element-android: Incoming calls broken (when app in background)

Steps to reproduce

1. Make sure the app is not open.
2. Ask someone to call you.

Outcome

What did you expect?

To receive an incoming call notification.

What happened instead?

• Background sync: no notification. When you open app later, the incoming call header quickly appears and disappears. And the notification counter goes up to indicate the missed call.
• ntfy: app crashes completely, either by itself, or when you next open it.

Given that most calls will be received while the app isn’t open, this is a major breakdown in calling functionality.

The bug was added in 1.5.7, and updating to 1.5.8 didn’t fix it. Can’t be 1.5.4 for sure, the next older version on F-Droid.

Logs

FATAL EXCEPTION: pool-9-thread-1
Process: im.vector.app, PID: 23906
android.app.BackgroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: Not allowed to start service Intent { act=im.vector.app.core.services.CallService.ACTION_CALL_TERMINATED cmp=im.vector.app/.core.services.CallAndroidService (has extras) }: app is in background uid UidRecord{8460461 u0a128 TRNB idle change:uncached procs:0 seq(0,0,0)}
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1870)
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startService(ContextImpl.java:1826)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startService(ContextWrapper.java:776)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCallManager.onCallEnded(WebRtcCallManager.kt:100)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCallManager.access$onCallEnded(WebRtcCallManager.kt:1)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCallManager$createWebRtcCall$webRtcCall$4.invoke(WebRtcCallManager.kt:2)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCallManager$createWebRtcCall$webRtcCall$4.invoke(WebRtcCallManager.kt:1)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCall$terminate$2.invokeSuspend(WebRtcCall.kt:148)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCall$terminate$2.invoke(Unknown Source:8)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCall$terminate$2.invoke(Unknown Source:4)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics.UndispatchedKt.startUndispatchedOrReturn(Undispatched.kt:5)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt.withContext(Unknown Source:72)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCall.terminate(WebRtcCall.kt:9)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCall.terminate$default(WebRtcCall.kt:11)
	at im.vector.app.features.call.webrtc.WebRtcCall$onCallHangupReceived$1.invokeSuspend(WebRtcCall.kt:38)
	at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:9)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:119)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:920)
	Suppressed: kotlinx.coroutines.DiagnosticCoroutineContextException: [StandaloneCoroutine{Cancelling}@aa9080d, java.util.concurrent.Executors$FinalizableDelegatedExecutorService@17a93c2]

Your phone model

Xiaomi Mi 5 (3GB RAM)

Operating system version

Android 12 (LOS 19.1)

Application version and app store

1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.5.10, 1.5.18, 1.5.20, 1.5.22, 1.5.25 - F-droid

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

Yes

Are you willing to provide a PR?

No