Android crash on GooglePlayServices (Games) connect

Question

I'm messing around with this problem about 10h and i cann't figure out what i've done wrong....

The Fatal Exception:

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
   Process: onl.deepspace.zoorallye, PID: 13256
   java.lang.IllegalStateException: A fatal developer error has occurred. Check the logs for further information.
   at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzj$zza.zzc(Unknown Source)
   at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzj$zza.zzw(Unknown Source)
   at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzj$zzc.zzqN(Unknown Source)
   at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzj$zzb.handleMessage(Unknown Source)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5569)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:931)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:726)

The Log does not provide any important information

I was looking around google, i could fix some errors. But the App always crashes here:

achievements.googleApiClient.connect();

MainActivity (important parts):

Achievements achievements;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    ...

    //Init Achievements
    achievements = new Achievements(this);
    achievements.googleApiClient.connect(); //**AppCrash**
}

@Override
protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    achievements.googleApiClient.disconnect();
}    

Achievements.java:

public class Achievements implements GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener, GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks{

public GoogleApiClient googleApiClient;
private Activity activity;

public Achievements(Activity activity){
    this.activity = activity;

    googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(activity)
            .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
            .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
            .addApi(Games.API)
            .addScope(Games.SCOPE_GAMES)
            .build();
}

private void signIn(GoogleApiClient signinClient) {
    Intent signInIntent = Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInIntent(signinClient);
    activity.startActivityForResult(signInIntent, 0);
}

@Override
public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
    if(connectionResult.getErrorCode() == ConnectionResult.SIGN_IN_REQUIRED){
        signIn(Tools.getSigninClient(activity));
    }
    Toast.makeText(activity, connectionResult.getErrorMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    Log.e(Const.LOGTAG, connectionResult.getErrorMessage());
}

@Override
public void onConnected(@Nullable Bundle bundle) {
    Log.i(Const.LOGTAG, "Play Service (Games) Connected");
}

@Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
}
}

AndroidManifest.xml:

     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="onl.deepspace.zoorallye">

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/appicon"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.Drawer"></activity>

    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
        android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.onl.deepspace.zoorallye"
        android:value="@string/google_app_id" />

</application>

Answer 1

Looked around the community for similar posts and found this answer, check it out. Gonna go straight to the point, I think the cause of this issue is in your AndroidManifest.xml. As mentioned in the answer, the <meta-data> tag should be added, yours is there, but the name is different. It shows as:

android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.onl.deepspace.zoorallye"

while in the answer above, it shows:

android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID"

Went to the Google Quickstart samples and notice that all of the tags are like the above. Haven't seen anything else in your code that's causing the issue. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 2

I believe this might be related to missing the com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID metadata element in your AndroidManifest.xml

It looks like a typo (you replaced APP_ID with your package name?). It should be: <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID" android:value="@string/app_id" />

You can refer to TypeANumber basic sample's AndroidManifest.xml https://github.com/playgameservices/android-basic-samples/blob/master/BasicSamples/TypeANumber/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L41