Android 5.0 (L) Service Intent must be explicit in Google analytics

Question

My code worked in <5 but in Android 5.0 I\'m running into an issue that I don\'t quite understand.

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Answer 1

This works for me:

Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION);
intent.setPackage(context.getPackageName());
context.startService(intent);

Answer 2

If you are trying to start service, try it this way:

var intent = new Intent (this,typeof(MyBoundService));
var serviceConnection = new MyBindServiceConnection (this);
BindService (intent, serviceConnection, Bind.AutoCreate);

Answer 3

I used this and it works great

 public static Intent createExplicitFromImplicitIntent(Context context, Intent implicitIntent) {
     //Retrieve all services that can match the given intent
     PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
     List<ResolveInfo> resolveInfo = pm.queryIntentServices(implicitIntent, 0);

     //Make sure only one match was found
       if (resolveInfo == null || resolveInfo.size() != 1) {
        return null;
       }

     //Get component info and create ComponentName
     ResolveInfo serviceInfo = resolveInfo.get(0);
     String packageName = serviceInfo.serviceInfo.packageName;
     String className = serviceInfo.serviceInfo.name;
     ComponentName component = new ComponentName(packageName, className);

     //Create a new intent. Use the old one for extras and such reuse
     Intent explicitIntent = new Intent(implicitIntent);

     //Set the component to be explicit
     explicitIntent.setComponent(component);

     return explicitIntent;
 }

Answer 4

I'm working on a project where we want to allow users to use older devices. I came up with the same solution as the one mentioned in Marias answer, however I've added a conditional statement for the setPackage call since it is only available in API 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich == SDK 14) and above. If developing for versions below that I reckon you don't need to include the setPackage call.

In function com.google.android.vending.licensing.LicenseChecker.checkAccess(callback)

Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(new String(
Base64.decode("Y29tLmFuZHJvaWQudmVuZGluZy5saWNlbnNpbmcuSUxpY2Vuc2luZ1NlcnZpY2U=")));

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH) {
    serviceIntent.setPackage("com.android.vending");
}

boolean bindResult =
    mContext.bindService(
        serviceIntent,
        this, // ServiceConnection.
        Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

Answer 5

If you want to start a service which is in another application.you can use this:

Intent serviceIntent = new Intent("action name for the service");
serviceIntent.setPackage("the PackageName for which the service in)");//the destination packageName
context.startService(serviceIntent);