Context.startForegroundService did not then call Service.startForeground

Question

It's mine BroadcastReciever class. The class working on Boot phone status.

Code ;

public class BroadCastRecieverBoot extends BroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent ıntent) {
        if(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.equals(ıntent.getAction()))
        {
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
                context.startForegroundService(new Intent(context, MyService.class));
                context.startForegroundService(new Intent(context, GPSTracker.class));
            } else {
                context.startService(new Intent(context, MyService.class));
                context.startService(new Intent(context, GPSTracker.class));
            }
        }
    }
}

I get This Error ;

     android.app.RemoteServiceException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()


    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1792)

at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)                                            

        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)                                                   

        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6523)                                        

        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)                                                   

        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)

        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:857)

It doesn't work on Android Oreo now. I don't know what is the mistake of that.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44425584/context-startforegroundservice-did-not-then-call-service-startforeground — Crammeur, Aug 01 '18 at 16:14
Possible duplicate of [Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44425584/context-startforegroundservice-did-not-then-call-service-startforeground) — Avinash Kumar, Aug 08 '18 at 06:10
Check out here! [Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()](https://stackoverflow.com/a/58528446/9636618) — Sepehr, Oct 24 '19 at 08:54
Finally the issue is solved for our application https://stackoverflow.com/a/72754189/12228079 — Kunal Kalwar, Jul 02 '22 at 11:44

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '18 at 12:41

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According to official document of Android 8.0 Background Execution Limits

Android 8.0 introduces the new method startForegroundService() to start a new service in the foreground. After the system has created the service, the app has five seconds to call the service's startForeground() method to show the new service's user-visible notification. If the app does not call startForeground() within the time limit, the system stops the service and declares the app to be ANR.

So, make sure you have started ongoing notification by calling startForeground (int id, Notification notification) in the onCreate() method of your service.

Note: Apps targeting API Build.VERSION_CODES.P or later must request the permission Manifest.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE in order to use this API.

answered Sep 24 '18 at 12:41

Priyank Patel

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Apps targeting `API 27` but getting crashes on `Build.VERSION_CODES.P` – Sagar Feb 08 '19 at 07:13
@Sagar Have you started the notification using `startForeground(int id, Notification notification)` method in your service class? – Priyank Patel Feb 08 '19 at 08:03
yes I have started the notification using `startForeground(int id, Notification notification)` – Sagar Feb 08 '19 at 08:10
@Sagar Can you post a new question with your crash logs? Send me link of that, I will surely help you if I can. – Priyank Patel Feb 08 '19 at 13:35
i add this `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` it's working – Gowthaman M May 23 '19 at 06:48
@GowthamanM have you experience any performance issue with adding that permission? – Limyandi Vico Trico Aug 19 '20 at 10:17
@LimyandiVicoTrico Becase of permission you will not get the performance issuse....There is issues in your service please check your service class – Gowthaman M Aug 19 '20 at 11:10
still it is not working – Jithish P N Dec 30 '21 at 05:13

Context.startForegroundService did not then call Service.startForeground

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