Android Question Error with in app billing and Android 5

[gadgetmonster]

Hi Erel,

I have changed my SDK to version 21 in B4a and when compiling my app I get the following error when initialising BillingManager3:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.android.vending.billing.InAppBillingService.BIND }
 at android.app.ContextImpl.validateServiceIntent(ContextImpl.java:1674)
 at android.app.ContextImpl.bindServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1773)
 at android.app.ContextImpl.bindService(ContextImpl.java:1751)
 at android.content.ContextWrapper.bindService(ContextWrapper.java:538)
 at anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.IbHelper.startSetup(IbHelper.java:268)
 at anywheresoftware.b4a.inappbilling3.BillingManager3.Initialize(BillingManager3.java:43)
 at com.theappspod.dayjournal.main._activity_create(main.java:758)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
 at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:175)
 at com.theappspod.dayjournal.main.afterFirstLayout(main.java:98)
 at com.theappspod.dayjournal.main.access$100(main.java:16)
 at com.theappspod.dayjournal.main$WaitForLayout.run(main.java:76)
 at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.android.vending.billing.InAppBillingService.BIND }

Any ideas?

 

[keirS]

Blame Google. They deprecated implicit intents for bindService() in Lollipop. This apparently means they broke some of their own API's. Don't target 21 is the simplest fix.

 

[Erel]

I've tested it on Nexus 5 running Android 5 and it worked. According to this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...mentexception-service-intent-must-be-explicit this error is related to Android 5 preview. Have you upgraded to the stable version?

 

[TpS]

I'm receiving just about the same Error when I try to register my device to GCM:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTER (has extras) }
This is running in a service that registers and receives Push content.

The code is working nicely when I have set android:targetSdkVersion to 19 instead of 21.
I updated my SDK to latest 5.0.1 (API 21) Rev 2 today but still the same.

I´m running the app on a Note 3 with CM12 Android 5.0.2.

Any ideas?
I would like to add Material Design to my app, but not to the cost of push content...

 

[Erel]

Change the code as explained here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-push-server.48560/#post-302375

 

[TpS]

Thanks!

I had the exact same code except for the two Javaobject rows, adding that made it work!