amplify-android: TransferService causes ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException

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Language and Async Model

Java

Amplify Categories

Authentication, Storage

Gradle script dependencies

implementation "com.amplifyframework:core:1.36.4"
implementation "com.amplifyframework:aws-storage-s3:1.36.4"
implementation "com.amplifyframework:aws-auth-cognito:1.36.4"

Environment information

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Gradle 7.0.2
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Build time:   2021-05-14 12:02:31 UTC
Revision:     1ef1b260d39daacbf9357f9d8594a8a743e2152e

Kotlin:       1.4.31
Groovy:       3.0.7
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.9 compiled on September 27 2020
JVM:          1.8.0_301 (Oracle Corporation 25.301-b09)
OS:           Mac OS X 10.16 x86_64

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Describe the bug

Hi!

One of the latest versions 1.36.4 causes fatal exceptions. The cause is obvious from the crash description - Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground() … com.amazonaws.mobileconnectors.s3.transferutility.TransferService

ActivityThread.java line 2147
android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException

Fatal Exception: android.app.ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException
Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{2637b1f u0 com.example.package/com.amazonaws.mobileconnectors.s3.transferutility.TransferService}

We’ve observed the crash on Android 9, 11, 12.

And the following list of devices at the moment: Galaxy S20+ 5G Galaxy A13 5G Galaxy A13 Galaxy S10 moto g stylus 5G (2022) Lenovo Tab M10 (FHD) Galaxy A12

We’ve reverted back to one the previous versions for now, so actually there might be more of them. The data is obtained from Firebase crash reports.

Reproduction steps (if applicable)

Use amplifyframework v1.36.4

Code Snippet

// Initialization in Application class

LogFactory.setLevel(LogFactory.Level.OFF);

Amplify.addPlugin(new AWSCognitoAuthPlugin());
Amplify.addPlugin(new AWSS3StoragePlugin());

AmplifyConfiguration amplifyConfig = AmplifyConfiguration.builder(context)
		.devMenuEnabled(false)
		.build();
Amplify.configure(amplifyConfig, context);



// Uploading, somewhere in the app

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.US);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

Map<String, String> metadata = new ArrayMap<>(4);
metadata.put("date", dateFormat.format(date));
metadata.put("token", authToken);

StorageUploadFileOptions options =
		StorageUploadFileOptions.builder()
				.accessLevel(StorageAccessLevel.PUBLIC)
				.contentType(mimeType)
				.metadata(metadata)
				.build();

Amplify.Storage.uploadFile(
		"gl_" + new Date().getTime() + "_" + fileName,
		file,
		options,
		result -> {
			// write success logs
		},
		failure -> {
			// write failure logs
		}
);

Log output

for Android 12

ActivityThread.java line 2147
android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException

Fatal Exception: android.app.ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException
Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{2637b1f u0 com.example.package/com.amazonaws.mobileconnectors.s3.transferutility.TransferService}

android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException (ActivityThread.java:2147)
android.app.ActivityThread.access$2900 (ActivityThread.java:310)
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2376)
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:226)
android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:313)
android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8663)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)
com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:567)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1135)

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for Android 9

ActivityThread.java line 1749
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage

Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException
Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{ca31769 u0 com.example.package/com.amazonaws.mobileconnectors.s3.transferutility.TransferService}

android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1749)
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:193)
android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6758)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java)
com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:493)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:858)

amplifyconfiguration.json

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