[speech to text] Android: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown pattern character 'X' when instantiating the service

[DavidHormigo]

Hi,

I found a bug when using the Speech to text service on Android (I know that was already reported on #76 and #677):

Caused by java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown pattern character 'X'
java.text.SimpleDateFormat.validatePatternCharacter (SimpleDateFormat.java:323)
java.text.SimpleDateFormat.validatePattern (SimpleDateFormat.java:312)
java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init> (SimpleDateFormat.java:365)
java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init> (SimpleDateFormat.java:258)
com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.util.DateDeserializer.<init> (DateDeserializer.java:52)
com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.util.GsonSingleton.registerTypeAdapters (GsonSingleton.java:53)
com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.util.GsonSingleton.createGson (GsonSingleton.java:42)
com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.util.GsonSingleton.getGsonWithoutPrettyPrinting (GsonSingleton.java:76)
com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.speech_to_text.v1.SpeechToText.<clinit> (SpeechToText.java:119)
innvaria.com.watson.view.HomeActivity$3.onClick (HomeActivity.java:87)
android.view.View.performClick (View.java:5265)
android.view.View$PerformClick.run (View.java:21534)
android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:815)
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:104)
android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:207)
android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:5683)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:789)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:679)

I'm using Android 6.0 (Android API 21) and using JDK 1.7

[markwinap]

im also having the same issue will building for android sdk 22. I hope this issue is resolved soon but im having this issue with the ConversationService

[germanattanasio]

I'm on it. Give me a few hours

[germanattanasio]

@DavidHormigo Once I merge #691 it will be in sonatype snapshots.
Check the readme for instructions on how to use the snapshot repository. It will be great if you can validate that this issue was fixed

[DavidHormigo]

Hi @germanattanasio , there's no reference on readme on how to use snapshots. I figured it out and you have to add to your gradle file the repository
allprojects {
repositories {
maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
}
}

And in your dependecies change the version to point to the snapshot, in speech to text case:
compile('com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud:speech-to-text:3.8.1-SNAPSHOT')

After changing this the bug is fixed.

Thanks !

[shekharsaini]

Thanx buddy It works.......#Atul