GCM: why my application crash in GCMRegistrar.checkDevice(this);

Question

I have a simple application with a few lines because I am trying to figure out why my real application crashes in GCMRegistrar.checkDevice(this) (if I delete it my application doesn't crash). Can anyone help? :( :

public class DemoActivity extends Activity {
private String TAG = "** pushAndroidActivity **";
private TextView mDisplay;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       GCMRegistrar.checkDevice(this);
       GCMRegistrar.checkManifest(this);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        mDisplay = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.display);
        mDisplay.setText("ciao");
}

Manifest:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.registrazionegcm"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<permission android:name="com.example.registrazionegcm.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.registrazionegcm.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<!-- App receives GCM messages. -->
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<!-- GCM connects to Google Services. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<!-- GCM requires a Google account. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<!-- Keeps the processor from sleeping when a message is received. -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".DemoActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_demo" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <receiver
        android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver"
        android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
            <category android:name="com.example.registrazionegcm" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
    <service android:name=".GCMIntentService" />
</application>

My errors :

10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.registrazionegcm/com.example.registrazionegcm.DemoActivity}: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Device does not have package com.google.android.gsf
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955): Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Device does not have package com.google.android.gsf
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar.checkDevice(GCMRegistrar.java:98)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at com.example.registrazionegcm.DemoActivity.onCreate(DemoActivity.java:16)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2023)
10-22 21:54:21.075: E/AndroidRuntime(955):  ... 11 more
10-22 21:54:21.085: W/ActivityManager(167):   Force finishing activity com.example.registrazionegcm/.DemoActivity
10-22 21:54:21.095: W/WindowManager(167): Failure taking screenshot for (246x410) to layer 21010
10-22 21:54:21.205: I/jdwp(265): Ignoring second debugger -- accepting and dropping
10-22 21:54:21.395: I/Choreographer(167): Skipped 40 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
10-22 21:54:21.615: W/ActivityManager(167): Activity pause timeout for ActivityRecord{411d90d0 com.example.registrazionegcm/.DemoActivity}
10-22 21:54:22.177: I/Choreographer(265): Skipped 120 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
10-22 21:54:32.339: W/ActivityManager(167): Activity destroy timeout for ActivityRecord{411d90d0 com.example.registrazionegcm/.DemoActivity}

Solution

It's probably running on a device that doesn't support GCM, so your call to GCMRegistrar.checkDevice( this ); is throwing an exception. Check your logcat to be sure.

If you're testing it on an emulator, make sure you have the emulator set up to use Google APIs. When you create the emulator, the create new AVD window has a "Target" box. Select something in that box that says "Google APIs".

Comments

[alfo888_ibg]

I have added the errors.. (how can i make sure i have the emulator set uo to use Google Apis?)

[Lukas Knuth]

stackoverflow.com/questions/11339445/…

[alfo888_ibg]

Yes the problem was this :( I throw way 1 week for this problem :'( I am filling so stupid :'( thanks guys!

[aimiliano]

is this really going to work ? i have 2 failures one in nexus S and one in Nexus 4. They didn' have the GCM installed.. but i don't have them so as to test it. should I test this in the emulator?

[Ajay Takur]

@aimiliano "They didn' have the GCM installed" what do you mean ?

[aimiliano]

i mean i got this error Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Device does not have package com.google.android.gsf in nexus S an 4 so how could they not have these?