Android O (8.1.0) : invalid channel for service notification

[MS893]

I've got this new error for users using android 8.1.0 :
"android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification for startForeground: java.lang.RuntimeException: invalid channel for service notification: Notification(channel=null..."

I can reproduce the error on emulator using API level 27.

I've found this topic :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47531742/startforeground-fail-after-upgrade-to-android-8-1

The error is not systematic and depend on the robospice service : if the service is completed when onDestroy is called => no crash, if the service is still running => crash.

I'm not 100% that the crash is due to Robospice, but I do not use notification manager in my code, and it always crash when leaving the app with service un background.

Here is the full error in logcat :
E/UncaughtException: android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification for startForeground: java.lang.RuntimeException: invalid channel for service notification: Notification(channel=null pri=-2 contentView=null vibrate=null sound=null defaults=0x0 flags=0x40 color=0x00000000 vis=PRIVATE)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1768)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6494)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:807)

Thanks for your help.

[shanuka]

i got this isse because of the firebase. disable firebase check again

[MS893]

Thanks for your answer, but I want to use Firebase ! is there a solution to enable Firebase after ?

For the moment, I found a solution : I use API 26 target instead of API 27. But I think it is provisional...

[shanuka]

which servces you may use in your project.

[MS893]

I use crash reporting and notifications, but I can remove notifications, it's not essential...

[shanuka]

crash reporting working fine with 27. i dont know about notifications. i had trouble with Performance.

[shanuka]

i thought performance services still in beta if i found soution ill let you know 🙂

[MS893]

OK thanks !

[tyates]

Did anyone find any solution for this?