Media projections require a foreground service of type ServiceInfo.FOREGROUND_SERVICE TYPE_MEDIA_PROJECTION in Android Pie and Q

Question

any body knows why this error occur, Media projections require a foreground service of type ServiceInfo.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TYPE_MEDIA_PROJECTION on getMediaProjection() ev

Answer 1

Wrapping getMediaProjection(mResultCode, mResultData) inside a Handler().postDelayed() solved the problem for me.

override fun onServiceConnected(className: ComponentName, service: IBinder) {
        // We've bound to LocalService, cast the IBinder and get LocalService instance
        val binder = service as MediaProjectionService.LocalBinder
        mediaProjectionService = binder.getService()

        // delay needed because getMediaProjection() throws an error if it's called too soon
        Handler().postDelayed({
            mediaProjection = mediaProjectionManager.getMediaProjection(activityResultCode, activityData)
            startStreaming()
            serviceBound = true
        }, 1000)
    }