Service com.google.android.youtube.api.service.YouTubeService has leaked IntentReceiver

Question

I'm a newbie Android "programmer" and I've tried to find the answer to this error without luck. There are some half answers but nothing that suggest what to do more exactly in my unique situation.

This error comes when closing a YoutubePlayer activity. It seems I should unregister a receiver, possibly in onPause( )...but how do I do that and maybe more important, which receiver should be unregistered?

Here is my logcat:

06-06 02:17:31.781 26887-26887/? E/ActivityThread: Service com.google.android.youtube.api.service.YouTubeService has leaked IntentReceiver adez@e1c9513 that was originally registered here. Are you missing a call to unregisterReceiver()?
    android.app.IntentReceiverLeaked: Service com.google.android.youtube.api.service.YouTubeService has leaked IntentReceiver adez@e1c9513 that was originally registered here. Are you missing a call to unregisterReceiver()?
        at android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:923)
        at android.app.LoadedApk.getReceiverDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:724)
        at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal(ContextImpl.java:1182)
        at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiver(ContextImpl.java:1162)
        at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiver(ContextImpl.java:1156)
        at android.content.ContextWrapper.registerReceiver(ContextWrapper.java:564)
        at adex.<init>(SourceFile:18)
        at adfe.get(SourceFile:15)
        at aerr.get(SourceFile:46)
        at aoqy.get(SourceFile:11)
        at lad.h(SourceFile:148)
        at addo.get(SourceFile:9)
        at aoqy.get(SourceFile:11)
        at laf.a(SourceFile:7)
        at kyp.<init>(SourceFile:10)
        at com.google.android.apps.youtube.embeddedplayer.service.service.jar.ApiPlayerService.<init>(SourceFile:48)
        at com.google.android.apps.youtube.embeddedplayer.service.service.jar.ApiPlayerFactoryService$1.run(SourceFile:4)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5441)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:738)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:628)

Adding some code. Trying to keep it short. Activity:

public class VideoActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener, EasyPermissions.PermissionCallbacks {

This is what I have in onCreate():

youTubeView.initialize("@string/ytkey", this);

...and this is what I have regarding the YoutubePlayer:

@Override
public void onInitializationSuccess(Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
    if (!wasRestored) {
        player.loadVideo(userVideo.getYtId());
         //player.setFullscreen(true);
    }
}

@Override
public void onInitializationFailure(Provider provider, YouTubeInitializationResult errorReason) {
    if (errorReason.isUserRecoverableError()) {
        errorReason.getErrorDialog(this, RECOVERY_REQUEST).show();
    } else {
        String error = String.format(getString(R.string.player_error), errorReason.toString());
        Toast.makeText(this, error, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

protected Provider getYouTubePlayerProvider() {
    return youTubeView;
}

Answer 1

Try this code to make it work:

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView
        android:id="@+id/youtube_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"/>

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends YouTubeBaseActivity implements
    YouTubePlayer.OnInitializedListener {

private static final int REQUEST_DIALOG = 101;

// YouTube player view
private YouTubePlayerView youTubeView;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    youTubeView = (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_view);

    // Initializing video player with developer key
    youTubeView.initialize(Config.DEVELOPER_API_KEY, this);

}

@Override
public void onInitializationFailure(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider,
        YouTubeInitializationResult errorReason) {
    if (errorReason.isUserRecoverableError()) {
        errorReason.getErrorDialog(this, REQUEST_DIALOG).show();
    } else {
        String errorMessage = String.format(
                getString("Print an error"), errorReason.toString());
        Toast.makeText(this, errorMessage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

@Override
public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider,
        YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) {
    if (!wasRestored) {

        // loadVideo() will auto play video
        // Use cueVideo() method, if you don't want to play it automatically
        player.loadVideo(Config.YOUTUBE_VIDEO_CODE);

        // Hiding player controls
        player.setPlayerStyle(PlayerStyle.CHROMELESS);
    }
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == RECOVERY_DIALOG_REQUEST) {
        // Retry initialization if user performed a recovery action
        getYouTubePlayerProvider().initialize(Config.DEVELOPER_API_KEY, this);
    }
}

private YouTubePlayer.Provider getYouTubePlayerProvider() {
    return (YouTubePlayerView) findViewById(R.id.youtube_view);
}

}

AndroidManifest.xml

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

Answer 2

The YouTube Player API is often tricky to use, you may want to consider a WebView-based solution.

For this reason I've built an open source alternative. It's based on WebView and won't give any of this problems. Android-YouTube-Player.

It's a simple View, you can drop it wherever you want. No Activity/Fragment to extend and no leaking services.