ToneGenerator causes Android crash

[millerbennett]

It appears that the debug sounds are causing at least my app to crash on startup.

Your Environment

• Plugin version: latest
• Platform: Android
• OS version: 7.1.1
• Device manufacturer and model: Nexus 5 emulator
• React Native version: 0.45.1
• Plugin configuration options:

desiredAccuracy: 100,
stationaryRadius: 100,
debug: false,
distanceFilter: 100,
stopOnTerminate: false,
startOnBoot: true,
interval: 60 * 1000,
locationProvider: BackgroundGeolocation.provider.ANDROID_DISTANCE_FILTER_PROVIDER

Context

Note that debug is set to false, but the debug tones still are getting triggered.

Possible Fix

I've found this StackOverflow thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13439051/tonegenerator-crash-android/13868360#13868360

Steps to Reproduce

I run this in my componentDidMount on startup (right now, just to test the usage of BackgroundGeolocation):

BackgroundGeolocation.configure({
      desiredAccuracy: 100,
      stationaryRadius: 100,
      debug: false,
      distanceFilter: 100,
      stopOnTerminate: false,
      startOnBoot: true,
      interval: 60 * 1000,
      locationProvider: BackgroundGeolocation.provider.ANDROID_DISTANCE_FILTER_PROVIDER
});
BackgroundGeolocation.start();

Debug logs

Process: com.moodleiosandroid, PID: 9223
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service com.marianhello.bgloc.LocationService@4939359 with Intent { flg=0x4 cmp=com.moodleiosandroid/com.marianhello.bgloc.LocationService (has extras) }: java.lang.RuntimeException: Init failed
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3343)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap21(ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1582)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Init failed
at android.media.ToneGenerator.native_setup(Native Method)
at android.media.ToneGenerator.(ToneGenerator.java:746)
at com.marianhello.bgloc.AbstractLocationProvider.onCreate(AbstractLocationProvider.java:52)
at com.tenforwardconsulting.bgloc.DistanceFilterLocationProvider.onCreate(DistanceFilterLocationProvider.java:86)
at com.marianhello.bgloc.LocationProviderFactory.getInstance(LocationProviderFactory.java:43)
at com.marianhello.bgloc.LocationService.onStartCommand(LocationService.java:237)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3326)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap21(ActivityThread.java) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1582) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776) 

[millerbennett]

Looks like this might affect Android versions 7 and above. After switching to Android 6 with the same configuration, I don't encounter this issue anymore.

[mauron85]

Notice: this issue has been closed because it has been inactive for 141 days. You may reopen this issue if it has been closed in error.

[mark-plukkido]

We just experienced this issue on a Huawei P10 Lite after about 53 minutes of app uptime and continuous location update processing. Attached is a raw crashlog.

report-2518520634360549999-1c2588e3-da3f-4de6-8a3e-23c867bae29b.txt

[mark-plukkido]

I've created a proposal to avoid this in release builds as a PR: mauron85/background-geolocation-android#28

Unfortunately I cannot pass the CircleCI testInstrumentation step as the $GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY might not have been properly formatted? The changeset is tested in local and on the same Huawei P10 Lite mobile phone.

[mauron85]

Instrumentation test failure is because circleci is not set to pass credentials with forked builds.

Pass secrets to builds from forked pull requests: OFF

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[thekarthiksankar]

@mauron85 @mark-plukkido @millerbennett
Hey guys,

I am getting this same crash only on a genymotion device which is used for automation testing.
We have a mic in the app. So whenever user clicks the mic, a tone will be played.
So I don't have a choice of removing it.

I just wanted to know, Have you guys figured out how to actually fix this crash or what is causing this crash?

[kempensp]

I'm having the crash happen on Android 11 (using an AppInventor extension based on ToneGenerator).