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service talkingsurvey.b4a.survey.starter: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.EOFException
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:2749)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800(ActivityThread.java:139)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1375)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:149)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5257)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:794)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:610)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.EOFException
at anywheresoftware.b4a.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:165)
at talkingsurvey.b4a.survey.starter.onCreate(starter.java:47)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:2739)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.io.EOFException
at java.io.DataInputStream.readByte(DataInputStream.java:77)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEventImpl(Shell.java:333)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEvent(Shell.java:247)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:134)
... 12 more

Any ideas on how to get a starter service to work with an old application?
Rusty

 

[DonManfred]

Without seeing your code it is hard to give advices
Try to uninstall The old App
Do a clean project
And install again

 

[Rusty]

I sent it to Erel on another matter last week, maybe he can take a look.
I just now created a brand new "clean" app with a starter, using version 6.5; added all my code to it; compiled it and got the same EOF error.

 

[Erel]

What happens in Release mode?