Added in [API level 30](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)   
Deprecated in [API level
37.2](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) Summary: [Ctors](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/MessageDecryptionException#pubctors) \| [Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/MessageDecryptionException#inhmethods)

# MessageDecryptionException

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extends https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/IdentityCredentialException


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| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) |||||
| ↳ | [java.lang.Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable) ||||
|   | ↳ | [java.lang.Exception](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Exception) |||
|   |   | ↳ | [android.security.identity.IdentityCredentialException](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/IdentityCredentialException) ||
|   |   |   | ↳ | android.security.identity.MessageDecryptionException |

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**This class was deprecated
in API level 37.2.**   

Use `java.security.KeyStore` with the Android hardware-backed keystore instead.

Thrown when failing to decrypt a message from the reader device.

## Summary

| ### Public constructors ||
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| ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/MessageDecryptionException#MessageDecryptionException(java.lang.String)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String message) ` *This constructor is deprecated. Use `java.security.KeyStore` with the Android hardware-backed keystore instead.* |
| ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/MessageDecryptionException#MessageDecryptionException(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Throwable)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String message, https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable cause) ` *This constructor is deprecated. Use `java.security.KeyStore` with the Android hardware-backed keystore instead.* |

### Inherited methods

From class `

https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable

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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#addSuppressed(java.lang.Throwable)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable exception)
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Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were
suppressed in order to deliver this exception.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#fillInStackTrace()()
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Fills in the execution stack trace.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getCause()()
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Returns the cause of this throwable or `null` if the
cause is nonexistent or unknown.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getLocalizedMessage()()
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Creates a localized description of this throwable.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getMessage()()
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Returns the detail message string of this throwable.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/StackTraceElement` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getStackTrace()()
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Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by
`https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace()`.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getSuppressed()()
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Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were
suppressed, typically by the `try`-with-resources
statement, in order to deliver this exception.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#initCause(java.lang.Throwable)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable cause)
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Initializes the *cause* of this throwable to the specified value.


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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace()()
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Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the
standard error stream.


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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/PrintWriter s)
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Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified
print writer.


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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/PrintStream s)
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Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.


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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#setStackTrace(java.lang.StackTraceElement[])(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/StackTraceElement stackTrace)
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Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by
`https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getStackTrace()` and printed by `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace()`
and related methods.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#toString()()
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Returns a short description of this throwable.


From class `

https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object

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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone()()
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Creates and returns a copy of this object.


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boolean` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object obj)
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Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.


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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize()()
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Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection
determines that there are no more references to the object.


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final

https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class<?>` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass()()
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Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.


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int` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode()()
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Returns a hash code value for the object.


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final

void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify()()
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Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's
monitor.


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final

void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll()()
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Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.


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https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString()()
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Returns a string representation of the object.


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final

void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int)(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)
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Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically
by being *notified* or *interrupted*, or until a
certain amount of real time has elapsed.


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void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long)(long timeoutMillis)
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Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically
by being *notified* or *interrupted*, or until a
certain amount of real time has elapsed.


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final

void` `
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait()()
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Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically
by being *notified* or *interrupted*.


## Public constructors

### MessageDecryptionException

Added in [API level 30](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public MessageDecryptionException (String message)
```


**This constructor is deprecated.**   

Use `java.security.KeyStore` with the Android hardware-backed keystore
instead.

Constructs a new `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/MessageDecryptionException` exception.

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| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `message` | `String`: the detail message. This value cannot be `null`. <br /> |

### MessageDecryptionException

Added in [API level 30](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public MessageDecryptionException (String message, 
                Throwable cause)
```


**This constructor is deprecated.**   

Use `java.security.KeyStore` with the Android hardware-backed keystore
instead.

Constructs a new `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/identity/MessageDecryptionException` exception.

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| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `message` | `String`: the detail message. This value cannot be `null`. <br /> |
| `cause` | `Throwable`: the cause. This value cannot be `null`. <br /> |