ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException

Albert Vaca Cintora albertvaka at gmail.com
Tue Oct 8 21:00:16 BST 2024 

Not sure how to debug this, but it's interesting. Did this start happening
recently? Does version 1.32.5 fix it? If not, does allowing kdeconnect to
send notifications fix it? Or uninstalling and installing again?

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 11:10 PM Michael Wagner <michael.wagner at gmx.at>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using KDE Connect 1.32.2 (downloaded APK from F-Droid) on a Galaxy
> S22 with Android v14. Android complains that KDE Connect crashes repeatedly.
>
> In logcat I found following Exceptions:
>
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime: Process:
> org.kde.kdeconnect_tp, PID: 30945
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service
> org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService at ddb2aad with null: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException:
> Service.startForeground() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false:
> service org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5286)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs(Unknown Source:0)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2531)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8919)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:578)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException:
> Service.startForeground() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false:
> service org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app
> .ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel(ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:54)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app
> .ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel(ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:50)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal(Parcel.java:4882)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:4864)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3064)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3053)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3036)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2978)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground(IActivityManager.java:7234)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.Service.startForeground(Service.java:862)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService$$ExternalSyntheticApiModelOutline0.m(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService.onStartCommand(BackgroundService.java:276)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5268)
> 09-23 18:43:15.760 30945 30945 E AndroidRuntime:        ... 9 more
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime: Process:
> org.kde.kdeconnect_tp, PID: 30977
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service
> org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService at ddb2aad with null: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException:
> Service.startForeground() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false:
> service org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5286)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs(Unknown Source:0)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2531)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8919)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:578)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException:
> Service.startForeground() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false:
> service org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app
> .ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel(ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:54)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at android.app
> .ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel(ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:50)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal(Parcel.java:4882)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readParcelable(Parcel.java:4864)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3064)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3053)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3036)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2978)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground(IActivityManager.java:7234)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.Service.startForeground(Service.java:862)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService$$ExternalSyntheticApiModelOutline0.m(R8$$SyntheticClass:0)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> org.kde.kdeconnect.BackgroundService.onStartCommand(BackgroundService.java:276)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        at
> android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5268)
> 09-23 18:43:17.085 30977 30977 E AndroidRuntime:        ... 9 more
>
> Is this a bug, or just a lack of permissions? Do I need to grant something
> manually?
>
> Br,
> Michael
>
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