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Library crash after play-services-gcm:12.0.0 update.

See original GitHub issue

My app started crashing after updating com.google.android:play-services-gcm from 11.8.0 to 12.0.0. Crash appears in your library. Error is following:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The GcmTaskService class you provided com.evernote.android.job.gcm.PlatformGcmService does not seem to support receiving com.google.android.gms.gcm.ACTION_TASK_READY

Tested on 4.4.2.

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:7
Comments:39 (1 by maintainers)

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maximrahliscommented, Apr 10, 2018

I temporarily fixed it with by adding the service declaration in manifest:

    <!-- Patch fixing issue of evernote SDK with new gcm 12.0.1 -->
    <service
        android:name="com.evernote.android.job.gcm.PlatformGcmService"
        android:enabled="true"
        android:exported="true"
        android:permission="com.google.android.gms.permission.BIND_NETWORK_TASK_SERVICE"
        tools:replace="android:enabled" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.gms.gcm.ACTION_TASK_READY" />
        </intent-filter>
    </service>

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tdtrancommented, Apr 18, 2018

I spent a couple of hours debugging. This is what I found:

GcmNetworkManager behavior changed in Play services v 12.x and later. It calls PackageManager.queryIntentServices to find registered services which have com.google.android.gms.gcm.ACTION_TASK_READY. This is not new.
What’s new is GcmNetworkManager now runs an additional check on the returned List<ResolveInfo>. It checks if resolveInfo.serviceInfo.enabled == true. Per official Android documentation the values in serviceInfo are from service declaration in app manifest.
android-job declares com.evernote.android.job.gcm.PlatformGcmService in the library manifest with android:enabled="false". The service is enabled programatically via code. The check in (2) only sees the static value in the manifest.