I am working on a widget and code is working fine on pre Lollipop devices but when I run my code on Lollipop, it gives me error Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=org.clangen.widget.clock.action.UPDATE }
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I have Google this error but I did't understand even this [question] Android 5.0 (L) Service Intent must be explicit in Google analytics.
Here is the logcat
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): Process: com.brainlogix.mezanhijricaleandarapp, PID: 31621
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.brainlogix.widget.ClockWidget: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=org.clangen.widget.clock.action.UPDATE }
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2586)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1700(ActivityThread.java:144)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1355)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Service Intent must be explicit: Intent { act=org.clangen.widget.clock.action.UPDATE }
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ContextImpl.validateServiceIntent(ContextImpl.java:1674)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:1703)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ContextImpl.startService(ContextImpl.java:1687)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.content.ContextWrapper.startService(ContextWrapper.java:515)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.content.ContextWrapper.startService(ContextWrapper.java:515)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at com.brainlogix.widget.ClockWidget.onUpdate(ClockWidget.java:122)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider.onReceive(AppWidgetProvider.java:66)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2579)
02-19 15:07:21.888: E/AndroidRuntime(31621): ... 9 more
Here is widget class with inner service
public class ClockWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
private static final String SHOW_POPUP_DIALOG_ACTION = "com.brainlogix.widget.Widget_PopUp";
@Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds) {
super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds);
context.startService(new Intent(UpdateService.ACTION_UPDATE));
}
public static final class UpdateService extends Service {
static final String ACTION_UPDATE = "org.clangen.widget.clock.action.UPDATE";
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
registerReceiver(mTimeChangedReceiver, sIntentFilter);
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
unregisterReceiver(mTimeChangedReceiver);
}
@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
super.onStart(intent, startId);
}
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
private void update() {
//some code
}
private final BroadcastReceiver mTimeChangedReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_TIME_CHANGED)
|| action.equals(Intent.ACTION_TIMEZONE_CHANGED)) {
// some code
}
update();
}
};
}
}
Here is my manifest file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.brainlogix.mezanhijricaleandarapp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/CustomTheme" >
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
<receiver
android:name="com.brainlogix.widget.ClockWidget"
android:label="@string/widget_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="@xml/clock_widget" />
</receiver>
<service
android:name="com.brainlogix.widget.ClockWidget$UpdateService"
android:label="UpdateService" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="org.clangen.widget.clock.action.UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<receiver android:name="com.brainlogix.widget.ClockWidget" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="@xml/demo_widget_provider" />
</receiver>
<receiver
android:name="com.brainlogix.widget.MyWidgetIntentReceiver"
android:label="@string/widget_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.javatechig.intent.action.UPDATE_WIDGET" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="@xml/demo_widget_provider" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>