Try getBaseContext(); Thanks and Regards, Kumar Bibek
On Mar 16, 1:50 am, Dirk Vranckaert <[email protected]> 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) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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