Some updates here, I played with the Hello, Spinner demo and couldn't repo the problem. It exists only when the Spinner is called from a Dialog. I've seen it happen in 1.6, but not 1.5.
Additionally, it has been described on this list before, but without resolution: http://osdir.com/ml/Android-Developers/2009-08/msg00969.html On Nov 18, 3:18 pm, Stephen Abrams <[email protected]> wrote: > This may be a bug, but not if there is a way to attach the view to the > window manager. > > I have a class extending AlertDialog. The dialog has a drop down menu > that allows user to choose item. When the orientation is changed with > the drop down menu displayed, I get the exception listed below. I set > up the drop down view/resources in onStart() of the Dialog, as shown: > > protected void onStart() { > super.onStart(); > > mySpinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner); > mySpinnerAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<Tee>(context, > android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, myList); > > > mySpinnerAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item); > mySpinner.setAdapter(mySpinnerAdapter); > > } > > This error is occuring because, though this Dialog is managed by the > Activity (using onCreateDialog, onPrepareDialog, etc.), the View > generated by the SpinnerAdapter is not. I see there is a way to grab > individual items from the drop down view, but not get the view itself > (to attach it). > > How can the SpinnerAdapter not cause problems on any orientation change? > > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: View not > attached to window m > anager > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.view.WindowManagerImpl.findViewLocked(WindowMan > agerImpl.java:355) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.view.WindowManagerImpl.removeView(WindowManager > Impl.java:200) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.view.Window$LocalWindowManager.removeView(Windo > w.java:417) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.app.Dialog.dismissDialog(Dialog.java:279) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.app.Dialog.access$000(Dialog.java:72) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at android.app.Dialog$1.run(Dialog.java:108) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at android.app.Dialog.dismiss(Dialog.java:263) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.widget.Spinner.onDetachedFromWindow(Spinner.jav > a:86) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.view.View.dispatchDetachedFromWindow(View.java: > 5584) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDetachedFromWindow(ViewG > roup.java:1074) > E/AndroidRuntime( 5329): at > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDetachedFromWindow(ViewG > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
