Problems implementing the new GCM Client for Android

Question

I'm trying to implement the new GCM Client on Android following the guidelines from Google (https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/android/client). I'm receiving slightly different errors for two different devices. I noticed that I receive NoSuchMethodError for method getNoBackupFilesDir for both the devices.
This is the logcat for an Android 4.2.2:

06-08 09:01:09.920: I/dalvikvm(9138): Could not find methodandroid.app.Notification$Builder.setLocalOnly, referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.zza
06-08 09:01:09.920: W/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 273: Landroid/app/Notification$Builder;.setLocalOnly (Z)Landroid/app/Notification$Builder;
06-08 09:01:09.920: D/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x00c2
06-08 09:01:09.920: I/dalvikvm(9138): DexOpt: access denied from Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil; to field Landroid/app/Notification;.extras
06-08 09:01:09.920: W/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: unable to resolve instance field 12
06-08 09:01:09.920: D/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: replacing opcode 0x54 at 0x00e1
06-08 09:01:09.920: E/dalvikvm(9138): Could not find class 'android.app.AppOpsManager', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.zza
06-08 09:01:09.920: W/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: unable to resolve check-cast 25 (Landroid/app/AppOpsManager;) in Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil;
06-08 09:01:09.920: D/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: replacing opcode 0x1f at 0x000e
06-08 09:01:09.920: I/dalvikvm(9138): Could not find method android.content.pm.PackageManager.getPackageInstaller, referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.zzh
06-08 09:01:09.920: W/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 528: Landroid/content/pm/PackageManager;.getPackageInstaller ()Landroid/content/pm/PackageInstaller;
06-08 09:01:09.920: D/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x000b
06-08 09:01:09.950: I/dalvikvm(9138): Could not find method android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getNoBackupFilesDir, referenced from method com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.zzde
06-08 09:01:09.950: W/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 2080: Landroid/support/v4/content/ContextCompat;.getNoBackupFilesDir (Landroid/content/Context;)Ljava/io/File;
06-08 09:01:09.950: D/dalvikvm(9138): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x0007
06-08 09:01:09.950: W/dalvikvm(9138): threadid=11: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4174c930)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138): FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:299)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:352)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:219)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:239)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138): Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getNoBackupFilesDir
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.zzde(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.<init>(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.<init>(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.zza(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.getInstance(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.example.MainActivity$1.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:113)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at com.example.MainActivity$1.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:1)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
06-08 09:01:09.960: E/AndroidRuntime(9138):     ... 4 more

And this is the logcat for an Android 5.1.1:

06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852): FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852): Process: com.example, PID: 2852
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:304)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:355)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:222)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852): Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method getNoBackupFilesDir(Landroid/content/Context;)Ljava/io/File; in class Landroid/support/v4/content/ContextCompat; or its super classes (declaration of 'android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat' appears in /data/app/com.example-1/base.apk)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.zzde(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.<init>(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.<init>(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.zza(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.getInstance(Unknown Source)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at it.abgsys.htms.MainActivity$1.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:113)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at it.abgsys.htms.MainActivity$1.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:1)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:292)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
06-08 09:06:49.786: E/AndroidRuntime(2852):     ... 4 more

At line 113 I have this:

InstanceID instanceID = InstanceID.getInstance(applicationContext);

Used here:

// AsyncTask to register Device in GCM Server
private void registerInBackground() {
    new AsyncTask<Void, Void, String>() {
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
            String msg = "";

            InstanceID instanceID = InstanceID.getInstance(applicationContext);
            try {
                regId = instanceID.getToken(GCM_SENDER_ID,
                        GoogleCloudMessaging.INSTANCE_ID_SCOPE, null);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            return msg;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String msg) {
            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(regId)) {

                Toast.makeText(
                        applicationContext,
                        "Registered with GCM Server successfully.\n\n"
                                + msg, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                Log.e(TAG, "Registered with GCM Server successfully. RegID: " + regId);

            } else { 
                Toast.makeText(
                        applicationContext,
                        "Reg ID Creation Failed.\n\nEither you haven't enabled Internet or GCM server is busy right now. "
                        + "Make sure you enabled Internet and try registering again after some time."
                                + msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                Log.e(TAG, "Reg ID Creation Failed!!!");
            }
        }
    }.execute(null, null, null);
}

I correctly imported the Google Play Services library as described in the documentation.(https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup)

Has anyone encountered this errors? How can I resolve this?

Development environment used: Eclipse Kepler SR2 with ADT
If you need additional info please comment.

Answer 1

I saw that the method getNoBackupFilesDir is found in android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.

Seems that the problem was that I had an old appcompat-v7 included in the project. Download with the SDK manager the last version of Android Support Library and then follow the steps for Adding libraries with resources and add the library to your application project.