Thx for the quick response but doesn't change a thing, it gives me
exactly the same exception!
On 15 mrt, 21:58, Kumar Bibek <coomar....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try getBaseContext();
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Kumar Bibek
>
> On Mar 16, 1:50 am, Dirk Vranckaert <dirkvrancka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to create a custom dialog in my application to show an
> > about window but it ain't working. Maybe one of you knows a solution?
>
> > So I have an activity with the onCreateDialog(int id) overriden in it:
>
> > @Override
> > protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
> > Dialog dialog = null;
> > switch (id) {
> > case EPISODE_LOADING_DIALOG:
> > ...
> > case EXCEPTION_DIALOG:
> > ...
> > case ABOUT_DIALOG:
> > dialog = new
> > Dialog(getApplicationContext());
> > dialog.setContentView(R.layout.aboutdialog);
> > dialog.setTitle("MyTitle");
> > break;
> > default:
> > ...
> > }
> > return dialog;
> > }
>
> > My aboutdialog layout files looks like this:
>
> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
> > android"
> > android:orientation="vertical"
> > android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> > android:layout_height="fill_parent"
> > android:padding="10dp"
> > >
> > <TextView android:id="@+id/aboutText"
> > android:layout_width="wrap_content"
> > android:layout_height="fill_parent"
> > android:textColor="#FFF"
> > android:text="@string/aboutText"
> > />
> > </LinearLayout>
>
> > This is exactly as described
> > here:http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#CustomDialog
> > However this my exception thrown:
>
> > 03-15 21:48:32.055: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): Uncaught handler:
> > thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004):
> > android.view.WindowManager$BadTokenException: Unable to add window --
> > token null is not for an application
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.ViewRoot.setView(ViewRoot.java:429)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:178)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:91)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:231)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.app.Activity.showDialog(Activity.java:2407)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > eu.vranckaert.episodeWatcher.EpisodesWatchListActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(EpisodesWatchListActivity.java:
> > 130)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.app.Activity.onMenuItemSelected(Activity.java:2085)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.onMenuItemSelected(PhoneWindow.java:
> > 820)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(MenuItemImpl.java:
> > 139)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java:
> > 813)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuView.invokeItem(IconMenuView.java:
> > 519)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView.performClick(IconMenuItemView.java:
> > 122)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.View.onTouchEvent(View.java:3828)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.widget.TextView.onTouchEvent(TextView.java:6291)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.View.dispatchTouchEvent(View.java:3368)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:863)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:863)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow
> > $DecorView.dispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1691)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1525)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit
> > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
> > 03-15 21:48:32.130: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2004): at
> > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
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