Android Question Firebase Exception: Object should first be initialized (Intent).

[AscySoft]

Hello.
I received a new error about Firebase (copy from the console)

Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: Object should first be initialized (Intent).
anywheresoftware.b4a.AbsObjectWrapper.getObject (AbsObjectWrapper.java:50)
ascysoft.ascy.firebasemessaging._service_start (firebasemessaging.java:179)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:372)
anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2 (BA.java:169)
anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent (BA.java:153)
ascysoft.ascy.firebasemessaging.handleStart (firebasemessaging.java:95)
ascysoft.ascy.firebasemessaging.access$000 (firebasemessaging.java:8)
ascysoft.ascy.firebasemessaging$1.run (firebasemessaging.java:76)
android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:739)
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:95)
android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:135)
android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:5910)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:372)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1405)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1200)

My app package name is "ascysoft.ascy"
My code from FirebaseMassaging service is a standard one, ie

Sub Process_Globals
    'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
    'These variables can be accessed from all modules.
    Private fm As FirebaseMessaging
End Sub

Sub Service_Create
        fm.Initialize("fm")
End Sub


Sub Service_Start (StartingIntent As Intent)
    If fm.HandleIntent(StartingIntent) Then Return
End Sub

My version of the library was the initial release (today I saw a new one and I will update)
Does anybody see this before?

 

[DonManfred]

Go again over the example project and copy the code EXACTLY!!

It must be

Sub Service_Start (StartingIntent As Intent)
   If StartingIntent.IsInitialized And fm.HandleIntent(StartingIntent) Then Return
End Sub

 

[AscySoft]

Thanks for the quick response. I'll make the changes. I hope it will work.
PS: You may be so polite to explain what this line of code does? Maybe I will learn something new.

 

[DonManfred]

If StartingIntent.IsInitialized

if intent is initialized....

And fm.HandleIntent(StartingIntent)

and intent is handled...

then return

 

[AscySoft]

I know that, what I mean is, what if intent is not initialized or not handeled, then what happens? Should I "read" that if a message arrived and is handeled, and another one just arrived then exit sub to prevent something bad? What?

 

[Erel]

You should just ignore the intent. FirebaseMessaging.HandleIntent expects an initialized intent.

 

[AscySoft]

So "Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: Object should first be initialized (Intent)" is basically saying that because of some sort of error, intent was not initialized, then my former code allowed this to pass (but not any more) and BAM! App crash.
I am a thinker: what kind of error will prevent intent not to be initialized correctly?

 

[Erel]

Not exactly. There was no error.
The service can start without an intent (= intent not initialized). For example if it is a sticky service.