Android Question How to start httputil2service in foreground while the app is in background?

[toby]

Dim J As HttpJob
J.Initialize("J",Me)
J.PostString(url , data )

Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
Log(phpFile & ": j.GetString=" & j.GetString)

My app works fine in foreground; if I put it in the background by tapping Home button, after 3 successful httpjob calls, the app crashed with following error messages during the 4th httpjob call.

Could someone kindly give me som hint on how to fix the error, please?

TIA

** Service (starter) Destroy (ignored)**
** Service (httputils2service) Destroy **

Service started in the background. Trying to start again in foreground mode.
java.lang.RuntimeException: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service com.deedeegroup.quisila/.httputils2service
at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common$12.run(Common.java:1215)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8669)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1135)
Caused by: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service com.deedeegroup.quisila/.httputils2service
at android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel(ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:54)
at android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel(ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:50)
at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:3346)
at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:2433)
at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:2422)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2405)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2347)
at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.startService(IActivityManager.java:6968)
at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1927)
at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:1893)
at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:798)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.StartServiceImpl(Common.java:924)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common.StartService(Common.java:911)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.Common$12.run(Common.java:1183)
... 8 more
Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.startServiceLocked(ActiveServices.java:771)
at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.startServiceLocked(ActiveServices.java:679)
at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.startService(ActivityManagerService.java:14102)
at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub.onTransact(IActivityManager.java:2960)
at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onTransact(ActivityManagerService.java:3036)

 

[toby]

It has something to do with Android versions.
No problem on Android 8.0 while the problem exists on Android 12.

 

[toby]

It also fails on Android 13 phone

 

[toby]

I use a timer to call the httpjob, BTW.

 

[GraemeW]

OkHttpUtils2 v3.02

All previous versions of OkHttpUtils2 relied on a service. As it is no longer possible to start services when the app starts in the background, this configuration is problematic and it will fail in such cases (https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/receivers-and-httpjob.146181). In the new...

www.b4x.com

You probably need to update your services to receivers..

 

[Erel]

You need to update to latest version of B4A.

 

[toby]

probably need to update your services to receivers

need to update to latest version of B4A

I have the latest version 12.20 which still contains okhttputils2 3.01, not 3.02

 

[Erel]

You are correct. You need to manually update it: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/okhttputils2-v3-02.146185