Android Geofence exit intent contains no data

Question

I'm using the relatively new version of the Geofence API in Google's Play Services. The issue (apart from outdated documentation) being that the received Intents (after a geofence exit) don't seem to contain any data.

• I add a category myself and this category is successfully retrieved.
• I added a serializeable extra too which is perfectly retrieved from the intent.

The above two arguments prove that the intent I am receiving is in fact the one I scheduled for a geofence transition.

What doesn't work.

The GeofenceEvent seems to return defaults for all methods. So I get;

• false for hasError()
• and -1 for getErrorCode()
• getGeofenceTransition() returns -1
• the list returned by getTriggeredGeofences() is empty

This seems to contradict the API documentation... getGeofenceTransition();

-1 if the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent) is not generated for a transition alert; Otherwise returns the GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ flags value defined in Geofence.

with getErrorCode();

the error code specified in GeofenceStatusCodes or -1 if hasError() returns false.

and hasError();

true if an error triggered the intent specified in fromIntent(Intent), otherwise false

How I add the Geofence

// create fence
Geofence fence = new Geofence.Builder()
        .setRequestId(an_id)
        .setCircularRegion(lat, long, radius)
        .setTransitionTypes(Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT)
        .setExpirationDuration(240 * 60 * 1000)
        .build();

// create pendingintent
Intent launch = new Intent(this, same_class.class);
launch.putExtra(extra_object_key, extra_object);
launch.addCategory(category_name);

PendingIntent intent = PendingIntent.getService(
        getApplicationContext(),
        0, launch,
        PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT
);

// create add fence request
GeofencingRequest request = new GeofencingRequest.Builder()
        .addGeofence(fence)
        .build();

// add fence request
PendingResult<Status> result = LocationServices.GeofencingApi.addGeofences(googleApiClient,
        request, intent);

// we'll do this synchronous
Status status = result.await();
if (status.getStatusCode() != GeofenceStatusCodes.SUCCESS)
{
    Log.e(SERVICE_NAME, "Failed to add a geofence; " + status.getStatusMessage());
    return false;
}

How I receive the intent

protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent)
{
    if (intent.hasCategory(category_name))
    {
        GeofencingEvent event = GeofencingEvent.fromIntent(intent);
        if (event.hasError())
        {
            Log.e(SERVICE_NAME, "Failed geofence intent, code: " + event.getErrorCode());
        }
        else
        {
            // checked 'event' here with debugger and prints for the stuff I wrote above

            switch (event.getGeofenceTransition())
            {
                case Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT:
                    // NEVER REACHED
                    type extra_object =   (type)intent.getSerializableExtra(extra_object_key);
                    onGeofenceExit(extra_object);
                    break;
                default:
                    // ALWAYS END UP HERE
                    throw new AssertionError("Geofence events we didn't register for.");
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        throw new AssertionError("Received unexpected intent.");
    }
}

Connecting to play services

public void onCreate()
{
    super.onCreate();

    googleApiAvailable = false;
    GoogleApiClient.Builder  gApiBuilder = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(getApplicationContext());
    gApiBuilder.addApi(LocationServices.API);

    gApiBuilder.addConnectionCallbacks(new GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks()
    {
        @Override
        public void onConnected(Bundle bundle)
        {
            googleApiAvailable = true;
        }

        @Override
        public void onConnectionSuspended(int i)
        {
            googleApiAvailable = false;
        }
    });

    gApiBuilder.addOnConnectionFailedListener(new GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult)
        {
            googleApiAvailable = false;
        }
    });

    googleApiClient = gApiBuilder.build();
}

Mcclenon

No I never did. If you have news I'm still interested in it! – Mcclenon

I have the same issue, when i pass Serializable Object through extras getGeofenceTransition returns -1, but when I pass some primitive variable it works . . . – Fiedling

Answer 1

Where do you connect to googleApiClient? There should be

googleApiClient.connect();

and wait for onConnected or

googleApiClient.blockingConnect();

in you code but I can't see it. Post whole code.

Wedged

I added the code I use to set up the play services. Before I do any geofencing I use the blockingConnect() method and I check the boolean. – Mcclenon

it's there, my class is a lot bigger than posted here and I don't want to just copy paste a huge chunk of irrelevant details here. The whole thing is an intentservice and the onHandleIntent has 'handles' for different categories. The category that adds the fences has the connect too. I also check on errors after adding the fence, as you can see. This doesn't come up with errors. – Mcclenon