Syncthing-android: 1.2.2.2 immediately force closing on launch

[wangmaster]

I just got 1.2.2.2 and was excited that the android 10 issue was supposed to be fixed, but it now crashes immediately at start.

System logs on feedback show:
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: startForeground froom pid=xxxxx uid=xxxxx requires android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE

This is on a pixel 2 xl and pixel 2 with syncthing 1.2.2.2. I cleared data on one of the devices and it started up with the initial wizard but then crashed as soon as completing the wizard steps

[aamadorj]

Same issue here, but it's happening with Android 9, after Play Store updated the previous version of the app. I tried clearing cache but it didn't fix the immediate crash at start.

[hijewpositive]

Same thing on Pixel 3 w/Android 10

[sinatosk]

Same issue on Pixel 3a xl on Android 10

[kafji]

Happen on my S10 on Android 9 as well.

Stacktrace:

I think this commit, c9a1b2b04828fd6325856e8fdc35d7bae6c1bd2b, that causes the issue.

[wangmaster]

Looks like this was a documented change for api version 28 and higher:
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/android-9.0-changes-28

I'm not an android developer by any stretch, so don't feel comfortable doing a PR but this doesn't look like anything too ugly to fix.

[TrentSPalmer]

Confirm, v1.2.2.2 crashing on Moto X4 Android One, and on a Pixel XL, but v1.2.0 still works fine on another Pixel.

[xzsk2]

I add the FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission and build it myself, everything works fine.
Easy to fix but I don't really know how to make a proper PR.

[AudriusButkevicius]

You can modify the text file with github editor.

[kafji]

@wangmaster @xzsk2 Yup, adding that permssion solve the crash issue.

I've submitted a PR for it https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/pull/1401.

[kafji]

Welp, just noticed that you guys made the changes already https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/commit/b16be9a08508b477745f2f11aa6c67e49222159c

Thanks!

[AudriusButkevicius]

I've released 1.2.2.3 from my mobile, might take some time to flow through the play store pipelines

[mouxmouxmoux]

same issue on xiaomi mix2s on android 9

[AudriusButkevicius]

Seems the update trickled through, can someone verify?

[AudriusButkevicius]

New release seems to fix it for me, closing it.

[novoid]

Seems the update trickled through, can someone verify?

2019-09-09T17:18 CET in Austria: no update available yet.

UPDATE: 2019-09-09T18:13 CET: Update here.