[4.0.1] Crash: com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService.startAndStopEmptyNotificationToAvoidANR

[kckongara]

Describe the Bug
The app crashes almost only on Android 14 devices with the following error log

Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs (ActivityThread.java:5286) at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2531) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:230) at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:319) at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8893) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:608) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1103) Caused by android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: at android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:54) at android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException$1.createFromParcel (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException.java:50) at android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal (Parcel.java:4882) at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable (Parcel.java:4864) at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull (Parcel.java:3064) at android.os.Parcel.createException (Parcel.java:3053) at android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:3036) at android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:2978) at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground (IActivityManager.java:7214) at android.app.Service.startForeground (Service.java:775) at com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService.startAndStopEmptyNotificationToAvoidANR (MusicService.kt:123) at com.doublesymmetry.trackplayer.service.MusicService.onStartCommand (MusicService.kt:98) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs (ActivityThread.java:5268)

Steps To Reproduce
Unable to reproduce the error but the crashes are reported on Google Play console.

Environment Info:
System: OS: macOS 14.4.1 CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M2 Pro Memory: 69.30 MB / 16.00 GB Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh Binaries: Node: 18.17.0 - /var/folders/x9/_m93565x6l5d5rn664r33cxh0000gp/T/yarn--1715344637560-0.10878240913764015/node Yarn: 1.22.19 - /var/folders/x9/_m93565x6l5d5rn664r33cxh0000gp/T/yarn--1715344637560-0.10878240913764015/yarn npm: 9.6.7 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.17.0/bin/npm Watchman: 2023.09.25.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman Managers: CocoaPods: Not Found SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: DriverKit 23.4, iOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4 Android SDK: Not Found IDEs: Android Studio: 2023.3 AI-233.14808.21.2331.11709847 Xcode: 15.3/15E204a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild Languages: Java: 11.0.18 - /usr/bin/javac npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: Not Found react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0 react-native: 0.71.6 => 0.71.6 react-native-macos: Not Found npmGlobalPackages: *react-native*: Not Found

"react-native-track-player": "^4.0.1"

How I can Help
What can you do to help resolve this?
Have you investigated the underlying JS or Swift/Android code causing this bug?
Can you create a Pull Request with a fix?

[lovegaoshi]

duplicate of #2244