I have foreground service with notification that tracks user location, but in the Crashlytics I see that the app crashes for some users with Android 14. I can not reproduce it.

 Fatal Exception: android.app.RemoteServiceException$ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{2170719 u0 com.anstar.fieldworkhq/.coordinates.ServiceTechnicianTrackingService}
   at android.app.ActivityThread.generateForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException(ActivityThread.java:2315)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.throwRemoteServiceException(ActivityThread.java:2286)
Caused by android.app.StackTrace: Last startServiceCommon() call for this service was made here
   at android.app.ContextImpl.startServiceCommon(ContextImpl.java:2023)
   at android.app.ContextImpl.startForegroundService(ContextImpl.java:1967)
   at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:847)
   at android.content.ContextWrapper.startForegroundService(ContextWrapper.java:847)
   at com.zoran.app.main.MainActivity$$ExternalSyntheticApiModelOutline0.m(D8$$SyntheticClass)
   at com.zoran.app.main.MainActivity.startForegroundService(MainActivity.java:326)
   at com.zoran.app.main.MainActivity.tryToStartForegroundLocationService(MainActivity.java:313)
   at com.zoran.app.main.MainActivity.trackLocationIfNeeded(MainActivity.java:220)
   at com.zoran.app.main.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:95)
   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8975)
   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8944)

As you can see the crash happens in the MainActivity, when I tried to star foreground service with this code:

private void trackLocationIfNeeded() {
if (presenter.isTrackable()) {
  if (ViewUtil.isPlayServiceAvailable(this)) {
    if (isForegroundLocationPermissionGranted() && presenter.isTrackTechnicianRouteAllowed()) {
      tryToStartForegroundLocationService();
      presenter.saveThatUserAskedForPermission();
    } else {
      if (!presenter.isUserAskedForLocationPermission()) {
        askForLocationPermission();
        presenter.saveThatUserAskedForPermission();
      }
    }
  }
} else {
  stopServiceTechnicianLocationService();
}
} 

private void tryToStartForegroundLocationService() {
if(Utils.isPlayServiceAvailable(this)) {
  if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
    if(isPostNotificationsPermissionGranted()) {
      startForegroundService();
    } else {
      askForPostNotificationsPermission();
    }
  } else {
    startForegroundService();
  }
}
}

private void startForegroundService() {
Intent i = new Intent(this, ServiceTechnicianTrackingService.class);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
  startForegroundService(i);
} else {
  startService(i);
}
}

startForegroundService(i); is the line 326.

This is my foreground location tracking service with startCommand where I try at the beginning to start service with a notification.

public class ServiceTechnicianTrackingService extends Service {

private FusedLocationProviderClient fusedLocationProviderClient;
private LocationCallback locationCallback;

@Inject ServiceTechnicianLocationManager serviceTechnicianCoordinateManager;
@Inject NetworkManager NetworkManager;

public static final String ACTION_STOP_SERVICE = "action_stop_service";
private boolean isStarted = false;

@Nullable @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}

@Override public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
injector().inject(this);

fusedLocationProviderClient = LocationServices.getFusedLocationProviderClient(this);
locationCallback = new LocationCallback() {
  @Override public void onLocationResult(@NotNull LocationResult locationResult) {
    if(locationResult != null && locationResult.getLastLocation() != null) {
      super.onLocationResult(locationResult);
      String lat = String.valueOf(locationResult.getLastLocation().getLatitude());
      String lng = String.valueOf(locationResult.getLastLocation().getLongitude());

      Timber.d("Lat is: " + lat + " lng is: " + lng);
      if(networkManager.isNetworkAvailable()) {
        serviceTechnicianCoordinateManager.updateCurrentLocation(new Coordinate(lat, lng));
      }
    }
  }
};
}
@Override public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
// Call startForeground early to prevent the exception
if(!isStarted) {
  startForegroundAndDisplayNotification();
  isStarted = true;
 }

if(intent != null) {
  String action = intent.getAction();
  if(ACTION_STOP_SERVICE.equalsIgnoreCase(action)) {
    stopForeground(true);
    stopSelf();
  } else {
    requestLocationUpdates();
  }
}
return START_STICKY;
}

@Override public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
stopLocationUpdates();
isStarted = false;
}

private void startForegroundAndDisplayNotification() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26) {
  try {
    Notification notification = createNotification();
    startForeground(1, notification);
  } catch (Exception e) {
    Timber.e(e, "Exception in startForegroundAndDisplayNotification");
  }
}
}

In AndroidManifest file I have this:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />

<service
  android:name=".coordinates.ServiceTechnicianTrackingService"
  android:enabled="true"
  android:exported="false"
  android:foregroundServiceType="location" />