[google_sign_in] Failed to launch the selector UI. Hint: ensure the context parameter is an Activity-based context.

What package does this bug report belong to?

google_sign_in

What target platforms are you seeing this bug on?

Android

Have you already upgraded your packages?

Yes

Dependency versions

pubspec.lock

google_sign_in:
    dependency: "direct main"
    description:
      name: google_sign_in
      sha256: dba1a1a79368d8ca464bf36ef94f528851efa9925e4a28bfc4aaefb1f5da2fc4
      url: "https://pub.dev"
    source: hosted
    version: "7.0.0"
  google_sign_in_android:
    dependency: transitive
    description:
      name: google_sign_in_android
      sha256: ac7cfb8216dc34d18221cc4ec9e0a07346a00420a37c548d151ac8ad49df0d7b
      url: "https://pub.dev"
    source: hosted
    version: "7.0.0"
  google_sign_in_ios:
    dependency: transitive
    description:
      name: google_sign_in_ios
      sha256: "59937a674827540d12253415626ec24cc7e633bb785e2d2ca4f1580323e55a0c"
      url: "https://pub.dev"
    source: hosted
    version: "6.0.0"
  google_sign_in_platform_interface:
    dependency: transitive
    description:
      name: google_sign_in_platform_interface
      sha256: "8736443134d2cccadd4f228d600177cb3947e36683466a6ab96877ce6932885a"
      url: "https://pub.dev"
    source: hosted
    version: "3.0.0"
  google_sign_in_web:
    dependency: transitive
    description:
      name: google_sign_in_web
      sha256: "09ac306b2787b48f19c857b9f93375b654f774643c75bd6a1a078c85f4f7b468"
      url: "https://pub.dev"
    source: hosted
    version: "1.0.0"

Steps to reproduce

1 install dependencie google_sign_in: ^7.0.0
2 create page

import 'dart:async';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:google_sign_in/google_sign_in.dart';

class LogInView extends StatefulWidget {
  const LogInView({super.key});

  @override
  State<LogInView> createState() => _LogInViewState();
}

class _LogInViewState extends State<LogInView> {
  final List<String> scopes = <String>[];

  GoogleSignInAccount? _currentUser;

  Future<void> _handleAuthenticationEvent(GoogleSignInAuthenticationEvent event) async {
    // #docregion CheckAuthorization
    final GoogleSignInAccount? user = // ...
        // #enddocregion CheckAuthorization
        switch (event) {
          GoogleSignInAuthenticationEventSignIn() => event.user,
          GoogleSignInAuthenticationEventSignOut() => null,
        };

    setState(() {
      _currentUser = user;
    });

    // If the user has already granted access to the required scopes, call the
    // REST API.
  }

  Future<void> _handleAuthenticationError(Object e) async {
    print(e);
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    // #docregion Setup

    final GoogleSignIn signIn = GoogleSignIn.instance;
    unawaited(
      signIn
          .initialize(
            clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
            serverClientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
          )
          .then((_) {
            signIn.authenticationEvents.listen(_handleAuthenticationEvent).onError(_handleAuthenticationError);
          }),
    );
    // #enddocregion Setup
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Center(
        child: InkWell(
          child: Text('Login'),
          onTap: () async {
            try {
              await GoogleSignIn.instance.authenticate();
            } catch (e) {
              // #enddocregion ExplicitSignIn
              print(e);

              // #docregion ExplicitSignIn
            }
          },
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

3 remplace
clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
serverClientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

4 clic in Login

Expected results

start with the Google login process

Actual results

get error
code: 11417212
Failed to launch the selector UI. Hint: ensure the context parameter is an Activity-based context.

Code sample

import 'dart:async';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:google_sign_in/google_sign_in.dart';

class LogInView extends StatefulWidget {
  const LogInView({super.key});

  @override
  State<LogInView> createState() => _LogInViewState();
}

class _LogInViewState extends State<LogInView> {
  final List<String> scopes = <String>[];

  GoogleSignInAccount? _currentUser;

  Future<void> _handleAuthenticationEvent(GoogleSignInAuthenticationEvent event) async {
    // #docregion CheckAuthorization
    final GoogleSignInAccount? user = // ...
        // #enddocregion CheckAuthorization
        switch (event) {
          GoogleSignInAuthenticationEventSignIn() => event.user,
          GoogleSignInAuthenticationEventSignOut() => null,
        };

    setState(() {
      _currentUser = user;
    });

    // If the user has already granted access to the required scopes, call the
    // REST API.
  }

  Future<void> _handleAuthenticationError(Object e) async {
    print(e);
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    // #docregion Setup

    final GoogleSignIn signIn = GoogleSignIn.instance;
    unawaited(
      signIn
          .initialize(
            clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
            serverClientId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
          )
          .then((_) {
            signIn.authenticationEvents.listen(_handleAuthenticationEvent).onError(_handleAuthenticationError);
          }),
    );
    // #enddocregion Setup
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Center(
        child: InkWell(
          child: Text('Login'),
          onTap: () async {
            try {
              await GoogleSignIn.instance.authenticate();
            } catch (e) {
              // #enddocregion ExplicitSignIn
              print(e);

              // #docregion ExplicitSignIn
            }
          },
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

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GoogleSignInException(code GoogleSignInExceptionCode.unknownError, Failed to launch the selector UI. Hint: ensure the `context` parameter is an Activity-based context., null)

Flutter Doctor output

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[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1)
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same issue, but this worked to me

dependencies: google_sign_in: ^6.3.0

dependency_overrides: google_sign_in_ios: ^5.9.0

The issue is that version 6.x relies on Google’s deprecated login SDK. I’m currently updating from 6.x to 7.x, and while everything works fine on 6.x, I want to move forward since that SDK is no longer supported.

It looks like this should be relatively straightforward to fix. It's not clear to my this didn't show up in my testing though, so once I have a PR I'll post instructions on testing it; it would be good to have validation that the fix is complete before landing it.

It looks like this should be relatively straightforward to fix. It's not clear to my this didn't show up in my testing though, so once I have a PR I'll post instructions on testing it; it would be good to have validation that the fix is complete before landing it.

Thanks! If you share a PR or test instructions, I’ll be happy to try it out and confirm whether the issue is resolved on my side.

@yocheco

@yocheco (and anyone else interested in trying the fix), adding the following to your pubspec.yaml and running flutter pub get should pick up the change that I expect to fix this.

dependency_overrides:
  google_sign_in_android:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/stuartmorgan-g/packages.git
      ref: google-sign-in-android-cm-activity-context
      path: packages/google_sign_in/google_sign_in_android

Be sure not to leave this in your pubspec.yaml, as it will prevent getting any future fixes to the Android implementation of google_sign_in.

[google_sign_in] Use an activity for credential requests (#9497)

flutter pub upgrade --unlock-transitive google_sign_in should pick up the fixed version of google_sign_in_android.

@stuartmorgan-g

flutter pub upgrade --unlock-transitive google_sign_in should pick up the fixed version of google_sign_in_android.

Thanks @stuartmorgan-g This solves the problem

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[google_sign_in] Use an activity for credential requests (flutter#9497)

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