(#) Missing `foregroundServiceType` attribute in manifest !!! ERROR: Missing `foregroundServiceType` attribute in manifest This is an error. Id : `ForegroundServiceType` Summary : Missing `foregroundServiceType` attribute in manifest Severity : Error Category : Correctness Platform : Android Vendor : Android Open Source Project Feedback : https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708 Since : 8.2.0 (November 2023) Affects : Kotlin and Java files and manifest files Editing : This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor Implementation : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ForegroundServiceTypesDetector.kt) Tests : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ForegroundServiceTypesDetectorTest.kt) For `targetSdkVersion` >= 34, to call `Service.startForeground()`, the element in the manifest file must have the `foregroundServiceType` attribute specified. (##) Example Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text src/test/pkg/MyService.java:8:Error: To call Service.startForeground(), the element of manifest file must have the foregroundServiceType attribute specified [ForegroundServiceType] startForeground(1, null); --------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are the relevant source files: `AndroidManifest.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="test.pkg"> <uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="34" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" /> <application> <service android:exported="true" android:name="test.pkg.MyService"> </service> </application> </manifest> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `src/test/pkg/MyService.java`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~java linenumbers package test.pkg; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.IBinder; public class MyService extends Service { @Override public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) { startForeground(1, null); return START_NOT_STICKY; } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { return null; } } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can also visit the [source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ForegroundServiceTypesDetectorTest.kt) for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios. (##) Suppressing You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms: * Adding the suppression attribute `tools:ignore="ForegroundServiceType"` on the problematic XML element (or one of its enclosing elements). You may also need to add the following namespace declaration on the root element in the XML file if it's not already there: `xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`. * Using a suppression annotation like this on the enclosing element: ```kt // Kotlin @Suppress("ForegroundServiceType") fun method() { startForeground(...) } ``` or ```java // Java @SuppressWarnings("ForegroundServiceType") void method() { startForeground(...); } ``` * Using a suppression comment like this on the line above: ```kt //noinspection ForegroundServiceType problematicStatement() ``` * Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look like this: ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lint> <issue id="ForegroundServiceType" severity="ignore" /> </lint> ``` Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and so on [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html). * In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For example, you can use something like ```gradle lintOptions { disable 'ForegroundServiceType' } ``` In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }` block. * For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag: ``` $ lint --ignore ForegroundServiceType ...` ``` * Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).