On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Bret Foreman <bret.fore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm try to start a service like this:
>
>                                                try {
>                                                        Intent myIntent = new 
> Intent();
>                                                        
> myIntent.setClass(cb.getContext(), SensorService.class);
>                                                        startService( myIntent 
> );
>                                                } catch( Exception e ){
>                                                        android.util.Log.e( 
> getString(R.string.app_name) , "Unable to
> start sensor service" , e );
>                                                }

Try replacing "cb.getContext()" with "this".

> And I see a runtime exception like this:
>
> ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread$CreateServiceData)
> line: 2764
> ActivityThread.access$3200(ActivityThread, ActivityThread
> $CreateServiceData) line: 119
> ActivityThread$CreateServiceData(ActivityThread
> $H).handleMessage(Message) line: 1917
> ActivityThread$H(Handler).dispatchMessage(Message) line: 99
> Looper.loop() line: 123
> ActivityThread.main(String[]) line: 4363
> Method.invokeNative(Object, Object[], Class, Class[], Class, int,
> boolean) line: not available [native method]
> Method.invoke(Object, Object...) line: 521
> ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run() line: 860
> ZygoteInit.main(String[]) line: 618
> NativeStart.main(String[]) line: not available [native method]

That is not an exception. It is a stack trace. You are missing the
exception part, and the "Caused by:" portion.

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