microg/GmsCore · error · RuntimeException

No Google account found.

Error message

No Google account found.

What it means

getPreferredAccount resolves the account to use for billing operations: it takes the optional accountName extra, otherwise the default Google account; if getGoogleAccount finds none it throws this RuntimeException. It means no Google account is available (or the requested one isn't present) to perform the billing call.

Source

Thrown at vending-app/src/main/java/org/microg/vending/billing/InAppBillingServiceImpl.kt:187

                ?: throw RuntimeException("Failed to obtain login token.")
            val deviceEnvInfo = createDeviceEnvInfo(context)
                ?: throw RuntimeException("Failed to retrieve device information.")
            val clientInfo = createClient(context, pkgName)
                ?: throw RuntimeException("Failed to retrieve client information.")
            val iapCore = IAPCore(context.applicationContext, deviceEnvInfo, clientInfo, authData)
            iapCoreCacheMap[key] =
                IAPCoreCacheEntry(iapCore, System.currentTimeMillis() + EXPIRE_MS)
            return iapCore
        }
    }

    private fun getPreferredAccount(extraParams: Bundle?): Account {
        val name = extraParams?.getString("accountName")
        name?.let {
            extraParams.remove("accountName")
        }
        return getGoogleAccount(context, name)
            ?: throw RuntimeException("No Google account found.")
    }

    private fun isBillingSupported(
        apiVersion: Int,
        type: String?,
        packageName: String,
        extraParams: Bundle?
    ): Bundle {
        if (!VendingPreferences.isBillingEnabled(context)) {
            Log.w(TAG, "isBillingSupported: Billing is disabled")
            return resultBundle(BillingResponseCode.BILLING_UNAVAILABLE, "Billing is disabled")
        }
        if (apiVersion !in 3..28) {
            return resultBundle(BillingResponseCode.BILLING_UNAVAILABLE, "Client does not support the requesting billing API.")
        }
        if (extraParams != null && apiVersion < 7) {
            return resultBundle(BillingResponseCode.DEVELOPER_ERROR, "ExtraParams was introduced in API version 7.")
        }

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Solutions

1. Add a Google account on the device (or in microG account settings) before invoking billing APIs.
2. Check that the accountName extra matches an existing account (AccountManager.getAccounts) before calling.
3. Omit the accountName extra to use the device default account.
4. Catch RuntimeException and prompt the user to sign in, retrying the billing call afterwards.

Example fix

// before
val extras = Bundle().apply { putString("accountName", "user@gmail.com") }
billing.getBuyIntent(api, pkg, sku, type, developerPayload, extras)
// after
val accounts = AccountManager.get(context).getAccountsByType("com.google")
if (accounts.none { it.name == "user@gmail.com" }) {
    promptAddAccount() // or drop the accountName extra to use the default
}
val extras = Bundle().apply { if (accountExists) putString("accountName", "user@gmail.com") }
billing.getBuyIntent(api, pkg, sku, type, developerPayload, extras)

val accounts = AccountManager.get(context).getAccountsByType("com.google")
if (accounts.isEmpty()) promptAddAccount()
val requested = extraAccountName
if (requested != null && accounts.none { it.name == requested }) dropAccountExtraOrPrompt()

fun hasGoogleAccount(context: Context, name: String? = null): Boolean {
    val accounts = AccountManager.get(context).getAccountsByType("com.google")
    return if (name == null) accounts.isNotEmpty() else accounts.any { it.name == name }
}

try {
    billing.getPurchases(...)
} catch (e: RuntimeException) {
    if (e.message == "No Google account found.") promptSignIn()
    else throw e
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling getBuyIntentExtraParams, getPurchaseHistory, getPurchasesExtraParams, consumePurchaseExtraParams, getSkuDetailsExtraParams, or acknowledgePurchase when the device has no signed-in Google account, or the accountName extra doesn't match any registered account.

Common situations: Fresh device/emulator without a Google account; microG account not configured; app passes a wrong/stale accountName extra; user signed out between purchase steps.

Related errors

• Failed to obtain login token.
• Required caller information missing
• oauthToken is null
• account is null
• Nothing cached: $cacheKey

AI-assisted analysis of microg/GmsCore@157c9d86ac (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9f4764cfa51dc3fe. Report an issue: GitHub.