Android Crashes Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException

[AntonERG]

Recently updated plugin to version 3.0.2 and in the Firebase crashlytics can see that 8 users had crashes with this logs:

Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException
Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{7c8a25b u0 com.ae.touringbee/io.github.jofr.capacitor.mediasessionplugin.MediaSessionService}

Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{7c8a25b u0 com.ae.touringbee/io.github.jofr.capacitor.mediasessionplugin.MediaSessionService}
       at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:2315)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:2286)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mthrowRemoteServiceException()
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2611)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8893)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:608)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)

Caused by android.app.StackTrace
Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here

Caused by android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
       at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:2023)
       at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:1967)
       at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:847)
       at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:847)
       at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat$Api26Impl.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:1091)
       at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.startForegroundService(ContextCompat.java:749)
       at androidx.media.session.MediaButtonReceiver.onReceive(MediaButtonReceiver.java:115)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:4896)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleReceiver()
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2498)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8893)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:608)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)

[matthewbal]

We've had the same issue, were you able to fix this by downgrading?

[AntonERG]

@matthewbal no, was you able to fix your issue by downgrading?
If yes, to which version?

[matthewbal]

Unfortunately not, we've decided to opt for a native player plugin so that we have more granular control over background play. On IOS it is impossible to start a foreground service from the background, so we need to use native there anyway.

We're implementing a plugin similar to the one mentioned in this forum post.

https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/audio-in-the-background-for-ionic-capacitor-app/234073