java.lang.SecurityException: attempting to read gservices without permission

Question

I have recently changed from adMob 6.4.1 to Google Play Services rev 15 and have just received notice of a new crash report that I do not understand:

java.lang.SecurityException: attempting to read gservices without permission: Neither user 10158 nor current process has com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES.
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1425)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1379)
at xs.a(SourceFile:133)
at xo.a(SourceFile:133)
at xo.a(SourceFile:118)
at ud.d(SourceFile:88)
at ud.b(SourceFile:129)
at ua.a(SourceFile:239)
at ua.a(SourceFile:176)
at aas.a(SourceFile:118)
at abz.run(SourceFile:14)
at acb.run(SourceFile:30)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)

I did some research, and all the results are either outdated, or are related to Google+ / Google Maps, neither of which I use in the app.

I've never read anywhere in the GPS Developer guide for adMob that I needed to add the READ GSERVICES permission...

Anyone know what this is about?

Answer 1

This issue was introduced with the latest release of the Google Play Services (v4.3) on the android devices. Google is aware about it and it will be fixed in a future version (not the next one...)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-admob-ads-sdk/sePctoDJbRg%5B101-125-false%5D