[Regression]: Android 14, foreground service notification missing

[eidolonFIRE]

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• [X] Android
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Old behavior

In previous android versions, setting up the ForegroundNotificationConfig would push a persistent notification linked to the app.

Current behavior

The foreground service for location still works even while phone is locked, but there's no notification to indicate so.

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Current version

12.0.0

Last version without regression

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[rusty-snake]

Android 14 added a permission for posting notifications.

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS

Adding (and granting) this shows the notification again.

Unfortunately geolocator needs permission s (plural) that are not mentioned in its documentation. You have to do a bit research/trial-and-error to find all necessary permission.

[eidolonFIRE]

I did try adding both

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS"/>

but didn't work. Maybe post_notif wasn't granted properly. I'll mess with it some more and post back.

[rusty-snake]

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS is a runtime permissions that must be granted by the user. Either request it with permission_handler or manually in the settings (android system settings app).

Now that I don't write from mobile, I can copy the permissions I currently request for geolocator (mabye there are more missing):

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <!-- runtime -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <!-- runtime -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS"/> <!-- runtime -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

[eidolonFIRE]

Confirmed that using permission_handler to request notification permission fixed it 👍 cheers.