Android bidirectional crashing

I'm trying to get the code running from:
https://github.com/UDOOProjects/Android-bidirectional-hello-world

Commenting out this line in onResume() will keep the app running on udoo:
mAdkReadTask = new AdkReadTask();

Otherwise, program crashes - briefly runs and drops right back to the android home screen.

Intellij, api level 19, udoo android version 4.2.2

Thanks