[Bug]: App Crashes when trying to Enable Battery Notification

[WollyDev24]

Bug Description

The App Crashes when you try to enable the New Battery Notification and continues to do so. Only a data clear fixes the issue

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to Notifications and Alerts
2. Try to Enable Battery Notification
3. App Crashes

Expected Behavior

The Notification should be enabled

Screenshots

No response

Android Version

Android 16

Device

Galaxy S24 Exynos

App Version

v11.3

Additional Context

No response

[sameerasw]

Hi! Can you share me a bug report? It will include the crash details of the last time so this will help to troubleshoot. If there's more reports of similar cases, i will halt the update and look for a fix.

Thanks for the report.

[WollyDev24]

I can't share any logs since the only way after enabling the battery notification to access the app is by clearing the data (that deletes the logs too, right?) since it continues to crash when trying to open it

[sameerasw]

I think yes unfortunately... Still, you can go into the app settings and click the bug icon to see if that report has some errors in the logs and if so, please share.

Also can you share a bug report anyways since then I can try to replicate your settings to see if I can replicate the crash.

[jessehickman]

Captured with logfox.

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.sameerasw.essentials, PID: 9654
android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{b48eb6f u0 com.sameerasw.essentials/.services.BatteryNotificationService c:com.sameerasw.essentials}
	at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:2527)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:2495)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mthrowRemoteServiceException(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2879)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:132)
	at android.os.Looper.dispatchMessage(Looper.java:333)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:263)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:367)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:9287)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:566)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:929)
Caused by: android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:2115)
	at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:2069)
	at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:875)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.viewmodels.MainViewModel.startBatteryNotificationService(MainViewModel.kt:730)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.viewmodels.MainViewModel.check(MainViewModel.kt:723)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.ui.composables.FreezeGridUIKt.FreezeGridUI$lambda$3$0$0(FreezeGridUI.kt:95)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.ui.composables.FreezeGridUIKt.$r8$lambda$0aWldzhrJT4ciY6uvunRoCFCvV8(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.ui.composables.FreezeGridUIKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda16.onStateChanged(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleRegistry$ObserverWithState.dispatchEvent(LifecycleRegistry.jvm.kt:316)
	at androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleRegistry.addObserver(LifecycleRegistry.jvm.kt:193)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.ui.composables.FreezeGridUIKt.FreezeGridUI$lambda$3$0(FreezeGridUI.kt:99)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.ui.composables.FreezeGridUIKt.$r8$lambda$nqrcpT4wklfZ9wAyHUGaAExblBE(Unknown Source:0)
	at com.sameerasw.essentials.ui.composables.FreezeGridUIKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda23.invoke(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffectImpl.onRemembered(Effects.kt:85)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.RememberEventDispatcher.dispatchRememberList(RememberEventDispatcher.kt:256)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.internal.RememberEventDispatcher.dispatchRememberObservers(RememberEventDispatcher.kt:228)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.applyChangesInLocked(Composition.kt:1133)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.applyChanges(Composition.kt:1160)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.Recomposer.composeInitial$runtime(Recomposer.kt:1299)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.ComposerImpl$CompositionContextImpl.composeInitial$runtime(ComposerImpl.kt:2993)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.ComposerImpl$CompositionContextImpl.composeInitial$runtime(ComposerImpl.kt:2993)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.composeInitial(Composition.kt:672)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionImpl.setContent(Composition.kt:639)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.LayoutNodeSubcompositionsState.subcompose(SubcomposeLayout.kt:721)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.LayoutNodeSubcompositionsState.subcompose(SubcomposeLayout.kt:658)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.LayoutNodeSubcompositionsState.subcompose(SubcomposeLayout.kt:624)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.LayoutNodeSubcompositionsState$Scope.subcompose(SubcomposeLayout.kt:1352)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.layout.LazyLayoutMeasureScopeImpl.compose(LazyLayoutMeasureScope.kt:94)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.pager.PagerMeasureKt.getAndMeasure-G5IdpRk(PagerMeasure.kt:609)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.pager.PagerMeasureKt.measurePager_7L1iB3k$lambda$12(PagerMeasure.kt:368)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.pager.PagerMeasureKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda2.invoke(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.pager.PagerMeasureKt.createPagesAfterList(PagerMeasure.kt:526)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.pager.PagerMeasureKt.measurePager-7L1iB3k(PagerMeasure.kt:362)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.pager.PagerMeasurePolicyKt$rememberPagerMeasurePolicy$1$1.measure-0kLqBqw(PagerMeasurePolicy.kt:195)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.layout.LazyLayoutKt.LazyLayout$lambda$1$3$0(LazyLayout.kt:141)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.layout.LazyLayoutKt.$r8$lambda$rf3vllu87hDgmhs57JbwRZ1rpS4(Unknown Source:0)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.layout.LazyLayoutKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda5.invoke(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.LayoutNodeSubcompositionsState$createMeasurePolicy$1.measure-3p2s80s(SubcomposeLayout.kt:955)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.InnerNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(InnerNodeCoordinator.kt:128)
	at androidx.compose.ui.graphics.SimpleGraphicsLayerModifier.measure-3p2s80s(GraphicsLayerModifier.kt:843)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.kt:190)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.layout.LazyLayoutBeyondBoundsProviderModifierNode.measure-3p2s80s(LazyLayoutBeyondBoundsModifierLocal.kt:122)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.kt:190)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.layout.FillNode.measure-3p2s80s(Size.kt:721)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.kt:190)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:173)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:172)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateObserver.observeReads(SnapshotStateObserver.kt:699)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.remeasure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:1064)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.measure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:470)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxMeasurePolicy.measure-3p2s80s(Box.kt:168)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.InnerNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(InnerNodeCoordinator.kt:128)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.layout.FillNode.measure-3p2s80s(Size.kt:721)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.kt:190)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:173)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:172)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateObserver.observeReads(SnapshotStateObserver.kt:699)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.remeasure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:1064)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.measure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:470)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxMeasurePolicy.measure-3p2s80s(Box.kt:145)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.InnerNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(InnerNodeCoordinator.kt:128)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:173)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:172)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateObserver.observeReads(SnapshotStateObserver.kt:699)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.remeasure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:1064)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.measure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:470)
	at androidx.compose.material3.ScaffoldKt.ScaffoldLayout_FMILGgc$lambda$6$0(Scaffold.kt:276)
	at androidx.compose.material3.ScaffoldKt.$r8$lambda$wt09unknHNiv9S1FwXtvlRyw63Y(Unknown Source:0)
	at androidx.compose.material3.ScaffoldKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda10.invoke(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.LayoutNodeSubcompositionsState$createMeasurePolicy$1.measure-3p2s80s(SubcomposeLayout.kt:955)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.InnerNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(InnerNodeCoordinator.kt:128)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:173)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:172)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateObserver.observeReads(SnapshotStateObserver.kt:699)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.remeasure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:1064)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.measure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:470)
	at androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxMeasurePolicy.measure-3p2s80s(Box.kt:145)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.InnerNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(InnerNodeCoordinator.kt:128)
	at androidx.compose.ui.graphics.SimpleGraphicsLayerModifier.measure-3p2s80s(GraphicsLayerModifier.kt:843)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.kt:190)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:173)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:172)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateObserver.observeReads(SnapshotStateObserver.kt:699)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.remeasure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:1064)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.measure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:470)
	at androidx.compose.ui.layout.RootMeasurePolicy.measure-3p2s80s(RootMeasurePolicy.kt:37)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.InnerNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(InnerNodeCoordinator.kt:128)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidComposeView$RootModifierNode.measure-3p2s80s(AndroidComposeView.android.kt:3384)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.measure-BRTryo0(LayoutModifierNodeCoordinator.kt:190)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:173)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate$performMeasureBlock$1.invoke(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:172)
	at androidx.compose.runtime.snapshots.SnapshotStateObserver.observeReads(SnapshotStateObserver.kt:728)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasurePassDelegate.remeasure-BRTryo0(MeasurePassDelegate.kt:1064)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.LayoutNode.remeasure-_Sx5XlM$ui(LayoutNode.kt:1281)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasureAndLayoutDelegate.doRemeasure-sdFAvZA(MeasureAndLayoutDelegate.kt:378)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasureAndLayoutDelegate.remeasureOnly(MeasureAndLayoutDelegate.kt:652)
	at androidx.compose.ui.node.MeasureAndLayoutDelegate.measureOnly(MeasureAndLayoutDelegate.kt:446)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidComposeView.onMeasure(AndroidComposeView.android.kt:1847)
	at android.view.View.measure(View.java:28595)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AbstractComposeView.internalOnMeasure$ui(ComposeView.android.kt:314)
	at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AbstractComposeView.onMeasure(ComposeView.android.kt:301)
	at android.view.View.measure(View.java:28595)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7031)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:194)
	at android.view.View.measure(View.java:28595)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7031)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1608)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:878)
	at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:721)
	at android.view.View.measure(View.java:28595)
	at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7031)
	at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:194)
	at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onMeasure(DecorView.java:758)
	at android.view.View.measure(View.java:28595)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:5088)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:3436)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:3749)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:3127)
	at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:10807)
	at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:1630)
	at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:1639)
	at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:1235)
	at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:1164)
	at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:1613)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:1070)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:125)
	... 7 more

[WollyDev24]

I think yes unfortunately... Still, you can go into the app settings and click the bug icon to see if that report has some errors in the logs and if so, please share.

Also can you share a bug report anyways since then I can try to replicate your settings to see if I can replicate the crash.

{
"device_info": {
"Manufacturer": "samsung",
"Model": "SM-S921B",
"Brand": "samsung",
"Device": "e1s",
"Board": "s5e9945",
"Hardware": "s5e9945",
"AndroidVersion": "16",
"SDK": 36,
"SecurityPatch": "2026-01-01",
"AppVersionName": "11.3",
"AppVersionCode": 27
},
"logs": [],
"settings": {
"essentials_prefs": {
"last_update_check_time": {
"type": "Long",
"value": 1771525997397
}
},
"caffeinate_prefs": {},
"link_prefs": {},
"diy_automations_prefs": {}
}
}

[CaptechOmar]

Same bug here

[caela-uk]

I don't have any useful information to add here except saying that I'm experiencing this issue too and can't open the app right now because of it. Absolutely great app though!

[sameerasw]

Sorry about that everyone, It was due to poor testing as I haven't tested the notification without any device available.

Please update to this version immediately and it should fix the crash at startup.

https://github.com/sameerasw/essentials/releases/tag/v11.4