[Backendless 4] Device registration not working

Android
1

Hello,

with Backendless 4.0 I can’t get device registration to work. For testing device registration I’ve used the downloaded sample project and did all steps from the documentation:

changed manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="my.package.name.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"/>
<permission android:name="my.package.name.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
<receiver android:name="com.backendless.push.BackendlessBroadcastReceiver"
    android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
    &lt;intent-filter&gt;
        <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE"/>
        &lt;category android:name=&quot;my.package.name&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
&lt;/receiver&gt;
&lt;service android:name=&quot;com.backendless.push.BackendlessPushService&quot; /&gt;

And inside my main activity

Backendless.Messaging.registerDevice("GCM-Sender-ID", "default", new AsyncCallback&lt;Void&gt;() {
    @Override
    public void handleResponse(Void response) {
        Log.d("TESTAPP", "WORKS");
    }

    @Override
    public void handleFault(BackendlessFault fault) {
        Log.d("TESTAPP", "ERROR: "+fault.getMessage()+" "+fault.getCode());
    }
});

I get an error on application start with the following message:

No receivers for action com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION IllegalArgumentException

Did I miss something? According to some entries on google c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION should be deprecated…

Thank you,
Michael

2

Hi Michael,

Could you please attach or paste your manifest file in its entirety?

Regards,
Mark

3

Hello Mark,

I’ve attached the manifest file contents as text file. I’ve just change my real package name to “my.package.name”.

Regards,
Michael

manifest.txt (1.48kB)

4

Hi Mark,

could you already look into my manifest file and find anything out?

Thank’s
Michael

5

Hallo,

sorry for asking again, but this is really important for me to proceed with development.

It seems there is a problem with device registration because I can’t get it to work.

Do you need still more information from me? Can you please give me at least a quick status update? Otherwise I will have to look for another backend solution…

Thank you and kind regards,
Michael

6

Hi Michael,

I looked into it and found that the documentation is missing an instruction for the following line:

 <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION"/>

Thus the receiver registration in the manifest must look as shown below:

<receiver android:name="com.backendless.push.BackendlessBroadcastReceiver"
    android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
    &lt;intent-filter&gt;
        <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION"/>
        <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE"/>
        &lt;category android:name=&quot;foo.com.pushtest&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
&lt;/receiver&gt;

I tried it with that configuration and it works.

Regards,
Mark