microg/GmsCore · error · IllegalArgumentException

Required request information missing

Error message

Required request information missing

What it means

verify() also requires the requesting package name and the auth service (authToken type/service) extras. If either is null it throws IllegalArgumentException, since the consent dialog cannot know what permission is being requested or by which app.

Source

Thrown at play-services-core/src/main/java/org/microg/gms/auth/AskPermissionActivity.java:106

                callerUid = intent.getIntExtra(KEY_CALLER_UID, 0);
                callerPid = intent.getIntExtra(KEY_CALLER_PID, 0);
                fromAccountManager = intent.hasExtra(EXTRA_FROM_ACCOUNT_MANAGER);
                if (intent.hasExtra(EXTRA_CONSENT_DATA)) {
                    try {
                        consentData = ConsentData.ADAPTER.decode(intent.getByteArrayExtra(EXTRA_CONSENT_DATA));
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        Log.w(TAG, "ConsentData decode failed", e);
                    }
                }
            }
            if (accountName != null && accountType != null) {
                account = new Account(accountName, accountType);
            }
        }

        private void verify(Context context) throws Exception {
            if (accountName == null || accountType == null || account == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Required account information missing");
            if (packageName == null || service == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Required request information missing");
            if (callerUid == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Required caller information missing");
            PackageUtils.getAndCheckPackage(context, packageName, callerUid, callerPid);

            PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
            ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = packageManager.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0);
            appLabel = packageManager.getApplicationLabel(applicationInfo);
            appIcon = packageManager.getApplicationIcon(applicationInfo);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.ask_permission);
        data = new IntentData(getIntent());
        try {
            data.verify(this);
        } catch (Exception e) {

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Solutions

1. Set both the calling package name and the service (auth token type) extras on the intent before launching.
2. Validate the intent in your authenticator code before constructing it.
3. Align extra key names with the version of microg/play-services you depend on.
4. Log and reject requests missing extras at the authenticator level to give clearer errors.

Example fix

// before
Intent i = new Intent(context, AskPermissionActivity.class);
i.putExtra(KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME, account.name);
// after
i.putExtra(KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME, account.name);
i.putExtra(KEY_ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME, callingPackage);
i.putExtra(KEY_SERVICE, service);

if (packageName == null || service == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("packageName and service extras are required");

if (intent.getStringExtra(KEY_ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME) == null || intent.getStringExtra(KEY_SERVICE) == null) return false;

try { verify(context); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { setResult(RESULT_CANCELED); finish(); }

When it happens

Trigger: Launching AskPermissionActivity with account extras set but missing the packageName and/or service extras in the intent.

Common situations: Partially built auth intents during development; upgrade path where an extra was renamed and the old caller no longer supplies it; hand-rolled AccountAuthenticator responses omitting the service field.

Understand the failure class

Background: "missing required argument" and "the following required arguments were not provided": what required-argument errors mean and how to fix them — this error's family across 20 libraries.

Related errors

• Required account information missing
• deleteAll was set to true but keys were also provided
• Element in keys cannot be null or empty
• retrieveAll was set to true but other constraint(s) was also
• Element in keys cannot be null or empty

AI-assisted analysis of microg/GmsCore@157c9d86ac (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3029bd414a92c7ba. Report an issue: GitHub.