[bug] Unable to start service TrackPlayer from background

[sampie777]

View details in Rollbar: https://app.rollbar.com/a/sa.jansen1/fix/item/hymnbook/236

android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: Service.startForeground() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service nl.sajansen.hymnbook2/com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService
  android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:54)
  android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:50)
  android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal (Parcel.java:4882)
  android.os.Parcel.readParcelable (Parcel.java:4864)
  android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull (Parcel.java:3064)
  android.os.Parcel.createException (Parcel.java:3053)
  android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:3036)
  android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:2978)
  android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground (IActivityManager.java:7214)
  android.app.Service.startForeground (Service.java:775)
  com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService.startAndStopEmptyNotificationToAvoidANR (MusicService.kt:123)
  com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService.onStartCommand (MusicService.kt:98)
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs (ActivityThread.java:5268)
  android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs (Unknown source)
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2531)
  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:230)
  android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:319)
  android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8893)
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:-2)
  com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:608)
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1103)
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService@7af617a with null: android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: Service.startForeground() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service nl.sajansen.hymnbook2/com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs (ActivityThread.java:5286)
  android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs (Unknown source)
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2531)
  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:230)
  android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:319)
  android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8893)
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:-2)
  com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:608)
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1103)

Another stack trace:
View details in Rollbar: https://app.rollbar.com/a/sa.jansen1/fix/item/hymnbook/238

android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service nl.sajansen.hymnbook2/com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService
  android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:54)
  android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:50)
  android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal (Parcel.java:4787)
  android.os.Parcel.readParcelable (Parcel.java:4755)
  android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull (Parcel.java:3018)
  android.os.Parcel.createException (Parcel.java:3007)
  android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:2990)
  android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:2932)
  android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.startService (IActivityManager.java:6214)
  android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon (ContextImpl.java:1967)
  android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService (ContextImpl.java:1933)
  android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService (ContextWrapper.java:839)
  android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService (ContextWrapper.java:839)
  com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.module.MusicModule.setupPlayer (MusicModule.kt:239)
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:-2)
  com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaMethodWrapper.invoke (JavaMethodWrapper.java:372)
  com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaModuleWrapper.invoke (JavaModuleWrapper.java:188)
  com.facebook.jni.NativeRunnable.run (NativeRunnable.java:-2)
  android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:942)
  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:99)
  com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage (MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:27)
  android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:226)
  android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:313)
  com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$4.run (MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:228)
  java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:1012)

Possible solution:
doublesymmetry/react-native-track-player#1986 (comment)

[bradfloodx]

I'm also getting this error a lot in PROD on latest RNTP

[sampie777]

Appears to only happen on an Android SM-A235F device. Android 13 & 14.

[sampie777]

The proposed solution is for an older version of react-native-track-player. 4.0.1 already has this solution implemented (https://github.com/doublesymmetry/react-native-track-player/blob/9aded62a405e75b0940d3556e1517447363f5153/android/src/main/java/com/doublesymmetry/trackplayer/service/MusicService.kt#L103)

I've posted a comment to one of the open issues: doublesymmetry/react-native-track-player#2244 (comment)

So now we wait until someone finds a fix.

[sampie777]

Applied fix from doublesymmetry/react-native-track-player#2244 (comment) in commit 5dfc0f0. Let's see how that goes.