So, what should we do when the activity actually *does* exist, but for
reasons of its own Android decides to throw this exception anyway?

Ref: 
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/c1b669c2047a8188#


On Jun 23, 12:18 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> If you know for sure the activity will exist, there is no need to catch the
> exception.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:49 AM, n179911 <n179...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The JavaDoc of Context's public abstract void startActivity (Intent
> > intent) said:
>
> > This method throws ActivityNotFoundException if there was no Activity
> > found to run the given Intent.
>
> > But when I look at the android source code, it does not catch
> > ActivityNotFoundException.
>
> > For example in AlarmClock.java:
>
> >  digitalClock.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
> >                    public void onClick(View v) {
> >                        if (true) {
> >                            Intent intent = new
> > Intent(AlarmClock.this, SetAlarm.class);
> >                            intent.putExtra(Alarms.ID, id);
> >                            startActivityForResult(intent, SET_ALARM);
> >                        } else {
> >                            // TESTING: immediately pop alarm
> >                            Intent fireAlarm = new
> > Intent(AlarmClock.this, AlarmAlert.class);
> >                            fireAlarm.putExtra(Alarms.ID, id);
>
> >  fireAlarm.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
> >                            startActivity(fireAlarm);
> >                        }
> >                    }
> >                });
>
> > Can you please tell me what is the code which handles the case when
> > there is no activity for that intent?
>
> > Thank you.
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> hack...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails.  All such
> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> answer them.
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