App crash when target Android SDK 31

[mattking-chip]

Describe what happened
When changing targetSdk and compileSdk to 31, including the dd-sdk-android dependency will cause a crash at startup:

    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: [REDACTED]: Targeting S+ (version 31 and above) requires that one of FLAG_IMMUTABLE or FLAG_MUTABLE be specified when creating a PendingIntent.
    Strongly consider using FLAG_IMMUTABLE, only use FLAG_MUTABLE if some functionality depends on the PendingIntent being mutable, e.g. if it needs to be used with inline replies or bubbles.
        at android.app.PendingIntent.checkFlags(PendingIntent.java:375)
        at android.app.PendingIntent.getBroadcastAsUser(PendingIntent.java:645)
        at android.app.PendingIntent.getBroadcast(PendingIntent.java:632)
        at androidx.work.impl.utils.ForceStopRunnable.getPendingIntent(ForceStopRunnable.java:196)
        at androidx.work.impl.utils.ForceStopRunnable.isForceStopped(ForceStopRunnable.java:128)
        at androidx.work.impl.utils.ForceStopRunnable.run(ForceStopRunnable.java:93)
        at androidx.work.impl.utils.SerialExecutor$Task.run(SerialExecutor.java:91)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:920)

Steps to reproduce the issue:

Change targetSdk and compileSdk to 31

Describe what you expected:

App runs without crash

Possible fixes
Including a dependency to androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.0-beta01 the problem goes away, so it appears a dependency of dd-sdk-android needs updating.

Additional context

• Android OS version: Android S (SDK 31)
• Device Model: Any
• Datadog SDK version: 1.10.0

[mariusc83]

Hi @mattking-chip,

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain and post this issue. We are indeed aware of this crash but unfortunately because the android work-runtime API is still in beta we are not going to make yet a release with this hotfix. What we propose instead in order to mitigate this issue for now is to force the usage of 2.7.0-beta01 version in your build.gradle resolution strategy:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force("androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.0-beta01")
    }
}

Once a stable version will be released by Google we will publish a new version of the Datadog SDK pointing to the latest version of work-runtime API.

[ribafish]

Note: Androidx WorkManager is now stable at 2.7.0 🎉

[xgouchet]

Thanks a lot @ribafish , we're upgrading our dependencies as we speak, this will be solved in a future version.

[pvegh]

Could this be prioritised as a patch release? We can't target 31 and we're blocked by this.

[xgouchet]

Hi @pvegh , did you try Marius's fix above :

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force("androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.0")
    }
}

[pvegh]

Hi, thanks but that would be a technical debt. Fixing a problem today but needing to act on it later. Possibly forgetting why it's there, so commenting it and all that. We are paying customers (not even that small) and would like correct and timely updates in these cases. Hope you can understand our standpoint :)

[xgouchet]

Hi @pvegh , we made a hotfix and released it, version 1.11.1. Let us know if you have any other issue with the SDK.