Android: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false

Everything works fine when the app activity is running (in foreground or background).

But when the app is killed, the app starts in headless mode and then fires the notification as a Foreground Service. In this scenario, the notification does not show and notifee throws this error:

Error: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service app.notifee.core.ForegroundService
    at Object.promiseMethodWrapper [as displayNotification] (NativeModules.js:106:51)
    at NotifeeApiModule._this.displayNotification (NotifeeApiModule.js:265:32)

If I set asForegroundService to false, the notification will show but without any styling.

I am on latest notifee version 5.4.1.

This is definitely related to Android 12 and the new Foreground Service restrictions imposed on apps, but according to this, my case should be exempt from these restrictions, since my app meets this exception Your app receives a high priority message using FCM.

[mikehardy]

Any java code imported in the app’s symbol space is available as an API, you can just call things I think

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