Phonk doesn't start when set a launch script

[ae3e]

If i set a launch script in the settings, Phonk doesn't start any more and I get the following logs (I tried with a script having the background_service option set to true in app.conf and an another script with no app.conf file).

When Phonk doesn't start anymore, I can make it work again by edtiting the settings.conf file and remove the launch script.

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{io.phonk.extended/io.phonk.MainActivity}: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=1; index=1
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2325)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
	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:902)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:697)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=1; index=1
	at io.phonk.runner.base.models.Project.<init>(Project.java:71)
	at io.phonk.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:165)
	at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6033)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2278)
	... 10 more

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service io.phonk.runner.AppRunnerLauncherService@3951d2e5 with null: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.getStringExtra(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2911)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:151)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1401)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
	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:902)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:697)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.getStringExtra(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
	at io.phonk.runner.AppRunnerLauncherService.onStartCommand(AppRunnerLauncherService.java:45)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2894)
	... 9 more

Using PHONK 1.3.1_extended and Android 5.1.1

[victordiaz]

Thanks for sharing this.
I have a few ideas of why it might not be working, I'll take this opportunity to add improve a bunch of stuff regarding the background services and so on.
I expect to release a new version by the end of this week and hopefully this will be fixed too :)

[42loop]

while trying the launch script feature I still experience that phonk does not start any more - also i can't find documentation on the format of the string describing the script to be launched.
actually i was looking for a way to run phonk with a certain script on phone boot, so a student of mine could use it in an exhibition project. any ideas on this ?

[42loop]

just found the "launch on device boot" option, but for me it does not work ...

[victordiaz]

I had already some work on fixing the original issue but didn't find the time to complete the fix 😅
I'll have a look at it ASAP :)

[42loop]

note: "launch on device boot" works on old android 5.1 phones, but not on android 9.
unfortunately i do not have others to test

[victordiaz]

I've been working on the issue and things are shaping nicely, I just need a bit of time to do the final touches.

• @42loop Apparently Android changed some internals and now to launch an app on boot requires a permission that has to be enabled by the user manually. I think is called "draw on top of apps" permission.
  In the new PHONK version the app will redirect you to the settings in Android so you can enable it.

• I added as well another option which is "launch a script on boot". So you can pick a script (with a nice dialog picker), which script to launch

[victordiaz]

The freshly baked version 1.4.2 has some improvements regarding this issue. It took some time! 😅
Feel free to try it out and let me know if it works in your devices :)

[42loop]

'launch on device boot' unfortunately still does not work:

• on android 10 Go the 'draw on top of other apps' is not available any more
• on android 9 it also does not work - but i don't know how to debug to find out why

[victordiaz]

I tried on android 8 and android 11 using PHONK 1.4.2 and works on both.

Steps:
I went to Settings > Script Launch on device Boot, selected a Project. Then rebooted the device. After unlocking the first time the selected script launches.

Maybe if somebody else could try it, we could find out what's going on.