Android exception in MusicBroadcastReceiver - Service Intent must be explicit

[jmartine2]

I am recently experiencing a crash due to an exception in MusicBroadcastReceiver, in the second line below:

var stopIntent = new Intent(MediaPlayerService.ActionStop);
context.StartService(stopIntent);

The exception is:

Java.Lang.RuntimeException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.xamarin.action.STOP }

I googled this exception and found the this StackOverflow question about it. I think I get the gist of it's saying, but I'm not sure what exactly to change it to in this instance. Can anyone help?

[jmartine2]

Sorry, forgot to mention that this is Android.

[jmartine2]

This issue is still causing me problems. The exception happens in the following circumstance: If I'm playing music through a Bluetooth speaker, then turn off the speaker while the music is playing, the music switches to playing through the device's built-in speaker for a few seconds, then it crashes.

Just before the crash AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.OnReceieve() is called, and the call to context.StartService(stopIntent); causes the exception. I have included the stack trace below.

Has anyone else run into this issue?

Any idea of how to fix it?

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.xamarin.action.STOP }
android.app.ContextImpl.validateServiceIntent()ContextImpl.java:2052
android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon()ContextImpl.java:2090
android.app.ContextImpl.startService()ContextImpl.java:2065
android.content.ContextWrapper.startService()ContextWrapper.java:533
md5cb45d68da0a4a063a9a2b86b6adab38d.AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.n_onReceive(Native Method)
md5cb45d68da0a4a063a9a2b86b6adab38d.AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.onReceive()AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.java:29
android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver()ActivityThread.java:3002
android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800()ActivityThread.java:177
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage()ActivityThread.java:1526
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage()Handler.java:102
android.os.Looper.loop()Looper.java:145
android.app.ActivityThread.main()ActivityThread.java:5951
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke()Method.java:372
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run()ZygoteInit.java:1399
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main()ZygoteInit.java:1194
Xamarin caused by: Java.Lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.xamarin.action.STOP }
System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()exceptionservicescommon.cs:143
Java.Interop.JniEnvironment.InstanceMethods.CallObjectMethod(JniObjectReference instance, JniMethodInfo method, JniArgumentValue* args)JniEnvironment.g.cs:11283
Java.Interop.JniPeerMembers.JniInstanceMethods.InvokeVirtualObjectMethod(string encodedMember, IJavaPeerable self, JniArgumentValue* parameters)JniPeerMembers.JniInstanceMethods_Invoke.cs:350
Android.Content.ContextWrapper.StartService(Intent service)Android.Content.ContextWrapper.cs:3281
Plugin.MediaManager.AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.OnReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
Android.Content.BroadcastReceiver.n_OnReceive_Landroid_content_Context_Landroid_content_Intent_(IntPtr jnienv, IntPtr native__this, IntPtr native_context, IntPtr native_intent)Android.Content.BroadcastReceiver.cs:393
at (wrapper dynamic-method) System.Object:c3c05af8-86fe-4072-a8b3-4ecfaa76f1eb (intptr,intptr,intptr,intptr)
--- End of managed Java.Lang.IllegalArgumentException stack trace ---
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.xamarin.action.STOP }
android.app.ContextImpl.validateServiceIntent()ContextImpl.java:2052
android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon()ContextImpl.java:2090
android.app.ContextImpl.startService()ContextImpl.java:2065
android.content.ContextWrapper.startService()ContextWrapper.java:533
md5cb45d68da0a4a063a9a2b86b6adab38d.AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.n_onReceive(Native Method)
md5cb45d68da0a4a063a9a2b86b6adab38d.AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.onReceive()AudioPlayerBroadcastReceiver.java:29
android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver()ActivityThread.java:3002
android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800()ActivityThread.java:177
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage()ActivityThread.java:1526
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage()Handler.java:102
android.os.Looper.loop()Looper.java:145
android.app.ActivityThread.main()ActivityThread.java:5951
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke()Method.java:372
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run()ZygoteInit.java:1399
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main()ZygoteInit.java:1194

[jmartine2]

Nevermind. I figured out how to fix it. I will create a pull request for the change soon.