App crashes upon joining a Room while the Mic Permission is NotAllowed

[HaythemMejerbi]

What happened?

Steps to reproduce:

1- User opens Jitsi room link
2- Clicks on Don't Allow from the Allow *Agnet to Record Audio *Permission pop up
3- Clicks on Join Meeting

Platform

• Chrome (or Chromium based)
• Firefox
• Safari
• Other desktop browser
• Android browser
• iOS browser
• Electron app
• Android mobile app
• iOS mobile app
• Custom app using a mobile SDK

Browser / app / sdk version

8.6.1 | 10.2.1

Relevant log output

TAGS=release-keys
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service org.jitsi.meet.sdk.JitsiMeetOngoingConferenceService: java.lang.SecurityException: Starting FGS with type microphone callerApp=ProcessRecord{d06ca24 14426:com.teamontherun.preprod/u0a504} targetSDK=34 requires permissions: all of the permissions allOf=true [android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE] any of the permissions allOf=false [android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_HOTWORD, android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_MEDIA_OUTPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_TUNER_AUDIO_INPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_VOICE_COMMUNICATION_OUTPUT, android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO]  and the app must be in the eligible state/exemptions to access the foreground only permission
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:5111)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleCreateService(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2506)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8919)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:578)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Starting FGS with type microphone callerApp=ProcessRecord{d06ca24 14426:com.teamontherun.preprod/u0a504} targetSDK=34 requires permissions: all of the permissions allOf=true [android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE] any of the permissions allOf=false [android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_HOTWORD, android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_MEDIA_OUTPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_TUNER_AUDIO_INPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_VOICE_COMMUNICATION_OUTPUT, android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO]  and the app must be in the eligible state/exemptions to access the foreground only permission
	at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3069)
	at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3053)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3036)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2978)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground(IActivityManager.java:7234)
	at android.app.Service.startForeground(Service.java:775)
	at org.jitsi.meet.sdk.JitsiMeetOngoingConferenceService.onCreate(SourceFile:37)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:5098)
	... 9 more
Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.validateForegroundServiceType(ActiveServices.java:2741)
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundInnerLocked(ActiveServices.java:2452)
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundLocked(ActiveServices.java:1797)
	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.setServiceForeground(ActivityManagerService.java:15948)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub.onTransact$setServiceForeground$(IActivityManager.java:11974)

java.lang.SecurityException: Starting FGS with type microphone callerApp=ProcessRecord{d06ca24 14426:com.teamontherun.preprod/u0a504} targetSDK=34 requires permissions: all of the permissions allOf=true [android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE] any of the permissions allOf=false [android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_HOTWORD, android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_MEDIA_OUTPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_TUNER_AUDIO_INPUT, android.permission.CAPTURE_VOICE_COMMUNICATION_OUTPUT, android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO]  and the app must be in the eligible state/exemptions to access the foreground only permission
	at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3069)
	at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3053)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3036)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2978)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground(IActivityManager.java:7234)
	at android.app.Service.startForeground(Service.java:775)
	at org.jitsi.meet.sdk.JitsiMeetOngoingConferenceService.onCreate(SourceFile:37)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:5098)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleCreateService(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2506)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:230)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:319)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8919)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:578)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1103)
Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.validateForegroundServiceType(ActiveServices.java:2741)
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundInnerLocked(ActiveServices.java:2452)
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundLocked(ActiveServices.java:1797)
	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.setServiceForeground(ActivityManagerService.java:15948)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub.onTransact$setServiceForeground$(IActivityManager.java:11974)

android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.validateForegroundServiceType(ActiveServices.java:2741)
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundInnerLocked(ActiveServices.java:2452)
	at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundLocked(ActiveServices.java:1797)
	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.setServiceForeground(ActivityManagerService.java:15948)
	at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub.onTransact$setServiceForeground$(IActivityManager.java:11974)

Reproducibility

• The problem is reproducible on meet.jit.si

More details?

The issue is occurring on the Android 14 OS version. The scenario has been tested on Android 13, but it is not reproducible.

[SakkyOP]

This seems like an exception handling issue, newer version of Android ( after Android 13 ( API level 34 ) ), apps that start a foreground service and intend to use the microphone must have explicit permissions to do so, such as android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE.

Looks like the current version of the app fails to gracefully handle the denial of permissions ( I need to look at the codebase before confirming ), this is just an insight that I get from looking at the issue.