Android Studio runtime error Stub! at com.amazon.device.messaging.ADMMessageReceiver.<init>()

Question

When I build the Amazon (Kindle) flavor of my Android app I run into this Runtime error:

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Stub!
at com.amazon.device.messaging.ADMMessageReceiver.<init>()

I need the local amazon-device-messaging.jar file to compile my app, however I do not need to include it during runtime as the amazon device will have the necessary classes and methods.

How do I update my Android Studio build.gradle file to do this?

Gynecoid

Answer 1

I also ran into this issue. When adding the Amazon Device Messaging jar as a library, Android Studio automatically generated

dependencies {
    compile files('libs/amazon-device-messaging-1.0.1.jar')
}

I just needed to switch that to

dependencies {
    provided files('libs/amazon-device-messaging-1.0.1.jar')
}

That did the trick for me. I'd up-vote your answer, @Clu, but I don't have a high enough reputation.

Morvin

Thanks! Maybe I don't need the additional configurations details. I'll try removing it to see if it still works. – Gynecoid

Looks like your simpler answer is the correct way to do this, thanks! – Gynecoid

I have the ADM jar inside an android-library project, though I have mentioned the dependency of the ADM jar as provided inside the build.grade file of the android-library project. Its am still getting this error. Any help? – Overstuff

@Overstuff did you ever figure this out. This didn't work for me either? – Pliske

Neither it worked for me guys! Did you find something ? – Likeminded

Answer 2

To solve this I used the provided type of dependency.

Inside my project modules build.gradle file, right before my dependencies closure I included the following:

configurations {
    provided
}

sourceSets {
    main {
        compileClasspath += configurations.provided
    }
}

And then, within my dependencies closure I included the following:

dependencies {
    provided files('libs/amazon-device-messaging-1.0.1.jar')
}

This ensured that the .jar was only used for compile time and not runtime. I'm quite new to Android Studio, and this took me a while to figure out; hopefully this will help you make the switch to Android Studio as well.

Gynecoid

If the library and the call to the library are in different packages, the 'provided' will be ignored and the stubbed-out library will instead be compiled into the APK anyway. This can be resolved by putting the library in a Maven repo. – Symphonize

Answer 3

1. Add the ADM jar in the Maven local repository.

Command :

            mvn install:install-file "-Dfile=amazon-device-messaging-1.0.1.jar" "-DgroupId=com.amazon.device.messaging" "-DartifactId=amazondevicemessaging" "-Dversion=1.0.1" "-Dpackaging=jar"

2. Include local maven repository as project dependency :

Add “mavenLocal()” in main Gradle build script:

            allprojects {
            repositories {
                            mavenCentral()
                            mavenLocal()
             }

3. Link the Maven artifact in ADM project.

Add below line ADMWrapperLib Gradle script (::).

            provided 'com.amazon.device.messaging:amazondevicemessaging:1.0.1'

Pointillism