Could not find class/NoClassDefFoundError BeaconService while using SDK in remote service

[Mtx88]

Our application runs in a remote service.

Android Manifest File:

<service
            android:name="..."
            android:process=":remote" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="..." />
            </intent-filter>
</service>

I first added the BeaconService like this

<service android:name="com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService"
         android:exported="false"/>

But then I got the following error

02-19 12:42:19.923: E/dalvikvm(14751): Could not find class 'android.bluetooth.BluetoothManager', referenced from method com.estimote.sdk.BeaconManager.isBluetoothEnabled
02-19 12:42:19.983: E/dalvikvm(14751): Could not find class 'com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService$InternalLeScanCallback', referenced from method com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService.<init>
02-19 12:42:20.033: E/dalvikvm(14751): Could not find class 'android.bluetooth.BluetoothManager', referenced from method com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService.onCreate
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService$InternalLeScanCallback
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService.<init>(BeaconService.java:121)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at java.lang.Class.newInstanceImpl(Native Method)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1319)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:2385)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:140)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1309)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4898)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1006)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:773)
02-19 12:42:20.038: E/AndroidRuntime(14751):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Looking for a solution I tried adding: android:process=":remote" to the BeaconService

<service android:name="com.estimote.sdk.service.BeaconService"
         android:process=":remote"
         android:exported="true"/>

This did fix the error and I was able to receive data from the listeners but for some reason this only works on my Nexus 5 which runs Android KitKat 4.4. This solution did NOT work on my Samsung S3 which runs on an older version of Android.

Jar path: libs\estimote-sdk-preview.jar

I understand that BLE only works on 4.3+ but should it just crash like that?

Any advice?

[wiktor]

No, it should be more clear for the logs.

I'll leave it open to make sure that errors are more friendly when it runs on non 4.3+ device.