App is getting crashed when service wants to stop

Question

I have started a service like this:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
    context.startForegroundService(intent);
} else {
    context.startService(intent);
}

But when I want to stop this service then I faced an error which is:

android.app.RemoteServiceException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1768)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6501)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:807)

To resolve this error I tried: 1.Used stopSelf(); in onDestroy() method. 2. Used startForeground(0, new Notification()); in the onCreate() method.

But the error still remains. I searched a lot on StackOverflow and android official websites also. Can't find any suitable answer to solve my problem. By the way, this error starts from Android OREO version.

have u check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44425584/context-startforegroundservice-did-not-then-call-service-startforeground — AskNilesh, Sep 18 '18 at 06:01
check here - https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/76112072 — Sachin Rajput, Sep 18 '18 at 06:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 06:56

As mentioned here

"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."

App is getting crashed when service wants to stop

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