Android Question SDK31 Android12 can't executing services on background ... Error: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false

[scsjc]

After installing and using sdk 31, the services that run when the application is in the background throw the following error:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.xxxxxxxxx.starter$starter_BR: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service com.xxxxxxxxxx/.starter


I have read something that there is a possibility using a "work-runtime" in stackoverflow

Fatal Android 12: Exception: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false

I noticed one exception (Firebase Crashlytics) for Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a (both on Android 12), no other devices, happened only two times, one time for each device. What does it mean? Android 11 and 12

stackoverflow.com

implementation 'androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.1'
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:27.0.1-android'

Does anyone have a solution to be able to run in the background without error?

 

[Erel]

Are you using StartServiceAt? What is the use case?

 

[scsjc]

Are you using StartServiceAt? What is the use case?

Yes I'm using the StartServiceAt, based on your Background location tracking https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/background-ubicación-seguimiento.99873/
Could you update this example to try to make it compatible with sdk31 ?

 

[Erel]

The problem is that you mostly can no longer start services while the app is in the background. That example will actually work as it creates the foreground service while the app is in the foreground. Maybe you can do something similar.

 

[scsjc]

The problem is that you mostly can no longer start services while the app is in the background. That example will actually work as it creates the foreground service while the app is in the foreground. Maybe you can do something similar.

I use a code based 100% on the example but reports error.
The example has StartServiceAt and the only solution is to disable it, right?

I thought that applying ... android:foregroundServiceType, "location" ... would not happen

SetServiceAttribute(Tracker, android:foregroundServiceType, "location")

how could it be improved?

 

[scsjc]

El problema es que, en su mayoría, ya no puede iniciar los servicios mientras la aplicación está en segundo plano. Ese ejemplo realmente funcionó, ya que crea el servicio en primer plano mientras la aplicación está en primer plano. Tal vez puedas hacer algo similar.

I stopped using StartServiceAt, and it seems to less bug now.
Do you think there could be solutions so that the process stays in the background...

-> StartServiceOnExact (<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM" />)
-> Disable battery optimizations for the app (ACTION_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATION_SETTINGS)

 

[Erel]

The example has StartServiceAt and the only solution is to disable it, right?

Yes. I will update the example.

StartServiceOnExact (<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM" />)

Check this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/74017069
It requires a special permission on Android 13 that you need to ask the user for.