GCM air extension - actionscript-3

Question

I'm building an air extension and the very first method to call on my extention is to check if
GCMRegistrar.checkDevice($context.getActivity());
GCMRegistrar.checkManifest($context.getActivity());
are supported and set, so wrote: CheckGcm.java
package com.doitflash.air.extensions.gcm;
import com.adobe.fre.FREContext;
import com.adobe.fre.FREFunction;
import com.adobe.fre.FREInvalidObjectException;
import com.adobe.fre.FREObject;
import com.adobe.fre.FRETypeMismatchException;
import com.adobe.fre.FREWrongThreadException;
import com.google.android.gcm.GCMConstants;
import com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar;
public class CheckGcm implements FREFunction
{
private String _result;
public FREObject call(FREContext $context, FREObject[] $params)
{
//$context.dispatchStatusEventAsync("variable", "value");
try
{
GCMRegistrar.checkDevice($context.getActivity());
GCMRegistrar.checkManifest($context.getActivity());
_result = "true";
}
catch(Exception err)
{
_result = "false";
}
return as3ConvertValue(_result);
}
private FREObject as3ConvertValue(String $value)
{
try
{
return FREObject.newObject($value);
}
catch (FREWrongThreadException e)
{
return null;
}
}
}
and I setup the android manifest like this:
<manifestAdditions><![CDATA[<manifest android:installLocation="auto">
<permission android:name="air.air.com.doitflash.SampleApp.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="air.air.com.doitflash.SampleApp.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<application>
<activity>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true"
android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver"
android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
<category android:name="air.air.com.doitflash.SampleApp" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true"
android:name="com.doitflash.air.extensions.gcm.GCMIntentService" />
</application>
</manifest>]]></manifestAdditions>
I have also setup GCMIntentService:
package com.doitflash.air.extensions.gcm;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.gcm.GCMBaseIntentService;
public class GCMIntentService extends GCMBaseIntentService
{
private static final String TAG = "===GCMIntentService===";
public GCMIntentService()
{
super("000000"); // senderID
}
#Override
protected void onRegistered(Context arg0, String registrationId)
{
}
#Override
protected void onUnregistered(Context arg0, String arg1)
{
}
#Override
protected void onMessage(Context arg0, Intent arg1)
{
//Log.i(TAG, "notification title = " + arg1.getStringExtra("title"));
//Log.i(TAG, "notification message = " + arg1.getStringExtra("msg"));
//Log.i(TAG, "notification type = " + arg1.getStringExtra("type"));
//Log.i(TAG, "notification id= " + arg1.getStringExtra("id"));
}
#Override
protected void onError(Context arg0, String errorId)
{
}
#Override
protected boolean onRecoverableError(Context context, String errorId)
{
return super.onRecoverableError(context, errorId);
}
}
everything looks fine in my eyes but when I try tracing the check method in my air project, it returns null! so I know there must be something wrong with:
GCMRegistrar.checkDevice($context.getActivity());
GCMRegistrar.checkManifest($context.getActivity());
because when I remove these two lines, the trace in air returns true. just before starting to build the air extension, I built a sample GCM in java and everything was working perfectly but I don't seem to understand why the air version does not work. any ideas?
UPDATE: I used eclipse logcat to see what is happening on my phone and this may be some hints:
Could not find method com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar.checkDevice, referenced from method com.doitflash.air.extensions.gcm.CheckGcm.call
unable to resolve static method 284: Lcom/google/android/gcm/GCMRegistrar;.checkDevice (Landroid/content/Context;)V