B4A Library OkHttpUtils2 v3.02

All previous versions of OkHttpUtils2 relied on a service. As it is no longer possible to start services when the app starts in the background, this configuration is problematic and it will fail in such cases (https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/receivers-and-httpjob.146181).
In the new version HttpUtils2Service is actually a receiver. It should be transparent for developers.

Note that this is an internal library.

 

[GraemeW]

Thank you - perfect. Had just converted my app services to receivers and was getting a lot of crashes for android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground false: service (package name)/.httputils2service

 

[vecino]

Sorry for butting in, so as not to create a new thread with my question, what is this "receiver"?
Any thread where it is explained?

 

[mcqueccu]

Sorry for butting in, so as not to create a new thread with my question, what is this "receiver"?
Any thread where it is explained?

Receivers has been trending since b4a v12.2. beta.

Receivers and Services in 2023+

In the early days of Android services were simple to use and powerful. They allowed doing all kinds of things in the backgrounds with very few restrictions. That's not the case with newer versions of Android. With a few exceptions (that aren't 100% reliable), the only use case for services is to...

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[yo3ggx]

What is the minimum Android version supported by this new library? Still 5.0?

 

[Erel]

Still 5.0?

Yes.