Component used: work-manager
Version used: 2.2.0-rc04
Devices/Android versions reproduced on: Pixel 4 - Android 10

WorkManager now support long running workers with foreground notification: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/advanced/long-running

And the Javadoc for ForegroundInfo clearly shows that I can specify the foregroundServiceType as I would for a standard foreground service:
https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/work/ForegroundInfo.html#ForegroundInfo(int,%20android.app.Notification,%20int)

Except when I do:

setForegroundAsync(
ForegroundInfo(
NOTIFICATION_ID,
syncNotificationManager.createSyncForegroundNotification(),
ServiceInfo.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TYPE_CONNECTED_DEVICE
or ServiceInfo.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TYPE_DATA_SYNC
)
)

from my Work I get this exception as soon as I try to run the work:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: foregroundServiceType 0x00000011 is not a subset of foregroundServiceType attribute 0x00000000 in service element of manifest file
at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:2075)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2039)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1987)
at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub$Proxy.setServiceForeground(IActivityManager.java:6136)
at android.app.Service.startForeground(Service.java:742)
at androidx.work.impl.foreground.SystemForegroundService$1.run(SystemForegroundService.java:118)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:883)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930)
Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundInnerLocked(ActiveServices.java:1276)
at com.android.server.am.ActiveServices.setServiceForegroundLocked(ActiveServices.java:914)
at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.setServiceForeground(ActivityManagerService.java:13964)
at android.app.IActivityManager$Stub.onTransact(IActivityManager.java:2784)
at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onTransact(ActivityManagerService.java:2741)

The reason is that the work library still rely on the service manifest which has no foregroundServiceType attribute specified (0x00000000) and i'm requesting a specific foregroundServiceType (0x00000011).

<service
android:name="androidx.work.impl.foreground.SystemForegroundService"
android:directBootAware="false"
android:enabled="@bool/enable_system_foreground_service_default"
android:exported="false"
tools:targetApi="n" />

my current workaround is to just copy this in my manifest and add my foregroundServiceType.

I briefly tried and seems like it is working as I want but I'm not sure if this is ok. If this is the correct way it should be documented!

This is what I added to my manifest:

<service
android:name="androidx.work.impl.foreground.SystemForegroundService"
android:directBootAware="false"
android:enabled="@bool/enable_system_foreground_service_default"
android:exported="false"
android:foregroundServiceType="connectedDevice|dataSync"
tools:targetApi="n" />

I copied yours and added

android:foregroundServiceType="connectedDevice|dataSync"

which is what I needed.

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