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Fausto Ruvalcaba
Fausto Ruvalcaba

Reputation: 11

Twilio Verification SDK not reading SMS on Android 7.0 and 8.0

I've been working with the Twilio Verification SDK for Android (com.twilio:verification:1.0.9) with this build.gradle configuration: compile_sdk = 26, min_sdk = 23, target_sdk = 26, and build_tools = '27.0.3' and I haven't been able to make the app to read the SMS on Android 7.0 and 8.0 devices; however, it works fine on Android 6.0.

This is my BroadcastReceiver:

class PhoneVerificationReceiver: BroadcastReceiver() {

    override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent) {
        RxBus.publish(PhoneVerificationEvent(TwilioVerification.getVerificationStatus(intent).state))
    }

}

It's declared on AndroidManifest this way:

<receiver
    android:name=".service.PhoneVerificationReceiver"
    android:exported="true">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="com.twilio.verification.current_status" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Here I have the subscription:

override fun onResume() {
    super.onResume()
    disposable.add(
            RxBus.listen(PhoneVerificationEvent::class.java)
                    .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                    .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                    .subscribe({
                        when (it.state) {
                            VerificationStatus.State.STARTED, VerificationStatus.State.AWAITING_VERIFICATION -> {
                                lockUI()
                            }
                            VerificationStatus.State.SUCCESS -> {
                                savePhoneNumber()
                            }
                            VerificationStatus.State.ERROR -> {
                                unlockUI("Phone couldn\'t be verified")
                            }
                        }
                    }, {
                        Timber.e(it)
                    })
    )
}

override fun onPause() {
    disposable.clear()
    super.onPause()
}

After retrieving the JWT token, the verification process starts, it successfuly enters the onReceive method with VerificationStatus.State.STARTED. After that, the SMS is received but it's not entering the onReceive function anymore.

Debugger

The Android SDK Hash Signature is in place; I followed this tutorial: https://www.twilio.com/docs/verify/tutorials/android-sdk-register-your-app; this code works fine on Android 6.0 devices.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 231

Answers (1)

philnash
philnash

Reputation: 73090

Twilio developer evangelist here.

I am not an Android developer, but I checked with the team internally for help and here's what they told me.

Manifest declared broadcast receivers have some restrictions on newer versions of Android. Can you register the broadcast receiver at runtime using context.registerReceiver and unregister using context.unregisterReceiver.

There's more info here: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/broadcasts#context-registered-receivers.

Let me know if that helps at all.

Upvotes: 1

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