SFVehicles example fails to run out of the box

[Joseph Banta]

So I got the code from

https://github.com/firebase/geofire-java/tree/master/examples/SFVehicles

...then patched in my Google Maps API key in the AndroidManifest.xml.

I tried compiling the project first on the command-line with gradle, then by importing it into Android Studio.  Either way, upon installing it onto a device and running it, the app encounters an error when attempting to instantiate the Firebase object:

06-24 11:20:30.558  13912-13912/com.firebase.sfvehicles E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main

    java.lang.AbstractMethodError: abstract method not implemented

            at com.firebase.client.android.AndroidPlatform.newRunLoop(AndroidPlatform.java)

            at com.firebase.client.core.Context.ensureRunLoop(Context.java:219)

            at com.firebase.client.core.Context.initServices(Context.java:106)

            at com.firebase.client.core.Context.freeze(Context.java:87)

            at com.firebase.client.core.RepoManager.getLocalRepo(RepoManager.java:55)

            at com.firebase.client.core.RepoManager.getRepo(RepoManager.java:19)

            at com.firebase.client.Firebase.<init>(Firebase.java:182)

            at com.firebase.client.Firebase.<init>(Firebase.java:187)

            at com.firebase.client.Firebase.<init>(Firebase.java:165)

            at com.firebase.sfvehicles.SFVehiclesActivity.onCreate(SFVehiclesActivity.java:56)

            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java)

            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java)

            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java)

            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java)

            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java)

            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java)

            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java)

            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java)

            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java)

            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)

            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)

            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java)

            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java)

            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I believe I've followed the instructions, but please let me know if I've missed something. 

[Jacob Wenger]

Hey Joseph,

I've got good news! We just released version 1.1.1 of the GeoFire Java client which fixes this issue. Check it out and let us know if you still have issues.

Jacob